Minimal Use Vaccine Protocal for Puppy Vaccine Reactions

The following vaccine protocol is offered to combat puppy vaccine reactions and vaccinosis concerns.

Most puppies that react are given combo shots (except in the case of rabies) and usually the reaction can be stopped simply by breaking the shots out and giving the doses in a more isolated way rather than all at once.

This is because the dog can be reacting to many different parts of the vaccine including stabilizers, preservatives, or antibiotics (not necessarily the antigen which protects your dog from disease) the antigen doesn't change but these other components do depending on how the vaccine was manufactured.

This requires more injections and can be a little more expensive because you are having to buy a lot more vaccines, another option is to put your pup on a very limited vaccination schedule (such as the one below) or to titer your dog (if the reaction is severe enough in nature to warrant this kind of testing) and skip vaccination altogether if the test comes back showing your dog already has immunity from the previous vaccination.

The limited vaccine schedule focuses on the two most deadly dog diseases, providing protection from parvo and distemper and for legal reasons also includes the rabies vaccine.

It's best to view puppy vaccine reactions in the same way that we think of allergic reactions to bee stings or peanuts, they are not going to be safe for everyone but they pose little threat to most. This doesn't mean that we should eradicate them altogether or that the many that they work for should stop using them.

A vaccine reaction is emotional thing for any dog owner to experience and so is watching a puppy die of parvo or distemper.

Vaccinate for rabies in accordance with the laws for the state in which you live, except in circumstances where the severity of an allergic reactions in dogs indicate that a written waiver needs to be obtained from the primary care veterinarian.

Most states will not acknowledge home administered rabies vaccines and so you will have to go to your vet or a rabies clinic to get it legally administered in the first place.

In the case of an allergic reaction to the rabies vaccine, a rabies antibody titer can also be performed to accompany the waiver request.


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