Replies on Duration of Immunity and Rabies Vaccination

Nicki, you are actually correct. I have spent years living, eating, breathing DM. My GSD developed symptoms weeks after an ill advised rabies vaccine. I spent the next 2 1/2 years researching, speaking with 100's and 100's of other DM parents. The general consensus is, it is in their DNA. My beleif is, even though my dog was AA ( at risk), he may have gone a lifetime without the DM rearing it's ugly head. Instances of dogs NN ( double negative ) developing DM ( confirmed on necropsy ) are next to nil. So to say the Rabies vaccine can cause DM, I don't personally believe that is possible. But I absolutely believe there are many DM at risk dogs who will never become symptomatic until there is a huge hit to their immune system. The DNA test available today is absolutely accurate. The few supposed instances of it being proen wtong on necropsy, are again, very, very few and far between. All the DNA test bashing is being spurred on by breeders who don't want any test telling them who they can and can't breed to......pure greed.
My beautiful Miles passed told us he was fed up once hs front end became effected. He spent almost 2 years in a wheelchair, happy as a clam. Dogs are just amazing ❤️

The results from DNA testing for DM are given as simple recessive genetics = Clear, Carrier or At-Risk. There is more to be researched as not every At-Risk will be affected but my understanding is that Clear & Carriers do not develop DM. Allopathic vets understand that dogs develop auto immune conditions but refuse to admit, in most cases, that they result from vaccinations, so I'm quite sure they would never adopt the view that there is an immune mediated component to DM.

I am tired of people being so afraid of the laws in the US about rabies vaccines. We are the only ones that can be their voice. I do not vaccinate at all except the dogs I import from Germany are already & International law requires before transportation rabies vaccines. There use to be a company you could buy your own rabies vaccines, with rabies tags & certificates, but they went out of business in 2011 after being in business since 1946. So I now since the state I live in, and 28 others, don't allow rabies to be shipped to my state, I have other friends that live in the states that allow rabies to be shipped to them. I tell them to order a 10 dose vial for me along with rabies tags "if" they aren't included(few companies include them, another you have to buy 10 tags--not expensive), then when they receive it, ship it to me, don't need to ice it because I'm not going to give it anyway, just want the serial number off the vial & the rabies tag. You can print rabies certificate from the CDC website, complete it and do what you want with the vet license number & signature :) And I've been doing this for years. This way it looks like I am up-to-date with rabies on my dogs. And my cats are indoor cats and I refuse to rabies vaccinate them. I did have an "allopathic/dr.whitecoat" vet take over my regular vet who retired that told me I had to rabies my indoor male cat that needs to be neutered, and dumb dumb me, when asked if he had his rabies already, I immediately said "no" and they said he had to have one before they would neuter. I said no way! I said do a rabies titer since I had already asked the new vet when was the last time he had his rabies vaccine and he said 20yrs ago but he titers himself & staff every year. I said how much does it cost to do on himself & staff, he said $100 each; I said fine, do it to my 10lb cat, he came back 10mins later and said it would be $400! I said he was full of BS, and I laughed and said you are just looking to make tons of money. He said just do the rabies vaccine. I said, no thank you I'll find a vet that won't require it "or I'll be smart and answer "yes" he has already been vaccinated"(they make you LIE) To date, I still have not found a vet that will neuter him without rabies vaccine and even the so-called Holistic vet 45 mins from me, believes in rabies vaccine "because it is the law" So still looking and keep my open for spay/neuter clinics that won't ask or I'll lie and then he'll finally be neutered. He is 2 1/2 and did start to spray which is why I wanted him neutered. He has stopped for now :)

DM is a recessive gene but it has to be in both parents & grandparents. If you have high quality bred dogs, like I breed Top 100% W.German Bloodlines GSD's from Germany, it is a "rarity" in this breed because we breed so well. Unlike what AKC allows or what people don't give a rats ass of how they breed just to make money.
But DM & Hip Dysplasia can be & has been proven to be caused by over vaccinations especially rabies vaccines(too many core "combo" vaccines beyond a 3-in-1!!! too) and early spay/neuter also causes hip dysplasia, ligament problems & long bone growth problems.