Thanks for all of your replies

Yeah I know how serious the Parvo virus can be, it's pretty scary.

Our dog we've had for nearly 7yrs now, she's always had her vaxx to schedule EVEN though she never leaves the house the last 3yrs due to her bad legs (arthritis ) and she did her crucial ligament in a while back so she isn't supposed to run around hard or anything. We just let her use the yard space we have which is plenty for her. If we take her out she runs crazy and her leg goes bad again so I suppose we could cut her vaccinations from yearly down to once every 3yrs perhaps...... something to think about.

As for our new little pup, I'm thinking because we want to take her out to the beach etc soon, we'll probably get her vaccinated but just every 3yrs......

Apparently the vaccinations (not sure which one's particularly?) DO last for more than 1yr but vets just advice getting it yearly to get people in the door more often for their annual checkups. I find that sad, that if that is the truth, these dogs are getting injections for something they are already immunised against for the next few years, instead they could be getting far less injections..... and dog owners would save $$$.

Someone told me the vaccinations only cost them like $2 and yet they charge us what $60 or so???? (can't' remember exactly but its expensive). It's wrong IMO.