Vaccinations 101

Disclaimer: It is important your pet consumes and intakes only what they NEED. What they don’t need will be harmful to the body if administered. Vaccines impact immunity - for both HUMANS AND PETS.

What is a Vaccine?

Vaccines are injections (shots), liquids, pills, or nasal sprays that you take to teach your body's immune system to recognize and defend against harmful germs.

So, what’s the problem? Well - Vaccines are a substance that can bring severe health issues while trying to make your or your pet’s body immune to one virus. Vaccine damage isn’t just when your pet’s head swells up five minutes after the vaccine, the signs almost often don’t show right away. Typically, vaccine damage happens slowly, over weeks or months. Why? Well - that’s because there are toxic ingredients in vaccines that accumulate in the body - the more you give, the more it causes problems than solves them. All ranging from minor fevers, rashes to even anaphylactic shock, cancer and worse - death. Arguably, the most common and harmful problem in veterinary medicine is over-vaccination. Not only do the vaccines cause a lot of damage in our pets, but nearly every vaccine vets give our pets is unnecessary. Despite the advances in medicine, modern pets (in America particularly - under Big Pharma) are living shorter, sicker lives than their ancestors. Vets today have a lot more drugs, vaccines and chemicals at their disposal and all of these carry hefty side effects. Unfortunately, vets are groomed to be uneducated on the topic; many lack the desire to be responsible for realizing vaccinations are becoming a major problem instilling a fear monger tactic to pet parents.

Pet parent, if you’re reading this - this is the first step, gaining knowledge.

Dr.Ronald Schultz PhD wondered why animals were vaccinated yearly when dogs and cats that had recovered from natural infection to distemper and panleukopenia were protected even years later. “Profits are what vaccine critics believe is at the root of the profession’s resistance to update its protocols” says Schultz. “Without the lure of vaccines, clients might be less inclined to make yearly veterinary visits. Vaccines add up to 14% of the average practice’s income” AAHA reports and veterinarians stand to lose big. I suspect some are ignoring my work. Tying vaccinations into the annual visit became prominent in the 1980s and a way of practicing in the 1990s. Now veterinarians don’t want to give it up. ”Even those vets who want to do the right thing are vaccinating our pets too often and with too much. They’re not prepared to make balanced vaccine decisions because the veterinary colleges rely on the vaccine manufacturers to teach their curriculum. This means you can’t rely on your vet to protect your dog from unnecessary vaccination and the damage it causes. He hasn’t been taught to know this”.

So, is there any good coming out of vaccines? The good news is, researchers have shown that the core vaccines (like rabies, parvo and distemper) can protect dogs for up to 7 years … and probably for life depending on diet. This means you don’t have to vaccinate your dog every year or even every three years. And limiting vaccines will go a long way to limiting your dog’s risk of vaccine damage. Unfortunately, When it comes to the core vaccines (like parvo, distemper and adenovirus), your vet, daycare or boarding facility might want your dog vaccinated too.

My pet is already vaccinated. What can I do? Even just one vaccine has the potential to set your dog up for health issues down the road. Overall, it doesn’t matter if you vaccinate just once or a bunch of times – it’s critical to help your pet detoxify after that vaccine.

So in conclusion, the core vaccines (parvovirus, distemper and adenovirus) are not required by law.

Only rabies is legally required in all states in the US and some (not all) Canadian provinces.

So apart from rabies, nobody can force you to vaccinate your dog or cat with any other vaccine you don’t want to give.

Period.

titer testing

Disclaimer: It is important your pet consumes and intakes only what they NEED. What they don’t need will be harmful to the body if administered.

What is a Titer Test?

A titer test (pronounced tight-errr) is a laboratory or in-house veterinary test measuring the existence and level of antibodies (necessary to fight off disease) in your pet’s blood.

Basically, it’s a test that will tell you whether or not you actually need to vaccinate your pet.

How much are we talkin' in price?

Much less than getting vaccinations every 1-3 years.

Dr. Richard Ford, emeritus professor of internal medicine, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine sheds some light on tittering. “I get the impression that some veterinarians are just not doing any vaccinations until the titer falls into the negative threshold level, and then they boost. So that might mean some dogs or cats will go on for multiple years without needing a vaccination. Some develop excellent levels of antibody that are sustained virtually for their lives following the initial vaccination series. And others don’t seem to sustain them that well.”

So, is this apart of the solution?

It's a game changer, for sure. Ex. if you are adopting your pet and you are uncertain of the vaccinations they have or if anything is unusual, like ALLERGIES; a titer test can help with that. Blood work tells a lot.

REMEMBER: As a pet owner, it’s important you decide for yourself what works best for your pet and the lifestyle you’d love for them to thrive on. There is a lot to focus on, but once you hone in your pet’s health WILL THRIVE.

Anything further, keep in mind your pet is one of a kind. Not everything works for everyone.

Book a consultation with me and let’s talk about what works for your pet!