Good to know. I give my horse all his vaccines (with the exception of Rabies, since that's illegal). I would be totally comfortable vaccinating her myself, but I don't know if they'd accept it.
At any rate, my vet did clarify she just needs to be UTD on Bordetella if she's getting surgery. But then I wonder... if it were an emergency, are they going to refuse her treatment if she's not UTD? So I have been shopping for a new vet and found one I like. Plus I have a coupon for a free exam they gave me during their annual Pet Adoption Day! They host one every year and it's super organized and they give tours of the hospital. It's owned by an old vet and his daughter, a young vet, plus 2 associate vets and everybody seems nice... so far.
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Luna, born 6/14/13, gotcha 8/18/13 and TDI certified 5/12/2015
Comet, born 4/3/15, gotcha 6/9/15
Double Dip, 25 y/o Draft/Welsh pony
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That is where your vet needs to be comfortable with YOUR ability in handling and giving vaccines at the proper time. I used to never think I'd give my own vaccines until I realized I could do actually do it better (more ideal timing, esp w/ puppies where you are trying to work around growth spurts or little "off days" and want to separate out things well). OTOH, I've sold a few vaccines to people who administered them incorrectly (shoot the needle thru the skin so the vaccine squirts out the other side or inject a vaccine that was meant to be nasal.... yikes... nasty infection!). So now I'm a bit more 'back to middle ground' w/ my thinking. It's also so easy for one handler in the chain to allow the vaccines to get too warm, and would your vet know that it was handled well???? So I can see both sides. I'm fortunate that my vets know how anal I am so they trust me to give what I can legally.
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