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ChiMom
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ChiMom asked in PetsDogs · 9 years ago

dog vaccines every 3 years?

I just spoke to a VCA Hospital Vet at the OC Family Pet Expo and she said the latest and greatest breakthrough in vaccines is the routine vaccination schedule is now every 3 years....after the first years puppy series. Does anybody vaccinate every 3 years.....Do they know it is safe for our dogs or are they going with popularity? Have there been tests to confirm safety? Any info would sure be appreciated. TY in advance.

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  • 9 years ago
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    yes, once the initial vaccinations are on board it is a great expense lowering breakthrough indeed. If you have a breed at higher risk or a pet that is in a higher risk territory, I'd get the vaccines yearly. But, if you wish you can have the dog's titer checked by your vet to insure that it is protected with an adequate vaccine titer to all the diseases that are vaccinated against.. best of luck, enjoy your pet

    Source(s): retired vet
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    each time we get a rabies vaccination the animal gets a clean tag. The vaccine and tag extensive sort are listed in the puppy's scientific document. There are one 3 hundred and sixty 5 days vaccines and 3 3 hundred and sixty 5 days vaccines for rabies. yet you're purely meant to get a clean tag whilst the shot is given till your city demands a each year renewal of the extensive sort for their information. Ask your vet what's occurring, which way the community you're in is doing this.

  • Cheryl
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    i do not vaccinate after the puppy shots and one booster for rabies and that is it ... my jack russell was vaccinated that way and i had titer testing done for rabies seven years after her last rabies shot and she still had enough antibodies to fight rabies ... but i do live where rabies are not prevalent ... the chance of my dog getting rabies is by being bitten by a bat and considering i have never saw a live bat in over twenty five years i am going to assume the threat is not that great ...

    "Most localities require vaccination every three years even though studies in France and blood antibody tests in this country show that the rabies vaccine's immunity lasts for seven years. Worse yet, whether because of habit, ignorance or greed, some localities require annual vaccination--although the "three year" shot is guaranteed by manufacturers to give immunity for three years."

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    My vet is a past president of the American Animal Hospital Association, and he introduced the three year schedule to our area. It's worked fine for rabies shots for years; why would it not work for distemper and the other diseases?

    We have had no problems.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Google "Dr Jean Dodds" and you should find all the info you need. If there were a Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine, she would be my choice.

  • 9 years ago

    I have an 11 month standard poodle, so he still has to finish his puppy shots in september, but the vet told me afterwards it's just every 3 years. I don't know much about it, I live in the country in a small town where I was raised not bothering going to the vets unless it was an emergency, no point in vaccines. But for my puppy I'm doing it to be safe. They'll still need yearly exams though, probably just not shots

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    I haven't had any tests done but my dogs do get "CORE" Vaccines every three years if that. I live in a high Parvo/distemper area.

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