Comments on Stop Vaccinating: Reconsider Senior Dog Vaccination Schedule

I have an 11 year old Bichon. She has not been vaccinated since 2012 nor is she on flea or heart worm medication. In April 2016 she underwent bladder surgery for struvite stones. She had a stroke coming out of the anesthesia and I nursed her back to health. Switched her diet to raw or lightly cooked organic protein and veggies occasionally. She recently ate something which didn’t agree with her so off to the vets for the first time since May 2016. Of course they put her on antibiotics even though her blood tests, X-ray & ultrasound of her digestive trackwere all normal. The antibiotics masked her symptoms which returned 3 days after stopping them. I put her on a pre and probiotic along with fermented goat milk, cut all veggies from her diet and she is back to normal. Of course in big red letters it shows she needs her rabies & booster shots which I said NO to and will continue to do so. The vet was amazed that all her blood work, heart, kidney, liver, etc were so healthy in a senior girl. I credit my research when she had a stroke, switching her to a raw diet along with no poisons for the last 7 years with making her a healthy senior who just ate something which did not agree with her. Thank you for all the information you share with us.

I have a two year old cocker who is due his boosters. I really do not want him to have them. I enquired about titre testing but they can only test for one of the vaccines given. What should I do have the boosters or not. He is also due worm/ flea treatment any advise on what to give him. Just want the beta for him. I have had a Cocker in the past who had pancreatitis and did not have boosters and died at the age of 9 from IMT. I also had. Cat that had injection site sarcoma and also did not have boosters.

Are there any vets out there that will do precedures (dentals) on 14yr old dogs without being UTD on vaccinations. ?

What are your thoughts on heartworm medicine? Also flea and tick meds. I prefer not to give them “poison” on their skin. I live in MA where there are a ton of ticks everywhere. I haven’t vaccinated my older guys in 2 years and only have done the 3 year rabies because it is the law. They won’t be getting any more vaccines since they pretty much are indoors all day and not exposed to anything.
You can only get heartworm meds it from a vet and you have to vaccinate. What is the alternative? I have a 16 month old English Shepherd, a 10 year old Maltese and a 12 year old rescue.
Melissa

My dog was old and suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy. I also raised my concerns about his gastrointestinal issues, which was grossly ignored by his cardiologist. Instead, he went on to vaccinate my dog. He looked me in the eye, smirked and said that vaccines are safe. When I found him suffering from a stroke or vestibular disease, I called tge emergency line to talk to the vet. He was too busy having lunch. The manager of the clinic laughed at me and told me 'to take 'it' somewhere else'. My dog died soon afterwards.

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My dogs are both 7 years old. At what age is a dog considered a senior?
I just took them both to a new vet who is titled holistic. I asked that they both be titred for Rabies thanks to Dr. Falconer. ????
One came back with good immunity. The other she said was close and we should retitre again next year. Curious as to what you think of that...?
Thanks for all the great information you share!

My 10 year old cocker hasn’t had core vaccines since her 1 year boosters, but rabies is a whole other can of worms. Here in California they go door to door and will only accept exemption for rabies if the dog currently has cancer or is on death’s door. They don’t accept rabies titers either! ????

My 10 yr old raw fed girl has IVDD and 2 spinal surgeries with some permanent neuro damage. I HATE having to give her the rabies poison. This last month she had loose bowels the next day, but so far no other symptoms. Next time I will plan ahead and track down a thimerosol free rabies vaccine at least.

Thank you for all you do to help creatures great and small Dr. Will.

Thank you for putting this out there for people to read and empower themselves!! NO is a very powerful word and allows us to take back the power to protect our pets. After all, the vet must receive our consent to do anything to our pets.

All very well and good under controlled, normal circumstances but I would be interested to hear your opinion on vaccinating dogs who are regularly exposed to the possibility of incoming infections if they live at a dog rescue? I do my 7 every few years and to date have had no problem. As I run the rescue from my home, I feel it would be negligent of me to expose my own dogs to the possibility of preventable infection. Over the years I've looked after plenty of parvo pups, so everything at home, both mine and rescues coming through are vaccinated.

I've had dogs for 30 years. Very early on I learned about the damage from vaccines and stopped vaccinating dogs after I got them from the breeder, except for rabies as required by law. Once I moved out into the country in 1994, I only gave 1 rabies in their life time. My current Aussies, ages 14.5 and 6, have had 1 more rabies shots - moving back into the city required that, but my old girl hasn't had that shot since she was 11 and god willing, will live a long time and never will again... my 6 year old got an exemption from my holistic vet and he never will get another one either. I'm with you on this... and share you information with other dog owners. Thank you for all your great information!

In Manhattan, you can't even take your dogs to get a bath unless they have up-to-date shots and I stopped vaccinating them after reading all your articles about Dr. Whitecoat. My ex-vet is so nasty regarding not vaccinating my dogs that I don't even take them there anymore or to any vet for that matter. To me I believe it's all a money making operation.

My 13 year old Sheltie recently had great bloodwork results and I was able to turn down vaccinations. She is due for rabies in August (required in Georgia) and I inquired about an exemption. My vet said that authorities will take your dog and immunize them. Titers are not allowed either. So I will be forced to continue her with another 3 yr vaccination. Is there anything I can do to ramp up her health beforehand or special care afterwards? What symptoms of a reaction should I look for? Can't tell you how anxious I feel. Most sincere thanks.

My vet said the same thing on rabies vac for my 1 or. old Maltese. Since he's 1 year old and never had a rabies shot, we will need to give him the 1 yr shot and NEXT year give him the 3 yr.
I told him, "You KNOW the 1 year and 3 year vaccines are the same. We'll do the 3 year." He said ok, and we left happy. I'm thanking you for the info.

We promised a local breeder a litter of puppies to trade for our gorgeous, sweet, funny champion female Weimaraner, Tia. Once she came to us and became part of our family she blossomed in every way! She had traveled on airplanes during her show days and now travelled with us for adventure.
Sadly, in order to fly, current rabies papers are required and we did not know the harmful effects of vaccines until she was diagnosed at age 11 with a mast cell tumor.
Our new vet was progressive and thought this was a form of vaccinosis.... cumulative over vaccination. She was treated for three years with nothing but homeopathics and lived to age 14 1/2.
We were so lucky for those wonderful years .... and... it was likely avoidable if we’d known the vaccine risks we were unknowingly subjecting her to.. Since then we have said NO to vaccines for our animal family!!!

We have been taking in "recycled" pets for 35 years, and have not vaccinated for almost 30 years. Right now we have a 14 year old cocker who was diagnosed with mast cell tumors, and had a benign, but large tumor in his intestines a year ago. We have been treating him with nutritional supplements and homeopathy and had an ultrasound done just to check his insides, and they look perfect! We said NO NO NO to chemo and radiation, and have said no to vaccinations for years. Jake, our cocker is doing GREAT. He runs around like a 4 year old dog. A few months ago he had an injured disk which caused immediate limitation of his motor abilities, but again, without surgery, and with a raw diet, good nutritional supplements and NO VACCINATIONS, our conventional vet is AMAZED, totally AMAZED, at how well Jake is doing! And all this even though he was left outside in Colorado 24/7 for the first 4 years of his life! The Natural Way works so well...do it for your fur babies and you and your vets will be amazed (even if they don't say so).