Vaccinate Every Year??

[pitc9]

I got my card in the mail from the vets office yesterday letting me know it's been a year since the dogs had their shots. I think I may no longer vaccinate every year I'm thinking about doing it every other year.
With all the talk about over vaccinating and how it can lead to cancer it just makes you wonder, but then again... what if you don't and they catch something.
What do you think about it?

[Jessika]

I'm not sure actually.. I'd like to hear some thoughts on the matter before making a choice or decision. I WAS going to vaccinate yearly, but if there are problems caused by it or other things, I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say about it!

[cali]

I do parvo as a pup and nothing else ever.

[Cinder & Smoke]

That's a Big Question these days!

Do a Google search with terms like annual or yearly vaccinations and you'll get a
LOT of differing opinions.

Since Cinder, Smokey & Bowser get "Out & About" a LOT with me -
I tend to be swayed towards getting them annual shots.
And some of the places we go "REQUIRE" proof that they have had them.

[Lady's Human]

Given the fact that most municipalities around here require dog licenses, and they all require vaccinations to GET a dog license, we don't have much choice.

[Ginger's Mom]

When Ginger got her shots last year (2004) they were good for two years (three years for rabies). So they aren't doing yearly vaccinations around here any more. I did still take her for a yearly check up though, simply because she can't talk, and I wanted to make sure everything was functioning as it should.

[.sarah]

My dogs are vaccinated every other year. I don't want to over or under vaccinate!

[Logan]

We do annual vaccinations because that is what our vet suggests and also SC law requires annual rabies shots.

We chose to only get the rabies for out senior girl, Murphy, this year, and she never even had to get out of the car because we went to a mobile vet. We also took Mimi, our senior kitty, but she got the full panel of shots, including her Feline Leukemia booster.

[Kirbys Mom]

sophie gets her's ever year and Kirby is goin to get all his, i just want to be safe i dont want to lose my dogs to disease

[Husky_mom]

i think it depends, as puppies get ALL vaccines (don´t wanna risk them), as youngsters reinforcements (sp?) and as adults i only give rabies anually until certain age (once a vet told me that at certain age its no longer necesary since they had years and years of shots) (about 8yrs i´m talking about, that when he said that to me, for one of my firsts dogs)

[IRescue452]

Autumn and Pepper get rabies shots every three years, its the law. They both get distemper, kennel cough and a few others every few years. I personally bring my dogs everywhere so I vaccinate when needed. Sonny get a feline leuk and thats it, he's never outside and never sneaks out. My dogs have never shown allergies or and symptoms after vaccinations so I'm not worried about them at all. If they did have even the slightest lump where the shot was I'd do only necessary vaccinations, but I think people freak too much. These shots and the shots people get have caused a low percentage of deaths and other health problems for years and nobody on this thread knew about it. Their dogs were fine. There isn't going to be a change in your dog after you find out about it.

[DogLover9501]

All of mine had all puppy vaccinations, but do not get yearly ones.

I had Jaspers appointment made this year, but after doing alot of reading on the subject, I decided to cancel it. It's hard to know what to do, but if the vaccinations do stay in their systems for longer than a year(like I've read) than it doesn't sound safe at all to give another one.

[gemini9961]

Sadie and Maggie are vaccinated yearly and I plan on doing it with Grant. Rabies are pretty much required around here and I get the distemper and bordetella too. They are around a lot of other dogs so I don't want them to get sick. My vet has never said anything to the contrary with yearly vaccinations.

[AllAmericanPUP]

I stopped vaccinatingyearly last year after ozzy,barkey and eli got their first adult shots
i think it's a waste of money and i believe it does hurt the dog in the long run.

yes it's the law to have rabies but i'm not going to jeapordize my dogs health because the law says i should.
if they ever got caught by AC and found to have no updated rabies then yes I would get a fine but i'd rather pay a fine then to jeapordize their health

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I have no say at all how often Tia and the Dobes get vaccinated as they aren't really my dogs, they belong to my parents but since I live here they are just the family dogs I guess. My parents always get the dogs vaccinated every 2 years or so, could be 3 now though I'm not sure. Tango won't be vaccinated as often, Tollers are a breed that should have limited vaccines as they are prone to severe allergic reactions that (if serious enough) can lead to death. Another reason she doesn't get vaccinated as often is because I don't think it's all that necessary for the amount of places she goes and the new animals she comes in contact with, that's just my opinion though. Hopefully that all made sense....