[Dailydrool] Rattlesnake Bite

[Rkbeard at aol.com]

There is now a vaccine that will protect your dogs from rattlesnake and  
other pit viper bites.  Mu vet has given it to all my dogs, and I can  attest that 
it protects against Copperhead bites.  I have had three dogs  bitten in the 
last two years--two of them had been given the vaccine, and did  not even swell 
up or get sick.  The only way I knew they had been bitten  was that a little 
hair came off at the bite site.  The third dog nearly  died--she had been sold 
to another person, and came back to me after I had  vaccinated all the others.
 
I forgot that she had not been vaccinated--something I hope I will never do  
again.
 
The vaccine requires two shots one month apart the first year, and annual  
boosters after that.  Believe me, I do not like to over vaccinate my dogs,  but 
this is one vaccine that I will always give.
 
Kathryn Beard



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