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I had a pug puppy who just got sick and died at 7 months old after getting her one year booster shot with encephalitis symptoms - was never asked about the fact they gave DHCP booster at same time as Rabies vaccine and am wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them?
No he didn't - the day she got the shots she was very sick once home. She was lethargic and shivering all night but then seemingly was fine in morning. Then 10 days later same symptoms start up - its a Saturday so I call vet (who is open till 1 pm) and they are too busy to see her BUT refer me to another vet who is open until 4 pm . I take her there - they do an xray to make sure nothing foreign in intestine or stomach as well as to look at uterus. Nothing there so they give her a shot for nausea and tell us to give her Pepcid ac and to bring her back should she not be better by Monday.
She gets much worse over night and next morning I am at Emergency Animal Hospital with my 7 month old pug who now is not able to move at all wont eat wont drink is lethargic. They test her vitals which are fine - and after examing her decide that they think she having neurological problems of some kind. Since I can not afford $2000 for Neurologist they say it might be her liver or pancreas so they do blood work and hydrate her tests wont be back for 24-72 hours. I take her home at 9 pm - for the worst night ever. She doesn't move except to go potty on herself and then her legs collapse under her and she cant move - we put her back in her bed praying she makes it to morning to take her to my regular vet - the one who gave shot.
She makes it so I call and we take her immediately - I ask girl if they gave her booster shot at same time as rabies because I have now been researching her symptoms and know that they should not do this - it can kill the dog especially if toy breed and a puppy. She says that they did give her both together and when I ask why she says they don't for pomeranians or other toy breeds - this dog was a happy very strong smart active puppy. She was not exposed to anything that would or could make her sick - and her symptoms were the same as day of shot only more intense.
The vet came into room quickly as she was starting to make strange breathing sounds and coughing - while she was sound asleep in her bed. Never woke up during ride there or once in vets office. He then says he will get results from other two facilities that saw her and he does- amazing the blood work was there from animal hospital so quickly for him. Anyway he then says that he wants to keep her hydrate her and do a tick fever test and parvo on her. Both come back negative then he finally says that she has encephalitis which could be caused by the shots she got just not sure. He wants to do a spinal tap over night we agree and then in am he calls saying things are worse and we agree to put her down.
So you are right this absolutely healthy puppy maybe was just suddenly struck down with this disease that she presented with all of its symptoms that can happen to a percentage of puppys that get booster shots and rabies together 10 days after the shots - no that is not what happened. The chance of that is far greater than her getting sick like it is documented all over web because of shots being given together and the vet even knew it so why would he test her?
I'm so sorry about your young pup. It's hard losing them and especially a young pup. What was her name?
I agree with you. The vaccines shouldn't be given together. Not that it matters but after the basic core puppy vaccines and the one year booster are given, I no longer vaccinate my dogs except for rabies.
Sounds to me she was already sick. You chalked it up to the shots. Then 10 days later...... you took her to the vet. I don't understand why the 10 day wait? What happened those 10 days?
She got the shots - came home and got sick immediately that lasted for the rest of that day. Lethargic and shivering - then she wakes up next day fine.
I have gone back and looked at the dates and it was actually 7 days later that she presented with the exact same symptoms as after the shots - only this time they didn't go away only got more intense.
By the 10th day she was gone.
I took her to one vets office , a 24 hour emergency animal hospital and back to my vet that gave her the shot.
He said himself that she could have gotten sick with encephalitis because of shots - that that was his opinion after she tested negative for some of the other things he tested her for.
My dog was not sick at all. She was a very active happy strong puppy- she was a fireball.
The reason I am writing this is because I want to warn people so they don't go to vet with blind trust to get their dog vaccinated and have their dog possibly die from getting shots together. I don't really understand why any vet or tech would give them this way since they know the risk
She was bought for my mother last Christmas by my step father. My mother has been in a group home for almost 4 months now and so I have had the puppy. Finally my dad just asked if I would plan on keeping her so I said fine. He said she was due for shots about a month ago and said he would get the records for me. I called my vet to schedule the shots and when I did I asked if they needed me to bring records and the girl said no because she was due for one year booster shot and rabies by her age. I reminded the girl that she was not a year old twice and if she was sure they wouldn't need the records from other office- she said no.
This seems like common practice as the other vet and animal hospital knew what I was talking about and both acted like this is common practice when I asked them about her age as well.
The problem with the shots is that when they give them all together that is the Booster shot that contains 4 vaccines in one shot along with another shot for rabies their immune system gets over loaded cause it is trying to work so hard and it happens more in puppies and a lot more so in toy breeds. Both of which my dog was .
There are other ways to give vaccinations to these types of dogs and they will not get sick - one is not giving them together. We were not told about any possible threat to her even if it is small percentage - they knew the risk but did not disclose. http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com...-brain-damage/
Last edited by Witchz; 09-28-2017 at 12:10 AM..
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That's got to hurt to think you were doing a good thing and have it turn out like that.
(((HUGS)))
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