Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
Hey Terry,
So, the test case for your theory of poor breeding would be finding those breeders, "good" or "bad," who vaccinate from an early age and those animals who get purchased by owners bent on doing everything Dr. WhiteCoat suggests. It may be hard to separate that "everything" into vaccines vs the other poisons and crappy food, but I can tell you the evidence stands:
1. Those who are looking at when chronic disease strikes (most often "The Itch" and its variations like chronic inflamed ears) will see, more often than not, it started close to a month after a round of vaccinations.
2. We've learned, backhandedly, something that goes back to smallpox-vaccinated humans, that a handful of homeopathic remedies known as "vaccinosis remedies" MUST be part of the course of treatment in order to get an animal "unstuck" and responsive to constitutionally prescribed remedies and moving on towards cure. Dr. Pitcairn saw this after years of trial and error and finally finding "Vaccinosis and its Cure by Thuja," the seminal work of J. Compton Burnet, he saw the significant impact of vaccination.
Perhaps breeding plays a role, but I think you'd find plenty of well-bred dogs who are vaccine damaged if you surveyed widely enough.