Vaccinate Every Year??

[Glacier]

Nope, I vaccinate when they first arrive if I don't know if they've been vaccinated. Repeat in a year. And that's it. I never vaccinate for kennel cough. I do rabies approximately every 3 years as the city requires that in order to keep my kennel liscense. I don't vaccinate dogs over 7 at all, unless they are new arrivals who's history I don't know. Then they get one series including rabies. I do all my own shots, except rabies. My vet comes to the house for those.

[areias]

My dogs are the family dogs as well, and my parents dictate what they get. Basically that means they haven't had their shots for several years, but I don't see a problem with it. The only thing they ever had was Casey and Boomer caught kennel cough, and with some cough syrup it cleared up in a week. Even dogs with the kennel cough vaccine can get it, its only a 50% coverage. I did get Sam's rabies done at the beginning of the summer, because the vet wouldn't see him otherwise (for a skin problem), I'm taking Casey to the vet soon and will probably get a rabies shot, because we have possums come in the yard and I also take her out to the state park. And Boomer got a 3 year rabies when we adopted him, so he's okay. We don't bother with DHLPP unless we are boarding them.

I do believe in giving puppies their shots, however. Parvo is not a fun thing.