Comments on: Do Chihuahuas Need Lepto Vaccines?

By: Me and my Chichi

Me and my Chichi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:12:19 +0000

My 4 month old chihuahua was vaccinated over the weekend and she had a horrible reaction to the vaccine. She was vomitting her face was swollen and had hives all night. She eventually fell asleep and woke up the next day 95% normal. But now she is all better.

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:19:57 +0000

As a Veterinary Technician, I have yet to see Lepto in my somewhat rural area. It is like Dr.Barchas said, you have to make an “informed” decision. It isn’t necessarily the Lepto the dogs always react to. In many cases we see just as severe reactions with a Rabies Vaccine that it required by law. Refer to his article on vaccinations, by not vaccinating at all, you are ignorant of the high probablility of contracting the deadliest Parvo and Distemper. If you don’t like what your Veterinarian has to say, go to another, if they say the same thing….there might be a good reason. If you use the internet, go to real medicine sites like Purdue’s Veterinary College or UC Davis or Cornell. There are so many misconceptions in all medicine, so don’t make your pet pay for your lack of understanding when the resources are out there.

By: Triish

Triish — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:02:52 +0000

My dog is coming home from a 9 day stay in the emergency and a $6934.00 dollar bill. He is still not out of the woods. We have a long road ahead of us. And we caught it early. Any Vet that says Lepto is easy to cure in a dog is out of his mind.

By: Jeannine

Jeannine — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:17:12 +0000

Add my golden to the long list of dogs who had severe reactions to the lepto vaccine. I’m not doing the follow up shot in two weeks because of this. My vet glossed over the serious side effects of this vaccine, scaring me into agreeing to it against my better judgment.

I wouldn’t let an attorney convince me to vaccinate my child, so I don’t understand letting one convince you to vaccinate a dog. From now on, I’m only giving my dog that vaccines that are legally required. We are too quick to medicate these days.

By: carla

carla — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:10:15 +0000

My dog is a chihuaha and we just found out he has lepto. He not an outside dog and i wanna know is anybody has a dog that has survive lepto what happens next, Please answer me!!!!!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:40:18 +0000

My two Chihuahua’s were given the Lepto vaccine in their Distemper vaccines recently. One is 8 lbs and 1 1/2 years old. The other was 4 months and 5 lbs. Both were given Benedryl for possible reactions. Both still had nasty reactions to the point where they were sick for a few weeks afterwards. You couldn’t even touch them without them screaming.

My vet will no longer give my dogs the Lepto vaccine.

They are boarded occasionally so they get a lot of the extra vaccines and have never had a previous reaction to any.

By: AyeCheewowow

AyeCheewowow — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:07:00 +0000

My 17 mo old chi reacted very badly to the lepto vaccination. She whimpered and whined, yelped when she was touched even lightly, and even wet our bed because she didn’t feel like jumping down to her paper pan. The vet gave us no “heads up” that this could happen, and gave us rymadyl to give her the next day, which did help a bit. He explained that the shot makes their skin “sore” but it was more like her skin was on fire; she was in pain, not just sore. Since then, she has also had a bad reaction to the bordetalla vaccination. She is strictly confined to our home and back yard, and after a lot of research, I plan to never vaccinate her again for anything. Small breeds in particular tend to have more reactions since the same dose is given to every dog regardless of size. I believe every pet owner should do the research and decide for themselves which vaccinations are necessary, then weigh the benefit against the risk. Google adverse reactions to canine vaccinations and read some horror stories about indiscrimate vaccination.

By: Barrie

Barrie — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:38:55 +0000

Here’s a new one: I went to a vet for a consult on mammary tumor removal on my Beligan Malinois last year and he REFUSES to give lepto vaccines because he says that veterinary science exists to protect people and the disease is easily cured in animals but very dangerous in humans. The idea being that you WANT the dog to show symptoms in case the person needs to be treated. My dogs are all frequently out in rural areas. I said, thank you very much for the information, that is very interesting and then proceeded to go ahead and give my dogs lepto boosters myself :-)

A number of agility dogs died from suspected lepto about five years ago and I have made certain that lepto is part of my dogs’ anual boosters since then.