Anything and everything #sorrynotsorry. Anything the vet recommends, I ask why they recommend it, and if their explanation is sound to me, I go ahead and do it. I don't think I've said no to something yet after the explanation. I trust my vet more than I trust the internet.
While I 100% agree that trusting your vet over the internet is *usually* always the better choice, I would hope any current vet is not giving yearly vaccines still. Over-vaccination isn't just some internet hogwash. There is LOTS of sound research and proof. Of course you don't want the pendulum to sway too far the other way either. Under-vaccination is of course an issue as well.
In AAHA 2011 it mentions every 5 years as acceptable. But AAHA did not set every 3 years in stone. It was a compromise, as most vets wouldn't have done the leap from annual to every 5 years right off the bat. But my friends hospital has switched to every 5 years.
Since 5 years is still a random compromise (but a very safe one)... hopefully some might get brave and do it every 7-9 based on the studies. Hopefully vets will start to be open to doing it less often. But I do get that some people just... won't take their dogs to the vet at ALL if they're not due for vaccines, so in that case? I'd rather the dog see the vet.
I just think there is so much evidence that every three years is still too often.
I understand that it's still not in some vets comfort levels to do it less often, and I understand that, but right now minimum Duration of Immunity is 7 years.
My vets have never said anything to me. I got him his rabies shot when it was due and they asked if I was getting any others, I simply said no thanks and that was that.
I have no immediate plans to vaccinate him again, besides rabies, but I suppose we'll see. If I ever did DHP again within the next few years, it would be the last time in his lifetime for sure.
I think things like lepto and bordatella just need to be taken on a case-by-case basis and totally dependent on environment. But I can't give lepto again after Jackson's reaction the first time, so it's a non-issue for me anyway.