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Weeg
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read those articles and give your medical opinion on the topic, I really appreciate it. I have to agree with you about the highlighted sentences. The first based purely on opinion and assumptions rather than the actual science. Your right about the second sentence to, vets are in it for the well fare of the animal, laziness isn't gonna distract from that.Well, I read the article. Here are some of my thoughts.
"A lot of veterinarians give misleading information to get you to keep vaccinating your dog regularly."
As a person that works in the Veterinary field, I guess I just kind of think, well, unvaccinated animals get sick.
Do I believe/agree that you can over vaccinate and we could do more to lessen the amount of vaccines given? Certainly. That's why it's called practicing medicine, you can always improve and do better.
In my years of working at a small animal practice, I've never seen a pet die from a vaccine. I would never say that it couldn't happen. All vaccines have risk (even for humans).
Now, I have seen puppies die from Parvo, cats from distemper and dogs die from Lyme (after it has affected the kidneys).
No vaccine is 100% effective, but it's a very good precaution.
"Some vets charge an exorbitant amount for titers (perhaps because they really don’t want to do them)"
I'll admit, I rolled my eyes at that statement. It falls into the "vets just want to take your money!" mindset.
It costs money to send a blood sample to a special lab (like Veterinary college) to be analyzed. It costs money to ship it same day through UPS in a chilled package. It costs money to pay the technician to draw the blood and prepare it for testing.
It's quite silly to suggest that the "high" price stems from pure laziness or a disinterest in what's best for a pet's health. Which I feel is sort of what the author is implying.
All in all, it's not a bad article, there's some really good points, but sentences like above can detract from the science and cloud an objective view.
In the end, you must do what's best for your pet and what you feel is right for them.
And guaranteed more pets die from the disease than the vaccine protecting from it, which is why I do plan on getting the core vaccines, just not the non-core vaccines that seemed to be higher risk. I'm going to boost the dogs immune systems from here forward, using herbs/plants to do so. I know that won't protect them from any diseases, but it will decrease the chances of getting them.
Again, thank you for your opinion on the topic, its great to hear what others have to say about it since theres always two sides to every story. Your post was very helpful.
