Re: 4 Month Vet Visits

[Gina Heitz <brier@oregonsbest.com>]

At 01:53 PM 5/6/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Could be that it is time for a Rabies vaccination.   Usually it is given
>when they are 16 weeks old. If your vet doesn't give it till six months,
>then here is one breeder that thinks you have a great vet! I myself,
>hold off for that vac until my pups are at least six months old.
>But....it is hard to find a vet that waits that long.
>
>                             Ilene


No disrespect intended but it's not the vet's option when a dog receives 
the rabies vax.  It's yours!  In OR they are recommending vaccination for 
rabies as early as 12 weeks due to the out break of rabies in Texas, but 
it's only an advisement.  In Oregon the law set by the state is that a dog 
must be vaccinated by six months of age for rabies and again 12 months 
after the first vaccine, then onto every three years from there.

I do not vaccinate for rabies until 6 mos and I do not vaccinate for 
rabbies with in 3 weeks of any other vaccination.

Gina