Anyone tried the rattlesnake vaccine on their dogs?

I thought about it last year when my dogs got their last shots. I talked to one of the vets at East Alameda (Denver, Co) who consulted the lead vet who is also a rattle snake researcher. I was told that the vaccination was not proven and produced for a different sub-species of Western Diamond Back than is common in my area. Here's the actual email I got from the vet.

"The snake for which the vaccine is supposed to be protective is Crotalis atrox. Our endemic species is Crotalis viridis. Both are western diamondbacks. Dr. Fitzgerald doesn't trust the efficacy of the vaccine even with a C. atrox bite. Hope this helps."

Dr. K. Kattman 9/2/2009

Even though I live in a the desert with a large population of those nasty critters, I do not want to try some added, unnecessary problems on to their immune system.

I'm going to do some rattle snake proofing at the local trainer's.

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I know they can do things like that on humans, but it's not a quick process, it takes many months to build up resistance to the toxins. Essentially what they do is inject you with small amounts of the actual venom, and slowly you will block some of the receptors in your body, but it's a continual process.

are you serious?