Rabies Shots And Other Dog Vaccines – Are They Safe For Your Pet?

Pet Health – Pet Vaccines

If you are a pet owner, I’ll bet you never considered that pet vaccines might be bad for your pet. I was very surprised to learn that holistic pet health practioners do not approve of   most conventional pet vaccines. The most common vaccinations  for dogs are  rabies virus, canine distemper, hepatitis, adenovirus cough, parainfluenza, parvovius, and leptospirosis. Dog owners are also encouraged to vaccinate against Lyme disease, corona virus, and Bordetella. Legally, pet owners are required to vaccinate their pets against rabies.

Holistic vets consider what the vaccine does to the animal’s immune system. They argue that statistics indicate overall pet health is declining, pets are living shorter life spans and having small litters. Holistic pet health practitioners also say new diseases have appeared even since we started vaccinating so heavily. 

W. Jean Dodds, D.V.M., from Cornell University College Of Veterinary Medicine says that because we innoculate dogs with all the different viruses at once, we may be weakening their immune system hence weakening their overall health. Dr. Pitcairn, author of Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats goes further and says “The effect of vaccination, besides the physical effects of stimulating an antibody response, is to establish a chronic disease… resulting in mental, emotional, and physical changes that can, in some cases, be a permanent condition. If you knew, asks Dr. Pitcairn, that by giving a vaccination you might save an animal from an acute disease but would also be sentencing him to a lifetime of chronic disease, would you still vaccinate?”

Celeste Yarnell, Phd. quotes the English homeopath C.E.I. Day, M.A., Veterinary M.B., M.R., C.V.S. as saying ” there is an awakening recognition among veterinarians of the connection between immunization and various illnesses” and conditions including bloat, stained teeth, ulcers, chronic gastroenteritis and seizures. Yarnell says though most people with chronically ill animal companions believe the animals were always sick,  in reality, often the problems can be traced to the time of vaccination (or to their parents’ having been vaccinated).

Given all this information, what is pet owner to do? Here are Yarnell’s Guidelines for Vaccination:

1. Use a holistic vet.

2. If you choose to vaccinate, do only the ones required by law. Inquire about using “killed-virus” vaccines rather than modified live ones.

3. Don’t get combination vaccines.

4. Yarnell says to keep in mind vaccines are supposed to provide lifetime protection and she cautions against repeating the vaccine annually.

5. If you must bring a sick animal to a vet who wants to vaccinate, Yarnell says you should refuse and remind the vet of the manufacturer’s instructions accompanying the product that says it is to be administered to healthy animals only.

6. Do not vaccinate animals during any time of stress on the immune system, such as when you have to board your animal at a kennel.

For pets who have already been vaccinated, Yarnell says please don’t feel guilty – “Remember that you did your best, based on the advice of experts, the veterinarians to whom you entrusted the care of your animal, and that they too, were only doing what they were taught was appropriate.

In our next post we will discuss “nosodes” a homeopathic vaccine. 

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