Saho-man 50 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 truth always in the middle.. and the middle is not always Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hogdog 61 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) The reason you have boosters is to protect against the latest strains of the disease as diseases are continually mutating. It is (obviously) up to you but there has been a recent outbreak of parvo in north London near me and I won't take the risk for the sake of £18-20, my vet also gives them a health check thrown in. Your dog can still die of parvo or lepto even if you have the jab but it does offer a good level of protection. If your dog dies of either of them at least you know you took all the precautions you could...If you have an objection to the jab then fair enough but not doing it for the sake of cost is just tight. For people who go ratting I would have thought jabs were essential seeing as how many people lose dogs to lepto. Edited December 1, 2011 by hogdog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HGN 150 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 wasn't there a sticky somewhere on THL with a link to a scientific paper regarding the annual boosters? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bushing lad 114 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Mine have never had them and theyve been fine up to now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dixiebop 125 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 wasn't there a sticky somewhere on THL with a link to a scientific paper regarding the annual boosters? In gundogs ,2011 Vaccine guidelines/christine....Post.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superfurryanimal 91 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 each to their own but i've never bothered with boosters and never heard of anyone who has lost a dog through not having them a.t.b sfa Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hogdog 61 Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 My local vet had four dogs dead from parvo in one week recently, she said the last time she remembered it being that bad was when there was an outbreak in the 1980's. As far as the O.P's question goes I'd wait a while, it's not a time critical thing and most jabs last a fair bit longer than a year, that's just a guideline. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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