TOPPER 1,809 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 just give them the jabs as a puppy forget boosters theres a good bit of bedtime reading at the top of working dog health -ditchshitter were they admit booster do no good its just for the money Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runforyourlife 361 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 if you had give the dog its booster from the start you wouldnt of had a problem would you mate. Wow, 16 years old and knows it all! I love the way some of these kids speak in the company of adults. They're lucky, when I was that age there was no internet, and if I'd have spoken like that I'd have had a black eye. Funny how the internet gives you such a huge set of stones. Back to the original topic... I've never in my 31 years known a dog to die of something it's been inoculated against as a pup. Maltenby, is he only 16 as well!! JESUS TONIGHT, imagine when he thinks he old enough to give lip! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hannah4181 260 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 In answer to the original question . . . . . Yes if the dog has missed a yearly booster, then you vet will advise that the 2 course puppy jabs are needed. This is because the jabs are both different and protect against different diseases. The question . . .Should i keep up boosters? Is totally personnel choice, what i would say is that the 1 of the reasons Britain has such a low level of the diseases these jabs protect against . . . . . is because people DO keep up to date with the boosters, meaning the diseases have become rare. I DO jab and booster mine, it's my choice but given the lifestyle they lead i feel it neccessary. My main concern is the disease beginning with L, which i can never remember the name of! It is carried by Rats and common around water containing rats. . . . . my 3 swim daily and work rats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 My main concern is the disease beginning with L, which i can never remember the name of! It is carried by Rats and common around water containing rats. . . . . my 3 swim daily and work rats. Leptospirosis? Also known as Weils disease. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spanj 11 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 My main concern is the disease beginning with L, which i can never remember the name of! It is carried by Rats and common around water containing rats. . . . . my 3 swim daily and work rats. Leptospirosis? Also known as Weils disease. More & more prevalent and a horrible death for both man (rare) & beast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tallyho 181 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 we only jab ours when they are pups . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hannah4181 260 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 My main concern is the disease beginning with L, which i can never remember the name of! It is carried by Rats and common around water containing rats. . . . . my 3 swim daily and work rats. Leptospirosis? Also known as Weils disease. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,859 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 As it goes Hanna there are so many different strains of lepto that the jabs against it pretty much useless,also i've allways been led to belive a booster is the same as the first jab anyway.I've never given any of my lot boosters and never had any problems,i've even got jabs sat in the fridge but there for future pups not the adults. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild_and_Irish 11 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 My main concern is the disease beginning with L, which i can never remember the name of! It is carried by Rats and common around water containing rats. . . . . my 3 swim daily and work rats. Leptospirosis? Also known as Weils disease. Thanks! I'm not trying to change your mind or talk down to you or anything but if your dogs are working with rats and being exposed to Wells' all the time they shouldnt need the booster because the whole point of the booster is to make sure the dogs body remembers how to fight these diseases Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stripe 0 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 The 2 sets of jabs given when puppies are both DHPPi+L this is also the same injection given as a booster. In a recent report certain cases have been found particularly with immune deficient dogs that booster jabs can actually do harm. Skycat is right that you can get a blood test done for titrate levels(antibody's)but that costs about £. Personally I just give the 2 sets of puppy jabs and no boosters and have not had any problems.The reason I give two sets of injections is that it needs two seperate doses of the dead virus to produce the antibody's needed to successfully fight off the live virus. Hope this helps Stripe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sikastag_1 689 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) ..... Edited September 3, 2019 by grant_c Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pookin 0 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Don't know about younger dogs but the vet I go to advises AGAINST giving boosters to older dogs as it can be too much for their system, he's seen a number of oldies sicken (and one greyhound with a weak heart died) after having being given annual boosters. My dads old border collie only ever had the pup vaccines and she lived till she was 18, my terrier has only had the pup course and she's ten in september and still full of life, my lurcher is a year now and he won't be having any boosters either, and my vet never suggests that dogs be given boosters, he's a good old boy and a countryside bloke so I trust him more than the pet vet lady who always wants to chop the lurchers balls off and booster my old terrier Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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