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Post by gsdgroupie on Oct 24, 2023 14:12:27 GMT
One of our local vets has started giving the Kennel Cough vaccine by mouth! Brilliant and not before time!  I'm hoping ours will do the same before long. I took Gus for his jabs last Friday and we had to back him into a corner, cover his eyes with a scarf, and hold on tight!! The newly qualified vet, Emily, did a sterling job and managed to get the vaccine up his nose despite him jerking his head around! |
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Post by gtrmacs on Oct 24, 2023 15:10:07 GMT
Tasha's always had hers injected??
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Post by caryll on Oct 25, 2023 5:02:32 GMT
Tasha's always had hers injected?? The kennel cough one?
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Post by gtrmacs on Oct 25, 2023 10:56:24 GMT
Pretty sure - tho' a quick google seems to indicate it's not as effective as oral/nasal??
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Post by caryll on Oct 25, 2023 11:49:56 GMT
I've only had the kennel cough one given to my dog twice - both times it was a nasal squirt
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Post by gtrmacs on Oct 25, 2023 12:45:41 GMT
I'm pretty sure that last time Tasha went into kennels it was a jab - but memory's a funny thing ...
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Post by gsdgroupie on Oct 26, 2023 10:57:28 GMT
I don't think the Kennel Cough vaccine can be injected.  |
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Post by caryll on Oct 26, 2023 11:32:09 GMT
I don't think the Kennel Cough vaccine can be injected. I think you're right - I've never heard of it being injected.
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Post by gtrmacs on Oct 26, 2023 15:31:17 GMT
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Post by caryll on Oct 26, 2023 15:53:47 GMT
I didn't know that! You learn something new every day!
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Post by gtrmacs on Oct 26, 2023 16:41:04 GMT
I can't promise she _did_ get an injection - but it's me who comforts her and holds her head ...
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Post by goodie on Oct 29, 2023 10:13:52 GMT
I've only had the kennel cough one given to my dog twice - both times it was a nasal squirt Same here, but luckily the boarding kennels here don't require kennel cough, so we don't have to do that anymore 
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Post by gsdgroupie on Oct 29, 2023 12:34:22 GMT
I've only had the kennel cough one given to my dog twice - both times it was a nasal squirt Same here, but luckily the boarding kennels here don't require kennel cough, so we don't have to do that anymore In this area, all day-care facilities have to insist on the KC vaccine otherwise they won't get their licence. However, some boarding kennels insist on it and others don't, so that begs the question - why the difference? 
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Post by cockneychris on Oct 29, 2023 14:07:41 GMT
I have a letter from my old vets saying it will be of no use to give Vinny a kc jab as he is on antibiotics but he hasn’t had them for a while now.
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Post by caryll on Oct 29, 2023 17:16:59 GMT
Same here, but luckily the boarding kennels here don't require kennel cough, so we don't have to do that anymore In this area, all day-care facilities have to insist on the KC vaccine otherwise they won't get their licence. However, some boarding kennels insist on it and others don't, so that begs the question - why the difference? Vaccines, yes - core vaccines. But the kennel cough one is NOT core. Some daycare facilities do insist on kc vaccine, but many realise that it's a virus & so mutates constantly. Therefore, most kc vaccines are... useless.
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I'm hoping ours will do the same before long.
