Do You Vaccinate At Home?

not personally, although i have heard horror stories. but theres a reason for proper vaccinations methods. that being one of them. if it works for you, than great. just be aware that thats one of the risks.

 

Is there a reason you do it that way as opposed to the tried and true methods, CD?

 

All injectable vaccines should be administerd subq, under the skin to the left or right scapula or hip. This way, if your animal has a reaction it is isolated to one area and can be identified and or treated.
Intranasal is administerd in the nose.


Who wants to deal with any thing that is infectious and can kill your animals not to mention the ones that can make ppl sick too. That's how fucking epademics happen!

 

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thats how vets do it, why dont you go to the vet? yall need to quit ur experimenting already.......theories:rofl:

 

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hey do it your way lol it aint my dogs so i can care less!:rolleyes:

 

Thanks Simms... That's why I wanted to know if there was a specific reason why it was done mostly in the left or right hip.

 

I do shoulder sub q as well because I don't want to mess with muscle but all the 5 in 1 or 7 in 1 I have seen say either sub q to shoulder or intramuscular to thigh. I've had vets do either in the past.

With Puck when I did his it was like trying to stick a needle into a cowhide though.

With sub q to shoulder it is a quick pop down but only into the skin not like straight through.

 

Ain't no vet I ever known did it like that...

 

I think the thigh is safest.

 

What LWG is reffering to is, lacerating the siatic nerve in the thigh. Yes you can admin injectable drugs in the lumbar and in the thigh. however notice that I say injectable drugs not vaccinces.

 

IM is not a good method, should your animal have a reaction, it could cause them to loose a limb or thier life. Sub q is the safest method.

 

in the neck, just above the shoulder blades under the skin but NOT unto the muscle!

just grab the dogs scruff of loose skin and go in there, just make sure you get through the skin. done this method for years, its so asy a 10 yr old can do it. but if your not sure let the vet do it, cuz to me its not worth messin your dog up until you learn it.

 

It is still admin subq.

 

So doin it the way I've SEEN vets do it is the best way (either left or right hip or back of the neck under the SKIN not into the muscle) right? Just to clarify SIMMS or LWG (no offense CD but umm yeah.)

 

Good to know, thanks! If I see a vet ever going for it again I'll be sure to scream.

 

well im not sure and im sure as shit no doctor or expert on the subject.
however, i did read (and was told by the folks that sell it) that you need to be carefull when doing your own vaccs, just because 1 of 2 things (or more) can happen.

1.) some folks are so "hesitant" persay in fear of going to far and hitting a nerv,bone, ect. so they dont go far enough to puncture through skin and inject sending the vacc everywhere BUT theyre system lol (which seems kinda pointless to me)

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2.) folks THINK they have the right spot and inject. hitting nerves,muscle or bone on the way. and even if they dont, but still get the wrong spot then what proves that they benefit from it?


the way i do it is under the skin in the top of the neck (just above the shoulder blades into the scruff) i make sure to puncture the skin but am carefull enough to make sure i touch nothing else. after its in and the needles out i feel for the "lump", if i dont feel it i scratch the vacc date and start over again a week or 2 later!

 

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none thake Shata, hope you learn what youre after