Robert Banever
Donna,
Where I live titers are accepted for rabies. I had a Bichon Frise that was given a rabies vaccine at age 9. A few weeks later he showed symptoms of AIHA... hemolytic anemia. It got worse until I finally realized what was happening. He had to undergo blood transfusions on three separate occasions while taking steroid meds. They eventually stopped working and we put him on cyclosporine. This saved his life and he was able to live normally until age 16 when he died of heart failure. It cost me several thousand dollars in vet bills to keep him alive and it was a nightmare because you never knew when he might need a transfusion. Hospitalizations follow the transfusions and the bills add up quickly. The single worst vaccine IMO is the rabies vaccine. The same dose given to a 150 lb dog is given to a 15 lb dog! The adjuvents in the vaccine (and all vaccines) are toxic in and of themselves. Things like mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde are a few examples. I just don't understand why these toxins are put into vaccines in the first place. Instead of preventing disease most vaccines actually cause disease.