Lizzy Meyer
My pet peeve on this topic is when animals are "pre-medicated" for vaccines. I see it all the time and as a vet tech this drives me crazy, given that I practice holistic methods for my own animals.
My first question is why go so far as to pre-medicate them...they should not be given the vaccine in the first place if they have this history.
These animals (have seen this in horses, cats, dogs) have a history of vaccine reactions. To prevent symptoms of these reactions in the future, these dogs are medicated with some heavy immune-modulating and suppressive drugs. In horses, they are commonly given an anti-inflammatory (Banamine) since these horses tend to get colicky after vaccines (~75% of the immune system lives in the gut...where colic starts). Watching a horse during a vaccine reaction ie.) anaphylaxis is horrible...and to see that vet get ready to vaccinate it again later, medicated, even worse.
The answer for all these animals should be no more vaccines PERIOD! Then, start walking the Vital Path....because they are already on the Perilous Path... and I have seen these animals die-right then and there. Alternatively they succumb to a lifetime of allergies or cancers, or both.