Wolfsoul I really cannot say vaccines for dogs are good or bad, i don't even have a dog, so i am not saying you are wrong by any means, my whole overall opinion is I would rather vaccinate than not, that is purely my opinion, and yes i have had both my children vaccinated, i am with Lady's Human on this ,i strongly believe in Humans that the risks of the disease,outweigh the risks of the vaccine,as for animals well i am not knowledgeable on that i confess, but i still prefer to vaccinate my cats, so far so good.

There will always be cases where things go wrong, and if that happened to me i am sure i would re-think my position on this subject.

I recently had Melissa vaccinated for meningicoccal (sp)again this is controversial, and there is always a risk,and of course everytime you vaccinate your child you worry and wonder are you doing the right thing,but i sure could not live with myself knowing there was a vaccine available and my child got this illness because i decided against it, and since we went through a very scarey situation when she was four and suspected of having this, i am not prepared to take the risk now knowing there is a vaccine available.,this disease is horrific and for those who do not know is very prevalent in NZ for what reason I am unsure of,and can also result in loss of limbs, I am not prepared to take the risk.

So for me i would vaccinate my animals just the same,but whenever i make a decision i always look at all the pros and cons and do not simply rush into it, vaccination whether it be for humans or animals is a personal thing, and only we can decide what we think is best for our family be it human or furkids.

I have an online friend who contracted polio, for some reason his parents decided against vaccination ,he now has to live with the consquences the rest of his life and they are not nice.