Rattlesnake vaccine

[Scott85]

How many people get their dogs the vaccine? It seems everything I read there isn’t enough clinical trails to determine much of an impact because how relatively new it is.

 

[Gellar]

I think it’s about 50/50.

Anyone using rattlesnake vaccine?

When the snake venom vaccine for dogs hit the market a few years back there was quite a bit of controversy. For one thing, the labratory that developed it apparently rigged their test trial data. They took a lot of heat for that. Also it was not much good for anything but one of the...

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[Scott85]

I think it’s about 50/50.

Anyone using rattlesnake vaccine?

When the snake venom vaccine for dogs hit the market a few years back there was quite a bit of controversy. For one thing, the labratory that developed it apparently rigged their test trial data. They took a lot of heat for that. Also it was not much good for anything but one of the...

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Thanks, I didn’t think about searching.

 

[manitou1]

We have a lot of rattlesnakes here. A lot of dogs are bitten annually. Both our vets recommend the vaccine, so for the $20 it is a small price.

 

[MTGomer]

When I moved to AZ, I figured I’d get them for my dogs. Our vet said he didn’t administer them because there’s no data showing they work(that was 2018).

He retired a few years ago. We asked the new vet and she said she didn’t know if they worked either but would administer them because the chance of a negative reaction is extremely low.

I still haven’t got them vaccinated but I may, especially for the more active one that likes to stick her face in places.
I think that the snake avoidance training would be good too. Possibly better.

 

[El Jason]

If I was choosing between avoidance and vaccination, I’d go avoidance. Some dogs need it more than once.

I do both.

 

[Scott85]

I’m 100% going to do avoidance training.