Vaccinate Every Year??

**Cinder & Smoke** · 11-09-2005, 02:13 PM

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** · 11-09-2005, 02:29 PM

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** · 11-09-2005, 02:33 PM

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** · 11-09-2005, 02:35 PM

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

**Logan** · 11-09-2005, 02:47 PM

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** · 11-09-2005, 02:50 PM

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** · 11-09-2005, 04:24 PM

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)