Vaccines

I'm with AGK and TFX. Have any of you read this book? Juliette de Bairacli Levy's book, The Complete Herbal Book for the Dog

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I don't do very many vaccines for a couple reasons. the main reason is the immunity of the pups which basically counters your vacc and it is as if you never even gave it to them. I know I do not have parvo and such on my yard, so I try to stay away from alot of vaccs but also my pups never leave the yard to bring anything back. for example, I got a pup who was given a 5 way vacc at 6 weeks of age. his litter mates went with a friend who also gave them another one at 9 weeks. guess what? them pups still got parvo. so those 2 vaccs didn't do shit. my pup was fine. after hearing his littermates got parvo I waited still and then vaccinated him and the rest of my pups. not only did his littermates get it, but another dog on their yard got it who was over a year old and had been vaccinated the same when she was a pup but probably not around 16 weeks. I like to try to wait it out and give the vaccs later around 4 months of age. I have never had parvo. but I keep a clean yard and home with not a lot of traffic. a lot of ppl say dogs immunity from the dam only last 5 weeks, I don't believe it.

I also understand the effects the shot can have on the immune system of the pups and that can be related to some pups getting parvo still. I just looked at the paper my pup and his littermates had 2 vaccs before being picked up. so those pups that got it had been vacc'd 3 times. but the grown pup that also got it wasn't vacc'd at the same time as them so I wouldn't relate it to the vacc weakening their immune system. I think they just had prolonged immunity and when it "wore off" they contracted it.