how many of you get boosters done every year, theres been lots of talk about them not been needed except to line the vets pockets ,

i don't have boosters done every year, but i do have yearly health tests,
my vet doesnt even ask me if i want them to have booster jabs any more. :nhy:

my last dog boss never had yearly boosters done either, but then he never had to stay in kennels when we went away and he never needed to go to training... fred goes for training and and stays in the kennels when we go away so he needs his done

the vet did say to me when fred had his first ones done that there was no need for boosters, his dogs never had them :nhy:

Mines dont have them. :nhy:

tbh i dont think fred would if he didnt need to go in kennels ....and they werent free on practice plan lol :2431:

i use to do them every year, then 2 of my girls were very ill after having theirs so never did them again

really?... what was wrong with them?

sickness , runs , not eating and lethargic , not good at all :nhy:

aww thats awful..... thankfully fred has been okay up to now...

mine all get theirs every year i do know all the hype about ppl saying they dont need them ect

but i dont want my dog getting parvo or anything, i think thats more of a risk to my dogs. plus a lot of the places i take my dog like trials, on jobs theirs always huge groups of dogs.

i have very good friends who are vet nurses and vets and we discuss this all the time.

the risk is the same for all dogs i think, no matter what they do.... i.e theres a risk if you go training with other dogs.... walking them anywhere is a risk as foxes etc get everywhere....

but then my dog boss lived to the age of 14 with very little health problems until the end... and my aunt who lives on a farm never gets boosters done for any of her dogs...

but then if i was to now stop getting freds boosters... and he was to contract parvo.. i would feel guilty...

each to their own i think

Marley has his boosters and Kala will too, I just dont want to take the risks.
but as you know Im a scaredy cat anyway!! :2431:

:2431: we know jude!!.. i dont think i would stop freds now.... it would be just our luck that he got parvo

no i know shelley if they are gonna get it they will parvo lies dormant for five yrs or summet dont it :thinking: but thats why i also get KC ones due to where we go thats what i ment

as paddy got Kennel Cough out on a walk were lots of dogs regulary walk and was very ill and i wouldnt want any of my dogs getting that again not nice

ooh i didnt know it lies dormant for 5 years :nhy: ....

i wish i had fred vaccinated for kennel cough too now ... when he went to kennels last year he came back a bit rough