New 2006 guidelines for Canine Vaccinations from AAHA

I went to a seminar this past weekend and found out that the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) the elite of elite in small animal organiztions, released their guidelines for Canine Vaccination.

Heres the link for their recommendations – AAHA Guidelines

Still the same – with 3 year booster recommendation for the core vaccines – Distemper, Parvo, Hepatitis and Rabies. It is up to your veterinarian to determine if other vaccines are necessary for your pet and it is very dependent on where you live and/or where your dog spends a lot of time.

Also for those of you that are vaccinating your own dogs it came to my attention at this seminar that many of you are not using high quality vaccine. Even though I am a proponent of less vaccination and I feel that at times I am not in agreement with the major drug companies there is one thing that is guaranteed by using their products – high quality. This is vitality important when vaccinating your pet. We are influencing the immune system and you want a product that has gone through safety measures and quality measures. It just makes sense, why would you trust your pet to some fly by night company that is making vaccine in their basement? You have gone through the study and research to realize that vaccinations are important but that we need to give them less frequently if at all after puppy vaccines why would you accept a company that you know nothing about or that you only read about on the internet. The major drug companies have protocols and procedures and safety guidelines – there is a reason that veterinarians use them and it is not because we are in bed with them but rather they are a proven reliable safe source.

One last thing – there is a vaccine company out there that has on their website a vaccination guideline for puppies that is totally incorrect and could actually cause your puppy to be not immunized because one vaccine will counteract the other. I am going to do my own research to find out if this company still has this on their website and if it does I will post it here to show you what not to do and why. But let me give you a little hint – there is no reason and it can be detrimental to vaccinate puppies every week!!!