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A Lot of Pet Owners (Wrongly) Think Vaccines Are Bad for Dogs - A survey found that 53% of dog owners expressed some hesitancy about their pet's vaccines

gizmodo.com A Lot of Pet Owners (Wrongly) Think Vaccines Are Bad for Dogs

A survey found that 53% of dog owners expressed some hesitancy about their pet's vaccines, which can prevent fatal diseases like rabies.

Please, please, please, please, please vaccinated your dog. Please. I beg you. If you love them. If you care about them. For your dog's own sake, please vaccinate them.

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I have heard people talking completely seriously about their concerns over giving their dogs autism from vaccinations.

Some people should be made to apologize to every tree they come across for flagrantly wasting the oxygen they so kindly provide us.

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- Seriously. What the hell is dog autism? I don't know a dog out there that is able to understand social cues and most of them don't want to look you in the eye.
  
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  You've never heard of it because in the industry it's referred to as "daugtism"
  
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  My dog has ADHD (aka being a lurcher). Isn't a dog with autism basically a cat in a more doofus body?
  
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  Okay but you know those are just stereotypes, ASDs come in all shapes and sizes, and people with ASDs often don't display those symptoms?
  
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  I’m honestly quite suspicious that people who think their dogs have autism actually just have autism themselves.
  
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- Unrelated to the vaccine conversation: I think my dog might have dog autism, truthfully. He's an awesome sweet weird little guy!
  
  One time he fell in love with a tree for about a week. There was nothing in it and he would just sit and stare up into it rather than play at the dog park.
  
  Earlier today my partner and I ran into him with his dog walker and he didn't recognize us.
  
  He doesn't seem to like most petting but loves his ears gently stroked and thinks everyone else does, too. So if he likes you he will go out of his way to lick your ears. It bothers him when my hat covers mine.
  
  If you put a blanket over his head he will lie down and fall asleep rather than try to get out from under it.
  
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  He sounds like a perfectly weird little derp. Dog tax please?
  
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- Meanwhile contaminating everything with BPA
  
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Hot take:

Let's say vaccines do cause autism or whatever. Is that REALLY problematic for your dog?

My dog ate something that made her vomit, then ate it again a few minutes later. Then cried because she couldn't eat her vomit.

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A lot of stupid dog owners out there.

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- Have you seen the modern fad breeds? Idiots and assholes combined, and then there's the owners, too!
  
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- So stupid. Why would I not want to protect me dog to the best of my ability? My dog is a huge cry baby about shots. We do them, dog gets a treat. We go home.
  
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I didn’t realize the vaccine conspiracy theory community moved on to dogs, but I guess it’s not really surprising. Follow the advice of your vet, not your weird uncle’s Facebook posts.

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Heck yes. My dogs just got their vaccinations updated yesterday! Easy way to help keep them healthy and safe.

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People are stupid enough to take horse dewormer instead of vaccines. Do you really expect to treat their pets any smarter?

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53% of dog owners need a better education then.

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@FlyingSquid Good read. Thoughts on the vaccinations for things like fleas, ticks, heart worms?

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- I didn't know you could vaccinate against those. Are the vaccinations effective enough on their own or would you need to supplement? We give our dogs Trifexis, which seems to work really well (they hate it though). Never had a flea or a tick or any heartworm detected. Now our dogs don't socialize with other dogs, which I'm sure helps, but I don't think that's the sole reason.
  
  If my vet recommended vaccinating my dogs for those... well, I go to my vet because I trust her judgment. Or I wouldn't go to her.
  
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  There is a seasonal medication for flea, tick, and heartworm. I just get the medication as part of my dog's yearly checkup. It's just a tablet I need to feed him once a month for the warm months. IDK if they are technically vaccines, but they are preventative.
  
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  @FlyingSquid there are a few I believe. I trust my vet as well. She has always been amazing with all of my dogs and they’ve all had long, healthy, happy lives.
  
  She mentioned ProHeart 12 for heartworm prevention. Doing research I came across the other vaccines for fleas and ticks. And a LOT of people pushing ideas on how bad they are for dogs long term. She was able to satisfy all my questions and I trust her completely, just was curious about community thoughts on it!
  
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  There are drugs and topical solutions that are designed to help mitigate pest/parasites in pets. They’re quite commonly available.
  
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I honestly couldn't care less what these clinical morons do to themselves, or their families. But, when you start fucking with animals...

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Who thinks this? I know many many dog and cat owners, not one thinks this. Oh, are you speaking of "U.S. pet owners"?

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- Maybe read the article?
  
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  Nah
  
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- 53% expressed "some hesitancy." That does not mean they are anti vaccine. My vet said under almost no circumstances should we get the lepto vaccine, because it isn't very effective and has a high reaction rate, but definitely get every other vaccine. That might count as "some hesitancy."
  
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