2007-03-01 16:52:35 · 8 answers · asked by ramos20016 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
No, you don't. Howoever, waiting over two or three months can upset the doggie's system. Try keeping them as on time as possible.
2007-03-01 16:55:34 · answer #1 · answered by onzanzabarsands@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it depends on the vaccine and the point in the series as mentioned before. if it is an adult animal and has been up to date all along a month wont hurt. You can go probally longer for distemper. Bordetella should be done every 6 months if you are in high dog traffic situations (dog shows, groomers). Lyme and lepto need to be done yearly so I wouldn't wait to long to booster those. However if this is a puppy or a dog who has not had the vaccine before or an animal that has missed several years, those series need to be on time.
2007-03-02 01:18:04 · answer #2 · answered by ALM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. In fact, most vets are reducing vaccination schedules to only one every 3 years for most of the vaccines including rabies.
ALL 27 VETERINARY SCHOOLS IN THE USA HAVE CHANGED OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THEIR VACCINATION PROTOCOLS FOR DOGS AND CATS!!
I encourage you to ask your vet for less frequent vaccinations and take the info from the links below if you suspect s/he'll refuse. Recent studies have demonstrated that dogs still retain their resistance to diseases for more than 7 years after vaccinations are given, and overvaccination actually causes certain illnesses. (In cats vaccines can cause cancer at the injection site after multiple vaccines over a few years! http://www.avma.org/vafstf/ownbroch.asp)
Dr. Jean Dodds has studied this intensively and recommends that some vaccines NEVER be repeated! (See link below).
If your vet won't change, consider calling around and looking for a new vet for your dog's sake.
Even if you decide to continue giving annual vaccinations, if you miss a month your vet will not ask that you start all over. You'll take up where you left off. But over-vaccination is a problem, just as undervaccination is a problem.
2007-03-02 01:01:36 · answer #3 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
depends if you are talking the yearly or the initial series. Yearly it's definitely no big deal and I would talk to your vet about getting them every other year or every 3 since titers have shown the efficacy to much greater then 12 months. Although if you are in the inital puppy series, then be sure to get one vaccine now and one to booster at no less then 3 weeks and no greater then 4 weeks from the 1st. If you are in an area that you are worried about parvo, you may also get one additional "parvo only" vaccine at 6 months or time of spay/neuter.
2007-03-02 01:06:42 · answer #4 · answered by atli00 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No. missing it by a month is not a big deal at all.
2007-03-02 00:57:28 · answer #5 · answered by marina 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, just go in and see the vet and get caught up. It is like baby shots for children. If your child is ill when he is due for a shot, you postpone it until baby is healthy.
2007-03-02 01:06:58 · answer #6 · answered by Susan H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, you pick up where you left off usually.
2007-03-02 00:58:20 · answer #7 · answered by lizzy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
LMFAO!!!
HEL* NO!
2007-03-02 07:51:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋