Dog behaviour

[canislupus]

Can anyone suggest any illnesses and/or medication that can affect a dogs behaviour. My dog recently suffered seizures after its annual booster. If anyone can help me with suggestions it would be greatly appreciated

[garner]

Hi canislupus you need to go back to your vets over this issue,he needs to be informed of what has happened after the booster.Good Luck.g

[jules77]

as garner says you need to speak to your vet, and you should report it to the vaccine manufacturers.

You may be interested to read these links

http://www.dogstuff.info/canine_vaccination_od riscoll.html

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/k9health/wwwchc/new book.html

http://healthierdogs.com/dog_health/annual-vac cinations-are-they-necessary/

[Noweia]

Hi canislupus,

Could you describe one of the seizures? Like how long it lasted, was your dog awake during it, what did he do during the seizures?

There are several things that could cause a seizure, best thing is to go back to your vet and tell him what happened. Then, if it was caused by the vaccine, it can be reported back to the drugs company.

[gallapunk]

I know several registered dog breeders and a national dog behaviourist company who have told me they do not condone vaccinations at all due to all the problems they can cause (physical and mental). I guess it's up to the dog owner which of the two evils they'd rather risk, but I would definitely go back to the vet if I were you. I hope everything goes OK for you and your dog.

[Illyria54]

Hi, I agree with others who have said to go back to your vet, I have heard of this happening before though. I was once told by an ex RSPCA vet no less that after the first annual booster (that's a year after the puppy ones) that a dog doesn't need any more as this one gives immunity for life, obviously if you put your dog in kennels when you go on holiday then you have to prove that injections have been done, my dogs only get an annual jab against Leptospirosis as I live on a farm with the inevitable rat population, and rats are carriers, my vet has never suggested that I am doing the wrong thing., makes you wonder?

[canislupus]

Thanks for all the responses concerning my dogs seizure. She has been examined by the vet and referred to the veterinary hospital. They carried out a large number of tests, scans, x - rays etc - all came back clear. I was informed that it is highly unlikely that this reaction was a result of the vacination. They said the chances of it happening is extremely small (1000000 to 1). Strange thing is she has never had another fit and has been healthy ever since. She still gets her booster but not the live vacine. This is the reason I was wondering if anyone else had encountered similar problems or knew of any other illness or medication that can affect a dogs behaviour.

[Internet fan]

I believe it is the booster that has done this to your dog no matter what the vet says. Quite a few dogs have been ill and even died after having their annual boosters - sometimes on the same day. All the dogs we have ever owned over the last 45 years or so have only ever had puppy injections and never had boosters and they have been extremely healthy.

Please read this. http://www.spangler.co.uk/index.htm

[Lil'Lucy]

Internet fan - I was told by the lady I got my dog off not to have any further injections other than the puppy boosters as they "do not need" more.

That dog then died of parvovirus when she was2 years old after having been in kennels with a dog that also had parvo.

I was talking to my vet about it and he has done some blood tests on some dogs and has found that at the years booster time, some do have protection and some don't - he says you can't tell which dogs do and which don't so it is safer to do so.

I challenged him about vacines - and he say yes, there are the occasional reaction but he has seen more dead dogs with parvo than reactions.