Have any of you vaccinated your own pet?

[Specsy]

Actually, the rabies vaccine is null and void if not administered by a vet. You cannot allow your dog to travel outside of South Africa or get it into kennels that require proof of vac.

She gets a signed card from the vet saying that he has provided her with the vaccine to administer and her dogs have been vaccinated by herself.

Found this out today...

 

[puppydog]

Still null and void I'm afraid. They are legal in SA but not as a travel stamp.

 

[Grab]

I vaccinate every three years. I just have the vets do them at work, though, since I pay just over cost and it is, thus, just as reasonable as it would be if I bought them to administer at home. Also, none of the kennels here will recognize vaccines not given by a vet, so since I do board them, I stick with vet or clinic given vaccines. Silly, but alas..

 

[thehoundgirl]

Yes, except for rabies that has to be given by a vet.

 

[Bigpoodleperson]

I am a vet tech, and I give them at work. The vet still does an exam on my dog though. I would not feel comfortable to vaccinate at home. What if the dog had a life threatening reaction at home? No way you could make it to the vet on time. I am not willing to risk that for a few dollars.

 

[Kat09Tails]

I am a vet tech, and I give them at work. The vet still does an exam on my dog though. I would not feel comfortable to vaccinate at home. What if the dog had a life threatening reaction at home? No way you could make it to the vet on time. I am not willing to risk that for a few dollars.

Of the dogs that you treat at your office that you do vaccinate how many have you seen have a life threatening reaction?

 

[SpringerLover]

I work at a clinic. The only vaccine I've given my own pet is a Bordetella. They're due for exams when they're due for a vaccine anyways. My dogs actually get exams more often than vaccines, and always have... even before I worked at the clinic.

We have breeders and others who do buy the vaccines directly from us though.

 

[Bigpoodleperson]

Of the dogs that you treat at your office that you do vaccinate how many have you seen have a life threatening reaction?

We see a few every year. Yes, that is not alot. I however, dont want my dog to be one of them.

 

[Kat09Tails]

We see a few every year. Yes, that is not alot. I however, dont want my dog to be one of them.

Not that I'm disbelieving but are we talking life threatening - break out the epi reaction or just reaction? The reason I ask is because I see a ton of dogs in a year and often talk shots during intakes and I have met one, in my entire life where the owner said "got a combo vac with lepto and a rabies shot at the same time and the dog nearly died. No more shots for her." In fact I have probably vaccinated several thousand animals in my life between the barnyard, the kennels, the lot, and the farm and to my knowledge I can't think of one serious reaction in a sheep, goat, cow, cat, bird, horse, donkey, or dog. Feelin mildly under the weather yes, some swelling maybe, but not drop dead, blood pressure drop, throat swelling shut reactions.

I mean it's possible I've just gotten extremely lucky over the years but I thought I'd ask.

 

[Bigpoodleperson]

Not that I'm disbelieving but are we talking life threatening - break out the epi reaction or just reaction? The reason I ask is because I see a ton of dogs in a year and often talk shots during intakes and I have met one, in my entire life where the owner said "got a combo vac with lepto and a rabies shot at the same time and the dog nearly died. No more shots for her." In fact I have probably vaccinated several thousand animals in my life between the barnyard, the kennels, the lot, and the farm and to my knowledge I can't think of one serious reaction in a sheep, goat, cow, cat, bird, horse, donkey, or dog. Feelin mildly under the weather yes, some swelling maybe, but not drop dead, blood pressure drop, throat swelling shut reactions.

I mean it's possible I've just gotten extremely lucky over the years but I thought I'd ask.

Yeah, I was talking about true life threatening reactions. We see a whole lot more reactions like swelling, lethargic, not eating, etc.

 

[YodelDogs]

I have vaccinated my own pets for the last 17-18 years. (With the exception of rabies which must be done by a vet in Georgia.) A case of 25 vaccines plus shipping is usually less than $80 and with as many pets as I have, this is a major savings. I will only order through a company who is very experienced at shipping vaccines, usually Revival Animal Health.

 

[Saeleofu]

I currently take my dogs in to vaccinate them but I work at a vet so a DHPP costs all of maybe $5, rabies even less if I remember right. When I no longer work in a vet clinic, I will vaccinate my own dogs. Rabies usually has to be done by a vet though.

 

[Specsy]

Hmm, I do a yearly check-up on all the dogs. The bill of yearly check-up + vaccinations comes to about $50-55. The check up on its own is about $32-35. Rabies vaccinations are sometimes made available for free when there are break outs in the area. However they are not administered by a vet. So I am not sure how to approach that either.