Leptospirosis bacteria

[Chocx2]

Well my dogs are always out in cow pastures, so I don't know what I should do I'm still thinking about it. But I have to say, they love bobcat poop it drives me crazy I think they also eat coyote poop too. I'm guessing that has lots of bacteria in it,,, gross I try to stop them but they gobble it up before I get there. They are all still alive, I think they eat wild rabbit poo to. Its just so gross....And they lick me lol

[xellil]

my vet refuses to give it to a small dog. And she told me that even though the clinic she works for recommends it once a year for large dogs, she personally does not.

Everyone has to make their own decisions on risk vs. reward, I guess.

[Kat]

The problem with the lepto vaccine is it only covers 2 strains of lepto, when there are like 8 different ones, or something like that. I got it for Ruby last year and she had an insane allergic reaction to it, so I never got the booster. I dont know what kind of dog you have, but a lot of people dont suggest getting lepto for small breed dogs, it is safer for medium to large breeds.

[MollyWoppy]

I'm not going to give the vaccination, but I will keep a keen lookout for any symptoms that occur, and get Mol to the vet pronto if I suspect anything is wrong.

[Javadoo]

Considering I have 2 labs-I vaccinate yearly for Lepto.
We do have Lepto in our area...and if there is water around, my girls are in it.
Neither girl has ever had any kind of negative reaction to the vaccine.
I will never not vaccinate against Lepto.

[Chocx2]

Well I decided not to vaccinate since my two chocolates are sensitive, there immune system over reacts, well one of them does, so I think I'll watch them. No keeping them out of the water either..

[MollyWoppy]

That's what I'm doing. I printed out the symptoms and if Mol ever gets sick and displays some of the symptoms, we'll be off to the vet pronto!