Anyone notice a low cost clinic or event going on for bordetella shots?
Anyone notice a low cost clinic or event going on for bordetella shots?
Do you board your dog or go to dog parks? It's not really a necessary shot unless your dog will be around a lot of other dogs.
and even then it may not be effective.. there are so many strains of it.
Mine were vacc. against it and still got it... well some strain of it. There is a test you can send away for to find out what it is.
Southern States used to sell the shots(they still might) or the amish feed place in loveville sells them. you can give them yourself (very easy) just make sure you take the labels off the bottles and put them on an index card with the date and receipt. If you are boarding most kennels will accept that as proof.
Thanks, its the kennel rule not mine. I think all these shots are overboard. Please dont start a discussion about kennels vs pet sitting now
shut ityou kennel???????????????????? OMG!
fur real??? a fricken kennel?
Thanks, its the kennel rule not mine. I think all these shots are overboard. Please dont start a discussion about kennels vs pet sitting now
You can give them the nasal spray yourself, as long as you keep the labels and receipt for the kennel (at least the two kennels we take our dogs to are fine with it). It is around $5 at the Tractor Supply store.
$30 at Three Notch Vet. And they know what they are doing when they administer it.
I agree with roxie I would take the dog to the vet and have someone who knows what they are doing administer the shot.
It's really not hard at all to give shots and I don't think there is anything wrong with giving vaccines yourself as long as you handle it properly. It saves a TON of money. I don't need to be paying three times as much (or more) to take an animal to the vet when I can do the same thing myself.
I was a phlebotomist for 17 years, an EMT from age 16, an IV-Tech for many years, and I worked in a doctors office giving shots to children and adults alike.
Giving a shot to an animal is a piece of cake. If you have half a brain cell, why pay someone else to do it, it's not hard. I've been doing my own dogs shots for years.
A rabies shot is the only shot required by law to be given by a veterinarian's office.