It isn’t just the vaccines either. If you have older cats/dogs and your vets push monoclonal antibody treatments, like Librela for dogs, make sure you do your due diligence. My vet started pushing this a few years ago for my elderly dog. I already wasn’t going to do it but I went home and did some basic research and found several social …
It isn’t just the vaccines either. If you have older cats/dogs and your vets push monoclonal antibody treatments, like Librela for dogs, make sure you do your due diligence. My vet started pushing this a few years ago for my elderly dog. I already wasn’t going to do it but I went home and did some basic research and found several social media groups with pet owners that had devastating results. Also at one point Zoetis’s stock, the manufacturer, took a hit over this drug causing these issues. Some did have positive responses but they clearly don’t fully understand the contra indications and they don’t tell you the risks. My vet told me on multiple occasions the only side effect was it might not work. So I brought my vet research on two occasions and he told me he never saw any of these issues and anytime new medications come out these reports occur. I recently stumbled on a one star review for their practice of a person that brought their older dog in, had the shot and the next day the dog was lame and suffering grave issues. Of course then, like with us, the owner was charged for more medication to try to resolve the issues. And because these animals are older they tell you it was likely not related (eye roll). I wonder if the vet would still tell me there have never been any issues even though I have proof there have been in his own practice. He isn’t a bad guy, he also doesn’t force vaccinations and won’t report you for not having them like other vets in town. They are however believers in the drug companies and they go to conferences frequently that push these new drugs and of course they make a lot of money off these drugs. It really reinforces it is always up to you what you take or put in your animals and children. And you can’t trust these professionals. And these new drugs. It is one thing if you or your pet have a reaction to a drug you can stop, this is in your body for however long it lasts. No thanks!
It isn’t just the vaccines either. If you have older cats/dogs and your vets push monoclonal antibody treatments, like Librela for dogs, make sure you do your due diligence. My vet started pushing this a few years ago for my elderly dog. I already wasn’t going to do it but I went home and did some basic research and found several social media groups with pet owners that had devastating results. Also at one point Zoetis’s stock, the manufacturer, took a hit over this drug causing these issues. Some did have positive responses but they clearly don’t fully understand the contra indications and they don’t tell you the risks. My vet told me on multiple occasions the only side effect was it might not work. So I brought my vet research on two occasions and he told me he never saw any of these issues and anytime new medications come out these reports occur. I recently stumbled on a one star review for their practice of a person that brought their older dog in, had the shot and the next day the dog was lame and suffering grave issues. Of course then, like with us, the owner was charged for more medication to try to resolve the issues. And because these animals are older they tell you it was likely not related (eye roll). I wonder if the vet would still tell me there have never been any issues even though I have proof there have been in his own practice. He isn’t a bad guy, he also doesn’t force vaccinations and won’t report you for not having them like other vets in town. They are however believers in the drug companies and they go to conferences frequently that push these new drugs and of course they make a lot of money off these drugs. It really reinforces it is always up to you what you take or put in your animals and children. And you can’t trust these professionals. And these new drugs. It is one thing if you or your pet have a reaction to a drug you can stop, this is in your body for however long it lasts. No thanks!