Have you had any problems with your dogs immunization shots?
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at
11:03 am
My minituare poodle had a low platelet count develop shortly after getting a shot. Obviously I have had her to the Vet and used medication to take care of the immediate problem.
I’m just a little nervous about her next round of immunization shots next year.
Of course, I can’t be 100% certain the shots caused her problem, but I am suspicious. I’m just curious if anyone else here has had an issue.
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Several years ago I had a dog who got auto immune disease from his annual booster shots. With the help of one very dedicated vet, we saved his life (although the dog went through such hell I’d never do that again).
This was the very last time I blindly trusted any vet. I started researching and now go to a vet who’s up on the latest protocols for vaccinations, and my dogs gets booster shots only every 3 years, with rabies never given at the same time, and won’t get any shots at all after the age of 10 unless titers show they’re needed.
In my dog’s case, there was no doubt whatsoever in the emergency vet’s mind that it was caused by his shots. He was also on Rimadyl for arthritis and she actually got Phizer Labs to pay a large portion of his medical bills because they acknowledged that their drug was also responsible.
There is some very good evidence out now that annual vaccines do more harm than good. Many vets no longer recommend the annual vaccines. After the first puppy shot series, most dogs gradually build up immunity against common diseases that we vaccinate for. I suggest you stop the annual vaccinations.
Awesome that you get blood work done on your poodle. The annual blood work often helps detect problems before symptoms appear.
http://www.naturalrearing.com/J_In_Learning/Immunization/vaccinations/VACCINATIONSPart2.htm
Above link has some information re vaccinations that might be intresting for you.
One of my dogs had an immune system reaction that caused her feet and nose to itch so badly that she was damaging them with her chewing and scratching.
Fortunately, it went away. If it hadn’t the vet was suggesting putting her down.
She has never been vaccinated since, and will not be. I will not take the chance.
Vaccines can cause lots of other issues. They can make allergies worse, stress the immune system, and cause various reactions. Only 100% healthy dogs should be vaccinated at all. My dogs get their puppy series and then are done every three years.
Well, what I do know is that smaller dogs can’t handle all those shots at once as well as a big dog can, so vets will generally have a dog that weighs less than X lbs come back for the rest of the shots. (Not sure if a mini poodle would fall into that category or not though.)
I hope a vet or vet tech answers this one, because now I’m curious about your dog.
I just got my puppies 2nd distemper and rabies shot. When I got home from the vet she blew up and broke out in hives all over her body. My vet of coursed closed, and I rushed her to the animal hospital. Turns out she was allergic to the rabies shot. Everything else was fine. Did you ask your vet if it was possible for the shots to do that to your pup?
Not that issue.. My beagle reacts to every shot.. but the worst one.. I think it was a parvo shot..but can’t remember.. he developed a cyst that was the size of a a softball that made it hard to walk.. The vet decided after about 3 weeks that we should have it surgically removed.. we made the appointment.. and the day before it shrunk to half the size.. and then went away.. (good for me since that $300 + would have been a bit of a blow when I only had the dog for a month at that point)
Ask the Vet to do blood titers to check on immunity prior to any more vaccinations