Shelly wrote:

"Rocky" wrote in message
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Friday's vet doesn't do three-year RV. He says it wouldn't help
in Friday's reaction, anyway, because of the increased antigen
load.

It might not help in the reaction, but you'd only have to deal with it
every three years.

Here's my question, though. If Friday became infected as a result of
the vaccine, how does that impact his immunity?

After this, I would consider not doing an RV with him, but we
travel so much that I want to play it safe.

I can understand why you'd want to keep him UTD on RV. If it were any
other vaccine, maybe not, but rabies is just too scary to screw around
with if your dog is going to be anywhere near where he could come in
contact with it.


Duh!

Rabies vaccines don't just go away after they are given. If any of you
had bothered to read the article on the Science of Vaccines you'd know
that vaccinating over and over is what causes much of the problems with
dogs. Once Jean Dodd's study is complete we will be a step further
towards getting the abuse stopped. Baby steps will do for now.

Indeed, by vaccinating over and over again you can actually reduce the
dog's protection.

That this vet vaccinated the dog after already knowing it's had adverse
reactions is against what the manufacturer says. Vaccines should only be
used on healthy dogs and especially not on one that has had a previous
adverse reaction.

And have you actually looked at the rabies stats in your area? The
numbers are frequently exaggerated to scare you into getting more shots.
There have been no rabid dogs in my county for decades.