Replies on Rabies Titer Gone? Rabies Protection is Not!

My dog was “due” for his rabies vax in January. He last had one in January 2018. Not only did he get that one, but days later they gave him a DPP (or whatever it’s called) lepto, Lyme, bordatella...yada yada yada. All in one day. This was before I adopted him. I decided NO MORE! His ear canals are perpetually swollen and itchy. And he has an apparent perianal adenoma to boot- which isn’t bothering him at all. There’s no way I dare go to a conventional Dr WhiteCoat for this! I didn’t register him. (I had registered my previous dogs, which gives them carte blanche to demand anything) But now he needs to be groomed and I need to find a groomer who thinks the same way we do and who won’t demand that he get ANY vaccines and won’t freak over his ears or adenoma chanting “Dr WhiteCoat needs to see this.” He’s raw fed and I don’t use any chemicals on him and he just looks like a wooly mammoth right now but I won’t get him any vax that’s going to aggravate what the others already caused. Yikes!

how far the authorities' hooks are in you is actually a big deal if you're trying to have a dog in an area that's strict about pet ordinances. some people don't have the resources for a "holistic" vet, and just because they don't have thousands to blow on pampering a sensitive animal doesn't mean that person should be in danger of having their pets confiscated and sent to shelters where they're likely to be euthanized anyway. i'm astonished sometimes when i see how class-based pet care is-these holistic vets prescribe diets that are better than what i can afford for myself and my family, let alone the cost of immunizations (let's face it: do you ever see a holistic doctor whose services are afforable to the working poor?) and the penalties assessed for not keeping up with them i'd like to someday see affordable advice geared towards pet owners who struggle to keep up financially, and i'd like to see less vitriol towards us. we sincerely can't afford to feed our animals meals of organic chicken and wild rice when we're eating macaroni and canned tuna, and poor people enjoy the companionship of animals too. we need solutions that are applicable to everyone, not to the lucky few who have extra money that isn't already going towards rent and bills and food for the human members of the household. i would never advise anyone to risk losing their pets because vaccines are such bad bad things and should be avoided.