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tried to edit above post but couldn't..... I guess we all have to do what we feel is best for our own dogs and for the time being I haven't seen enough clear evidence NOT to vaccinate my dogs but I have seen dogs dying of parvo many times and therefore still vaccinate, as I am not embarrassed...

I would have to say that this vet happens to also be a good friend of mine and I can call him at home and get advice and in fact more often than not just get advice from him, he doesn't own the practice and gets paid whether he administers drugs or just gives me some free advice. The vet only...

Bryn only needed Lepto and Parainfluenza this year so he won't be putting a puppy at risk as he's had his vaccination now. To be honest we take hygeine precautions now anyway, they all have their feet washed if we've been out and if anyone rolls in anything they go straight in the bath and...

he qualified five years ago( all the vets in the practise have qualified within the past five years, it is a new practice ie four years old) and apparently attended a CPD course( they have to do CPD to remain vets) on vaccinations two weeks ago which is also part of why I believed him, the thing...

I asked the vet if my dog would have built up an immunity from years of vaccination but he said no it's the opposite and that they need vaccinating to challenge the immune system so that if they contract one of the diseases, their body is able to cope with it..... its quite difficult to make up...

ok thanks for all your input, we've just got back from the vets. he had his booster for leptospirosis and parainfluenza but the vet said we don't have to vaccinate for distemper/parvo/hep again as that is the likely vaccine he reacted to,although the vet did say that a subcutaneous reaction...

Thank you, that helps reassure me a bit, he has always had all his boosters throughout life and he is reasonably ok in himself, he is rather senile and has a few mental issues as a result. He does have a slight issue with his breathing which we will have investigated tonight. my other concern...

I think my main problem is that I don't know how much at risk dogs are in general as I've grown up with vets all advocating vaccinations, however I know a fair number of people who only have puppy jabs then the first booster and nothing else but since I don't know what things their dogs come...

yeah but the vet will just say vaccinate regardless and i'm not sure that it's right to do it when he has such a severe reaction. my whippet who died recently was given his booster shortly before he died and I think it was wrong to vaccinate a dog whose system was already compromised, it just...

Just a quick need for advice.....taking my oldie Bryn to the vets tonight, he's almost 14 and on three occasions has had a skin reaction at vaccine site. Last year he had a big lump come up which stayed for over three weeks and the skin had lots of red pin prick type holes in it. we have...

could pick up satellite TV on that big lug!!! :wub: :wub:

nothing to offer except my wishes and prayers that he can make a speedy recovery.

beautiful :wub: :wub:

I can't wait for the puppies :lol:

thanks very much for all the messages..... we are happily now on two waiting lists for our puppies in a few months time...will update in the future etc :D :D

thank you, thought I'd better add that we are looking to take on the first of two dog pups, the first around the end of March and the second approx six months later so they can grow up and spend their lives together like our last two boys did.

hello, hope I'm allowed to post this, sorry mods if i'm not, please delete if I'm infringing anything. As many of you know we lost our gorgeous boy Badger recently and we miss having a whippet in the house. We still have our other dogs but our home isn't quite the same without a whippet. We...

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so tempted to think up something bitchy, call you a silly name and swear :lol: :lol: (w00t) :p :p

Thanks for all your support over the last four months. My beautiful boy has gone. Thanks again xx