my dog has been sick after vaccination

[jennifer jones]

can anyone give me some advice, Digby had his annual booster injection on Thursday, he was sick later on that night. He has also been sick tonight, he seems a little lethargic but has been eating his food.

I am going to take him to vet tomorrow but am wondering if anyone else has had a problem with this or can offer me some advice, im really worried,

thanks

[Kimberly Simmons]

My Yorkie always gets sick and isn't herself for a couple of days after her boosters also : (

[jennifer jones]

thanks for reply, Digby is much better today and has kept down food, he still seems tired though. i will be doing research into this now. its been a worrying time

[Carmel Stringfellow]

Hi Jennifer,

I breed tibetan spaniels as well and have had a few of them get sick after vaccinations. I now only vaccinate my dogs every two or three years apart after they have had the full first twelve months vaccinations.

[Howard Glansfield]

I haven't had a problem with vaccinations but worming Arthur always makes him unwell.

[jennifer jones]

i think thats a good idea, its really made me think , its quite frightening

[Ann Carter]

I do not annually vaccinate, only every 3 years, so no problems.

[Carmel Murphy]

I dont vaccinate every year either! Once they turn 2yrs old, I then only get them done every 2 or 3 years!!

The only reaction any of mine ever got to a vaccination was a swelling at the injection site, which went down after a few days!

Hope your boy feels better soon;o)

[Catherine Carter]

In the UK you should vaccinate once a year for leptospirosis as the vaccine only last a year. For the other three vaccines recommended for dogs every three years is enough. This is what my vet recommends and what I do. I hope Digby soons feels better, I have never had any problems. Was he wormed at the same time? This might be the problem as I would never worm at the same time as giving booster to my dogs.

[Fran Griffin]

Hi Catherine. I saw a paper published a couple of weeks ago which clearly says that Lepto only lasts a few weeks - not a year.  This was a paper which was going round the vets.  The drug companies have brought out a new vaccine which covers a lot more strains of Lepto than the current one. However, again they are saying immunity only lasts a few weeks. Unfortunately, I have lost the link to the paper.  I will have to go back into a vet friends facebook page when I get a moment, and try and find that link.

[Catherine Carter]

Fran, you worry me now....the reason I vaccine against leptospirosis once a year is because we are on a farm, and we have rats that the dogs kill regularly. As far as I know rats are incontinent and it is through their urine that dogs can easily catch lepto( so can farmers for that matter if they don't wear gloves). I know of an Irish Setter who caught lepto and unfortunately died. Her owner never boosted .i will have to ask my vet about what you have read.

[Fran Griffin]

Yes, we have lots of rats around here too as there is a canal we regularly walk along, and in the summer the dogs like to dive in for a swim. There have been humans who have become seriously ill after falling in the canal, After we read that paper my colleague and I were very concerned.  Also do they vaccinate against the correct strain? that's another issue :-(  I will have a look down my friends facebook page later today.  She posts up several times a day, so I might have to go back through a lot of posts :-/

[Ann Carter]

Catherine we have too much in common, living on farm, name, Irish Setters, where will it end?