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rabies vax is the only one I have for my cat.

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Feed them right and exercise them daily, besides a yearly deworming regime I wouldn't worry about anything since you won't be living in town surrounded by cityot dog owners.

Get Parvo if they're ever going to be around other dogs, dog parks, in public, etc even in the woods (coyotes, wolves). It's really easy to spread and a fucking heartbreak to watch your pup die of.

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Before I moved across the country, I got my healthy dog up to date on all his shots. Before that he had only been vaccinated for rabies (as required by state law) and neutered. I was concerned while traveling I would get denied a room if I wanted to stay in a pet-friendly hotel and he wasn't up to date on everything. They never checked or asked when I did stay.

Because of all the shots he got, he developed an auto-immune disorder that he had for the rest of his life. It caused his skin to itch badly, a foul odor from the oils his body produced, his ears had to be cleaned out of gunk two times a week. Besides the misery it caused him, it was also a huge pain in the ass to try to mitigate his condition. Frequent baths, laying down mats and blankets that had to be laundered often. We used white hospital pads that would be brown just from him laying on them for a couple of days.

I'd give a puppy a dewormer. Maybe get them a rabies shot when they are older, maybe. It depends on how prevalent rabies is in your area. Neither of my two current dogs now have had any shots, and I don't plan on them getting any.

None of my cats have had any shots either, but they do get dewormed every year (they eat birds and rodents). The only time I have had to go to the vet has been to get neutered/spayed (sometimes we neuter our own cats), and to get the cats treated for rodent poisoning. I had to self-diagnose kittens we adopted that had parvo, the vet was useless when it came to that. They are the gate-keepers for life-saving supplies like IV fluids though, so you have no choice but to deal with them. Antibiotics & dewormers can be bought online.

Puppies can get parvo, and there is a vaccine for it. Parvovirus can kill puppies quickly, and they need 24/7 care if they do get parvo to survive it. But if you don't have parvo in your environment and you never take your puppies out they should be safe from it. The biggest risk for parvo is probably getting puppies from a breeder that has it. Puppies are safe from parvo while they are nursing, but as the maternal antibodies leave their system that is when they can get it. Even if puppies are vaccinated for parvo, they still sometimes get it and die.

Bordetella (aka kennel cough) vaccinations you really don't need unless you plan on boarding your dog at a kennel.

Lyme disease was around in the area I used to live, but we don't have that where I am now.

Since my old dog passed away last year, none of my animals now have ever been vaccinated for anything.

I won't get any of my animals vaccinated ever again. Some people (including myself) think that vaccinations also interfere with the bond you have with the animal. There is a noticeable change after getting vaccinated. I like getting pictures in my mind when my cats talk to me.

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Absolutely get a parvo vax. Our little dog got it from eating cat poo in our back yard (and we didn't even own a cat, it was from neighborhood cats using our yard as their toilet). Fortunately, we caught it early before her symptoms got bad, but even early on it was clear she was suffering.

The vet gave us three options: leave her there for them to nurse her back to health, take her home and we nurse her back to health, or have her put down. The outlook was not good, since even with proper treatment, it's a difficult recovery. We chose the second, since we didn't have the money to kennel her with the vet.

A major part of the treatment was having to give her an IV for saline twice a day, since her diarrhea was explosive, disgusting, and smelled like death, and she needed to replenish her fluids. It broke my heart hearing her screech whenever she was jabbed with the needle.

She recovered and she's still with us today. I'm ashamed I didn't take the time or go to the trouble to get her vaccinated when we got her and let her go through that.

So, at the very least, get the parvo vax for your dog.

If you want to take your dog to a groomer, you'll have to get the rabies vax, too. My dogs never experienced any reaction to it, and they need to be groomed about every nine months, so that's a good idea too.

Rabies and parvo is all my dog has.

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covid you dumbass