I went to the vet today because Itztli has been coughing and hacking pretty badly since last night. It's my fault. I have been using a fan the past couple nights that apparently hasn't been used in 2 years and I failed to think to clean it out before using it. It ended up blowing dust at both myself and Itztli's crate so we're both sick from it. I ended up getting some antibiotics.
That said, when I was at the vet clinic they started pushing me to set up my appointment to do the rabies vaccine. The vet tech even went as far as to almost come across threatening when I tried to explain to her why I'm wanting to wait until he is 6 months old to do rabies vaccine instead of doing it at 16 weeks which is what is required in the state of VA. I understand she is doing her job, but she definitely was rude about it. I should have just kept my mouth shut.
I'm choosing to wait until Itztli is 6 months old for a few reasons. I'm on a couple xolo boards and there's been a few threads regarding vaccine reactions in this breed. My breeder lost one of her other Xolos to a reaction to rabies vaccine and Itztli's mom had a bad vaccine reaction to another vaccine a while back. It's not uncommon. That said, she and I talked about her recommendation with vaccines and she recommends doing as limited vaccines as possible and recommended I wait until 6 months old to vaccinate for rabies if I can especially since he is a bit small in comparison to majority of his siblings. I'm planning to titer after his initial vaccines. We are not going to be doing lepto, lymes, influenza vaccine, etc...
How common is it for people to wait until 6 months old or older to vaccinate for rabies for the first time? The law here does say by 16 weeks apparently (I need to look it up myself to verify), but I really do NOT want to vaccinate him that young for rabies especially when this breed tends to have a lot of dogs with vaccine sensitivities and even vaccine related deaths. Is there any way to get an extension waiver for dogs that might be more susceptible to having adverse reactions?
That said, when I was at the vet clinic they started pushing me to set up my appointment to do the rabies vaccine. The vet tech even went as far as to almost come across threatening when I tried to explain to her why I'm wanting to wait until he is 6 months old to do rabies vaccine instead of doing it at 16 weeks which is what is required in the state of VA. I understand she is doing her job, but she definitely was rude about it. I should have just kept my mouth shut.
I'm choosing to wait until Itztli is 6 months old for a few reasons. I'm on a couple xolo boards and there's been a few threads regarding vaccine reactions in this breed. My breeder lost one of her other Xolos to a reaction to rabies vaccine and Itztli's mom had a bad vaccine reaction to another vaccine a while back. It's not uncommon. That said, she and I talked about her recommendation with vaccines and she recommends doing as limited vaccines as possible and recommended I wait until 6 months old to vaccinate for rabies if I can especially since he is a bit small in comparison to majority of his siblings. I'm planning to titer after his initial vaccines. We are not going to be doing lepto, lymes, influenza vaccine, etc...
How common is it for people to wait until 6 months old or older to vaccinate for rabies for the first time? The law here does say by 16 weeks apparently (I need to look it up myself to verify), but I really do NOT want to vaccinate him that young for rabies especially when this breed tends to have a lot of dogs with vaccine sensitivities and even vaccine related deaths. Is there any way to get an extension waiver for dogs that might be more susceptible to having adverse reactions?