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Old April 11th, 2011, 09:25 PM
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We have lepto and Lyme's endemic to the area, so the Pack get those annually--so many ticks and wildlife here that not to get the vaccinations would be foolhardy. We use topical meds (Frontline and Frontline Plus) for ticks...works pretty well, but isn't 100%, so we still need the Lyme's vaccinations. The Lyme's vaccine seems to work pretty well and if they had one out against anaplasmosis, we'd likely get that one, too.

We don't do kennel cough, though--we did for a long while, but they kept picking up kennel cough while at the vet for tests even when vaccinated. And believe me, there's nothing quite like the sound of 8 dogs all coughing and snorking and gagging at the same time in the middle of the night At any rate, we don't do that one routinely anymore because it doesn't seem to be too effective against the strains of KC we run up against.

Just have the dogs to do, but I wish I had some goats.
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