All my life we have had dogs and cats, aways large dogs. These various pets were given their jags when puppies or kittens and that was that...........nothing more unless they were ill.
These days everyone with a dog gets it jagged once a year, a booster jag. The vet makes money ( £40 a dash) and the drug companies make money but what about the health of the dog?
There is a big thing going on in the US about the problems associated with booster jags and what they contain. Many people are statting that their dogs have died not long after having a booster jag. I have never been infavour of them but swmbo insists. The only benifit I see is that kennels wont take dogs that do not have their vaccinations up to date.
Kito took seriously ill last year, September, he had his booster in August. The vet and the Animal Hospital could not work out why Kito had became so seriously ill and what the root cause was. I took him to the vet earlier this week to have a sore paw looked at. A bandage some cream and a thank you.....£87. I mentioned to the vet that he was due his booster and pointed out what had happened last year. The vet said he did not think Kito should be given a booster.
I contacted the animal Hospital and the vet who has been looking after Kito said she also thinks he should not be given a booster. She wrote...'not to vaccinate as the masticatory mytositis is an immune-meditated disease. As the infection risks in the UK is low and most other dogs are vaccinated. I think the risk of worsening the disease outweighs the benefit of being vaccinated.'
I think that there is too much of a coincidence between the jag and the illness and will not have another dog vaccinated.
If you have a dog all this is well worth looking into and of course can be done easily over the net.