How fortunate has your Dog been Healthwise?

[TwistingMyMelon]

CHeers for the advice on Vaccinations, reading up it is the best thing to do

But

My dogs are both rescue, they were both neutered and checked over by a vet and we had them at circa 6 months old.

Therefore, I am unsure if they had the initial vaccinations, my vet only offers on their website "boosters" what do we need to go for if we are unsure what vaccinations (if any) as a puppy?

Cheers

[Xtriple129]

I went for years not vaccinating my mutts after the first year. They all seemed to be fine and lived until ripe old ages (17, 18, 19 for my first three). But I got paranoid and now vaccinate them on time each year - get worried if they are a few days late!

I did have a dog die of Parvo but it was when it first appeared and it was truly horrible for her.

Nowadays I worry about everything - now worrying about what to get Phoebe for her 7th birthday (Tuesday) when I take them to the doggy version of Toys R Us, Chesters easy, he just enjoys weeing indoors while he's there - embarrassing little git!

[Pesty]

keslake said:

StuntmanMike said:

Keslake you have read on here about my dog, one thing I would stress to you is our insurance made it very clear, it would be void without boosters, so we have them.

I've never bothered with insurance Mike as i was quoted £40 per month so instead set up a £40 per month transfer to a separate account for emergencies and have built up a decent fund as i have never had to use it, touch wood.

See my other thread.

I research heavily when I got mine. Seems the research was spot in. They are very healthy and very long lived, the most intelligent dogs and fearless.

They don't get ill but they do injure themselves because these so called super intelligent dogs run around like idiots into walls. Jump from heights I wouldn't even look over. The dog is thick age fk and had gone and hurt his leg.

Bill would gave been 4k today. I would suggest that some insurance would be a good idea for most people.

Ps your dog is awesome.

Edited by Pesty on Friday 22 August 22:05

[parakitaMol.]

Wolfgang my mini wire Dachshund had a buried and undescended testicle so needed quite a big castration op (little zipper all the way up to his kidneys poor little thing) and poor little Wilhelm had a prolapsed disc (they are prone to disc disease) in May - major spine surgery to repair the prolapsed disc and also to fenestrate 4 other discs. Only 4 years old so quite young and quite worrying. They are feisty dogs and very active so it is hard to keep them resting, he HATED being in a crate and tough to go without their long walks on the heath - on mend now thank heavens. Surgery and scans were £6k. Glad I had full cover.



Wolfgang my wire Dachshund looking intensely adorable



Wilhelm on the beach in full Dachshund mode..


Poor little mite in his first week of crate rest (6 weeks + 4 gradually increasing exercise)

[bexVN]

Oh heck, had no idea about his condition. Hope he is doing well, seems unfair as you keep them so fit and active . What a worrying time for you. Hope you bought him some new outfits for his recovery

[parakitaMol.]

Hi Bex
Thanks, it was very sudden and unexpected, apparently their discs begin to degenerate around 2 years old but for some who have IVDD it can go at any time. There is no real reason, and i know so many dogs who have needed surgery - all of whom have different circumstances - some who jump a lot and never need surgery and some who have been really well guarded but have prolapsed discs, some with permanent cord damage.... ours are very active 'proper' hound dogs. We do heath /woodland walks at least 4 times a week - and they are very fit (excess weight on a dachs can exacerbate an underlying condition).

Thank God i knew the signs and acted fast - this can be the difference between full recovery and paralysis... he had an MRI scan and was undergoing surgery at NSDR (which is about 1 mile from my house) within 20 hours of first pain. It is the recovery that we were unprepared for... I slept on the sofa next to him in a crate for 4 weeks... with very little sleep because he cried for 6 weeks. He's made a good recovery but it is such a worry with this breed.

Outfits are only for fun - they hate them! - he has a nice dried rabbit ear once a week though

[HTP99]

Humphrey; our Pug, passed last year at 11, apart from the problem that ultimately lead to his demise, which reared itself two years prior, we have never had any health issues with him, quite a surprise considering the health problems that Pugs generally suffer from.

We never had insurance for him, stopped vaccinating him at about aged six and he lead a very good and healthy life, his issue was genetic and didn't really cost anything in terms of ongoing treatment apart from steroids which we stopped a few months in as they made him very aggressive and bad tempered.

Daisy our white Frenchie who is now 2 has insurance and I wont be stopping it as due to her deafness and white fur there is a strong possibility that she will get cancer later in in her life and she probably wont live as long as a nin white, non deaf Frenchie and is likely to have complications and health issues.

[johnxjsc1985]

we have had 5 rescue dogs initially we have them checked out by our Vet which we have had for 20 years..We don't do kennels so stopped the annual Vacs etc. We had one Dog needing a small op which cost about £400 other than that just annual check ups and the odd everyday problem. We keep our Dogs just on the lean side and it seems to work for us .Never had Insurance and we have spent about £2500 to £3000 over the last 18 years which for 5 Dogs (which included putting 3 off them to sleep ) isn't too bad. I would never suggest people don't insure their Dogs it has just worked for us.

[Catz]

Just an addition to the vaccination talk ...

My dog was getting her boosters today but also has to get an additional jag in 4 weeks time. Apparently there only used to be 2 strains of Parvovirus in the UK but the pet passport scheme means there's now more, hence the additional jag.

[bexVN]

Catz said:

Just an addition to the vaccination talk ...

My dog was getting her boosters today but also has to get an additional jag in 4 weeks time. Apparently there only used to be 2 strains of Parvovirus in the UK but the pet passport scheme means there's now more, hence the additional jag.

Have to be honest not heard that take on it before. It's true the Parvovirus strain has shown evidence of mutating but not heard it linked to passport or the need for extra vaccines, will have to ask the vets at work about that one.

[bronze kneecap]

just posted on your other thread about Scout.

he passed away last week at the age of 13.

in those years he had his yearly vaccinations without fail (kennels) but apart from them he went the vets twice, once for a gashed poor and a second time for a precautionary x-Ray.

he was so fit and healthy, I was so glad that he just slipped away quietly in his sleep..