I HAD AN EMAIL WORTH DISCUSSING
"MY FRIEND JUST BOUGHT A DOG , AND THE BREEDER TOLD HER NOT TO AHVE ANY LEPTO VACCINE. AND HER VET RECOMMENDS IT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?"
MY SIMPLE ANSWER IS..PROBABLY ....LIE....
DID THE BREEDER GO TO VET SCHOOL? MAYBE THEY DID... OTHERWISE......
YOU PAID FOR THE DOG, IT IS YOUR DOG, DO WHAT YOU WANT AND LIE IF NECESSARY .
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO BUY A DOG, THINK THE BREEDER IS SOME GREAT WIZARD.
YOU HAVE ALL BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE... YOU KNOW, IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH TO PRODUCE PUPPIES... YOU PUT A BOY DOG WITH A GIRL DOG AND 63 DAYS LATER MOTHER NATURE WILL DO AS SHE PLEASES -- SHE WILL OR WILL NOT GIVE YOU PUPS AND THERER IS NOT A DARN THING ON YOUR PART THAT WILL CHANGE THAT... HAVING PUPS IN GENERAL DOES NOT PROVE A THING.... EXCEPT YOU GET A TITLE ..."BREEDER"
LEPTO MAY BE A REGIONAL THING-- BUT IN THIS DAY AND AGE ZIKA GOT FROM BRAZIL TO MIAMI WITHOUT TOO MUCH TROUBLE. I AM NOT SURE WHAT REGIONAL MEANS...
NOW IF THE BREEDER HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, YOU MIGHT ASSUME THEY HAVE MADE ENOUGH MISTAKES TO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE( WHICH COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCES) BUT IN THE GREAT TURN OF THE WHEEL, I CERTAINLY WOULD THINK HEAVILY ON THE VET'S OPINION.
WHEN GEORGE (DVM) GIVES ME HIS OPINION ABOUT MEDICINE, I FIND HE IS INCLINED TO BE RIGHT.. (WHEN HE GIVE ME TRAINING ADVICE I MUST ADMIT... I LAUGH..)
THAT CONCEPT IS WHY I FOUND GOV CUOMO'S COMMENT SO FUNNY THE OTHER DAY " I KNOW WHAT I DONT KNOW" WHICH I SUPPOSE IS TH E SIGN OF AN EDUCATED PERSON.
VACINES HAVE BECOME AN EASY OUT FOR UNKNOWN MEDICAL CONDITIONS
HOWEVER... I PERSONALLY GOT THE PNEUMONIA VACCINE-- AND MY KIDS GOT A BUNCH OF SHOTS...
I KNOW OF ONE BREEDER WHO BLAMES HIP DYSPLASIA ON VACCINES
WHICH I DOUBT.... BUT PROVES A POINT...
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THE WAY IT GOES.....
FROM WHAT GEORGE TELLWS ME.... I THINK..... BOY AM I GOING TO HEAR IT IF I AM WRONG.....IF THE MOTHER DOG HAS BEEN VACCINATED, SHE WIOL PASS ON PROTECTING XXXXXXX IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS MILK... COLOSTRUM.. THOSE ANTIBIDIES WILL WORK FOR A WHILE--- BUT WE ARE NOT TOTALYY SURE WHEN THEY QUIT... COULD BE IN A SHORT 6 DAYS- SO WE SHOOT THEN JUST IN CASE-- BUT IF MOMMY'S PROTECTION IS STILL IN EFFECT, THE 6 DAY SHOT MIGHT NOT PRODUCE THE PROPER ANTIBODY RESPONSE-- SO WE SHOOT AGAIN AT 12 WEEKS-- WHICH PROBALBY WORKS-- BUT TO BE CERTAIN WE SHOOT AT 16 WEEKS WHICH THEY SEEM TO BE PRETTY SURE WORKS... FOR A YEAR.
I ONLY THINK THAT IS RIGHT.... 6 12 16
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW IS RIGHT-----FOR ALL YOU IMPORTING PUPS FROM EUROPE...... THAT PASSPORT YOU GET WITHG A PUP FROM EUROPE- ALL WRITTEN IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE... SHOWS THE SHOTS GIVEN USUALLY THE 6 AND 12 WEEK WITH A DATE...BUT-- AND THIS IS CRITICAL-- THE THIRD DATE THERE IS NOT THE THIRD SHOT.... IT IS THE DATE YOU SHOULD GIVE THE THIRD SHOT. AS I SAID... EXPERIENCE COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCE.
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WE ARE ALL HOPING FOR CEMENT TODAY-- APPARENTLY A BIG PRODUCTION FOR WHAT IS A BIG AREA I WAS TOLD "3 TRUCKS FULL" SO THAT COULD BE FUN... AND I AM TOLD THE AREA IS CLEANED UP WITH THE STONE DUST. I ACTUALLY DID NOT SEE IT CLEANED UP AST NIGHT....
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YUPPY TRAINING - ALMOST HAS IT. I HAVE THINGS TO DO...LIKE DRINK COFFEE WITH JUDY...
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SHORT DOGGIE
