raechiemay
Well-Known Member
Unless he's going to have regular access to ponds/streams/rodents I'd seriously suggest putting off the lepto till he's over a year (or just out right skipping it all together). If you decide to go ahead with it now anyway DO NOT do it at the same time as anything else. Please. You should be able to do it as a tech visit which usually costs less than a true vet visit.
My two catch rodents for fun(at least they don't try to bring them inside), plus we're kinda rural so streams etc are all over. So Apollo got his lepto 6weeks after his 1yr rabies booster. I plan to do the same with Arty once he's a year old.
The adenovirus should be the A in the DA2P-Pv, and I'm pretty sure the titer for distemper/parvo also tests for it (it may depend on the lab doing the bloodwork, but I know Cornell includes it).
If you read my post on puppy shots you already know my opinion of the canine flu and kennel cough vaccines (influenza and bordetella, just in case that wasn't clear). Infact, I'm pretty sure that one of the P's in that shot IS the influenza, did they give a seperate shot for that?
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The Drontal is a wormer, thats normal for pups, I don't understand why its normal, but its a normal thing given at newpup visits. It ought to be dependant on a fecal test results, but they never do. Sentin doesn't ring a bell, I'll have to look that one up.
I haven't had a chance to go read your post about vaccines, I will do that now, but is there some kind of higher reaction risk with mastiffs that I don't know about? I know when I started working in the field the vet that took care of my other dog (dachshund/yorkie mix) said she was totally against vaccinating dachshund & dachshund mixes with the lepto vaccine as they were proven reactors. I know the make up of the vaccine has changed over the years & the vets I used to work for more recently said it was relatively safe but it scared me. I take my little dog, Daisy, with me when I go to Wisconsin in November & I recently, as of last year, decided to have her vaccinated for lepto & lymes disease as my dad's dog passed away due to lymes disease. The lepto vaccine still scares me & when I had Daisy initially vaccinated for it I made them give her a benadryl (???) injection prior to giving the vaccine. She did fine. She did have a little tenderness to the injection site, but that went away within 24-48 hours.