Do you vaccinate your dog?

[Shanti]

Yes that's true, it's another thing DH and I have discussed. We rely on a local dog kennel to mind our dog whenever we go away (twice a year) & they require up to date vaccination records. Sometimes we can leave our dog with our MIL if they aren't away travelling at the time but we can't rely on them.

It's looking more towards vaccinating her at this stage!! Particularly if we want her to socialise with the dogs down at the local dog park eventually.

It just sucks that the injections aren't given based on 'weight' of the dog.... so our 30kg dog receives the same dosage as our tiny 1.4kg pup will how is that right???

[~ Mylitta ~]

It just sucks that the injections aren't given based on 'weight' of the dog.... so our 30kg dog receives the same dosage as our tiny 1.4kg pup will how is that right???

I asked one of our drug reps about that once. She told me that medications are a bit different to vaccines. Medicines need to reach what they call the "effective level" to work which is dependent on weight, whereas vaccines need to stimulate an immune response which apparently does not depend so much on weight.