Vaccinations (c3)

[MadWoofter]

Are there any problems if a dog gets more than one C3 vaccination in a 12 month period? Say for instance a dog is accinated in January. The dog escapes (no microchip) in October & is collected by the ranger & taken to the pound. After the required period the dog is adopted to a new owner and the dog is vaccinated by the pound before going. Are there any known probs with vaccinating twice in 12 months?

This is purely hypothetical and is based on the assumption that the pound vaccinates on release to a new owner. Just want to know if there are any medical probs in doing so.

Thanks

[puggy_puggy]

I think that most pounds would do a C5 vaccination before release. Pounds have no idea of vacciantion records so assume dogs are unvaccinated and treat them as such.

The people who believe that we shouldn't vaccinate at all will say that your dog will have lots of problems with being over vaccinated.

I myself believe that vaccinating is safer then not to and still choose to do so every year and any rescue that comes in that we don't have a clue of it's current vaccination I am more then happy when they are vaccinated, even if this means they may have been done by whomever thier previous owner was just recently.

But I suppose if you lost your dog you would never know if it did have any side effects of over vaccination.

[~Anne~]

Pounds usually give a C3 if they vaccinate from my knowledge. Their main issue is with parvo, nothing else. KC doesn't generally kill so it isn't a big priorty.

I can't see that there would be any issues with a duplication of the vaccination. I am sure that this is a very regular thing with rescues. The greater majority of rescues vaccinate the dogs that come in if they are not already vaccinated and I would think that some would possibly be already vaccinated and then we do them again not knowing of the original vaccination.