Anonymous
Same-ish question, same answer .....
"First question back - how old are these puppies!! Normally the rabies vaccination wouldn't be done until after 4 months. And I've neverheard of this being done at the same time as the distemper shot, which wouldn't normally be given on it's own either. With puppies of around 8 weeks, you'd get the DHLPPi shots which are given, normally as a combined shot, although the one for Leptospirosis is sometimes given as a separate shot. In the UK we then repeat 2, or sometimes 3 weeks, later. Rabies isn't given at this age (and we don't need rabies shots in the UK in any case). These shots are boostered the following year, and again in the UK, dogs are now put onto a 3-yearly booster schedule, apart from Leptospirosis which it's still felt should be boostered annually.
So for that reason I don't understand why these dogs had a Distemper shot, and a Rabies shot at the same time.
All I can suggest is provided you think your dogs can be brought through the night safely, contact your vet in the morning. I've never had any reaction other than maybe sometimes a puppy being rather subdued (but it's easy to imagine this!!) after vaccination. And with rabies, when we lived in Canada, occasionally the muscle at the back end might have been a tad sore afterwards but otherwise none has had anything like what you think you are seeing."
Janie D.
Yahoo...
If your puppy is experiencing any kind of allergic reaction...swelling at the location, pain...or even more frightening, an outbreak of hives or breathing/respiratory issues, you need to contact your vet immediately. Occasionally puppies/dogs will have reactions to various rabies vaccines, or it could be a sign that there might be a problem with that particular batch of product, and your vet will need to relay reaction information to the pharmaceutical company. If other vets have reported the same kinds of reactions from their own patients it is easier to pinpoint a possible problem with the contents of the vaccine itself rather than on a singular allergic reaction by ONE dog.
If your puppy is displaying any signs of a reaction, your vet will usually administer a cortisone shot to try to counteract those effects, but a more life-threatening reaction may require more intensive treatment.
More information can be found below.
Word of advice...when you have your puppy vaccinated for rabies, make sure that is the only vaccination administered at that time AND that your puppy is at least 4 months old. Don't vaccinate for rabies before then! In other words delay any other standard vaccines (like DHLPP - Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parvovirus and Parainfluenze) for a couple of weeks OR make sure other vaccines were already administered a few weeks earlier BEFORE having him given the rabies vaccine.
Sometimes you are more likely to see a reaction when all of these vaccinations are combined with a rabies vaccine during the same appointment.
Good luck.
Koda *K-9 Goofball*
My dog was not a pup when she had a reaction to it.She had also had the vaccine before but this was the only time she reacted badly to it.She started acting crazy(walking into things,shaking her head violently,and bashing her head against items in our home)she broke out in hives,her face swelled so badly she couldn't open her eyes and she started to have issues breathing.This all happened several hours after the vaccine was administered and came into full "bloom" in a matter of 20 minutes.I rushed her to an ER vet as fast as I could,it was by far the scariest thing I have been through with her.
Which is why I have elected to file for a rabies vac. exemption,hopefully my dog will not have to experience this again.
If your pup is having a reaction than you need to get him/her to a vet right away.
ETA:Just read your last question,it sounds to me like your pups are having a reaction to the vaccine,get them back to the vet.
ROBO
My puppy ends up with bumps and they don't go away. Other than that, you couldn't tell she had a shot. They go so quick and most forget after they get their treat. Also, some vets now believe after a dog is 9 years old, they don't need any more rabies shot. This is a new thought in the recent year.
Anonymous
Well i can tell you my cat is 13 years old and recently a growth started to appear on his thigh and was getting bigger by the week. So we took him to the vet. Turns out he has a fibrosarcoma. The tumor is caused by a late reaction to the rabies vaccine. The tumor will become infected and kill him if we dont amputate his back leg. This can also
Happen in dogs. Its about a 1 in 1000 chance and the surgery isnt cheap. Just a fact i wanted to share :) something you could consider.