My 9 year old golden retever had the first lot off jabs on

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I have worked out an answer for you, please read it through and see what you think ...

Vaccine reactions can and do occur and I do wonder if Barney is not suffering from this, of course I cannot be sure on individual cases via the internet, so if you want to be 100% safe you should have your vet check your dog over without delay, having said that I can tell you the following :

Basically there are two sorts of vaccine reactions which can occur :

1. Serious anaphylactic reactions : These reactions occur very rarely and are potentially life-threatening allergic reactions, they will start within several minutes to an hour after vaccination and require immediate veterinary attention as your dog will be in extremis or collapsed.

2. Mild reactions : These are more common, they usually start within hours to several days after vaccination, and last no more than four of five days, you may see discomfort and pain at the site where the vaccine was given, perhaps a mild fever and reduced appetite plus lethargy and perhaps vomiting. These dogs feel very sorry for themselves as well but the protection they receive via vaccination is so important.

It seems likely to me under the circumstances that Barney may have the second form of the vaccine reaction but of course other diagnosis are possible. If this is a minor vaccine reaction the main way to treat this is just support and trying to keep him eating and drinking, really this is just good nursing care. While there are no guarantees the majority of these dogs slowly return to normal over a couple of days.

Of course if Barney deteriorates at all or you become further concerned then you should have him checked over by your vet ASAP.

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No problem Denise,

Very glad to have advised you ...

Regards,

Scott