Should You Vaccinate Your Dog?

There is a lot of conflicting information about the benefits or dangers of dog vaccines. The following quick lesson should enlighten you as to what the top Veterinarians in the World today think about vaccines for dogs. You’ll also learn of an easy test, called a titer test, your dog could take to minimize the chances of bad reactions.

There happen to be a multitude of types of dog vaccines. These encompass dog vaccines for rabies, lyme disease, parovirus, canine parainfluenza virus, giardiasis, canine distemper virus, bordetella bronchiseptica, canine adenovirus, leptospirosis and a couple others.

The simple fact is that many of these vaccinations for dogs are unneeded. The big problem, over vaccinating your dog, is unfortunately extremely common in the world today. Its most likey that vaccinating your dog does not have to be a yearly ritual. Thats probably too much. After vaccinating your dog for the first time ever, they should probably be given a “booster” vaccination about a year later. After that, dog vaccinations should probably only be given about once every three years. Whats more important than over vaccinating your dog is making sure to feed him or her a truly healthy dog food everyday, but thats a whole other article.

Dog vaccination dangers, bad reactions and side effects include neurological disorders, allergic reactions, autoimmune diseases, skin disorders and disease, thyroid problems, seizures and overly aggressive behavior.

Some of the dog vaccines you should probably make sure your dog gets are for canine distemper, rabies and parovirus. The parovirus disease is a really bad disease that ends up being fatal in many cases.

If you choose to vaccinate your dog, make sure to spread the dog vaccines out over a couple weeks rather than just shooting your dog up all at the same time. What this does is make it possible for the immune system of your dog to not become overwhelmed by multiple dog vaccines and lessens the odds of a bad reaction.

An excellent step to take to prevent bad reactions is to give your dog a “Titer Test” prior to giving him his dog vaccines. The Titer Test tests to see if your canine friend has a good enough amount of antibodies to the disease the dog vaccine is trying to prevent in his system. If the results of the Titer test reveal your dog has enough antibodies to the particular disease, then a vaccine for your dog will not be needed that year. And please remember, feeding your dog a healthy dog food each and every day will give your dog a powerful immune system that will be able to naturally fight off almost any disease.