Dog vaccination costs

[Dixie68]

I've just realised that I didn't get my dog's booster shots last year, (in fact, with us moving home it's closer to two years).
I called the local vets and was told she may need to have the full set again and then go back to booster shots afterwards - does anyone here know how much that would cost as I forgot to ask?
Thanks.

[bexVN]

Your best bet will be to check with your vet this morning as prices vary between practices and areas.

You could be looking at £50 ish. This will include 2 injections given 2 weeks apart (then boosters annually) there should be a full health check inc in the cost and it is a good opportunity to get any lumps, bumps checked and discuss anything you may have been worried about (Make the most of the appt, it is not just the jab you are going for) (I am not inc the cost of kennel cough vaac)

Edited by bexVN on Saturday 22 January 09:02

[jagracer]

I pay around £25-£30 per dog per go so if your pooch needs the full set it'll be X2. Ours is not a rip off vets but you may be charge a consultation on top of that.

[Dixie68]

Ok, many thanks to both of you.

[Who me ?]

I'm just outside Coventry. One vet was 21.30 for booster ,and approx 30 for full .(not sure if any others needed).Other vet was approx 24 for booster ,as was PDSA. Might be worth asking PDSA if they'll do the vaccination as a full cost item ( it's not discounted for qualifying owners anyway), but you'll have satisfaction of letting them make a profit ( and hence you making a donation),rather than a commercial vet .

[scirocco265]

My vets:

VACCINATIONS
Puppy vaccination course £54.00
Dog booster £44.00
Kennel cough £22.00

[raf_gti]

[quote=Who me ?]I'm just outside Coventry. One vet was 21.30 for booster ,and approx 30 for full .(not sure if any others needed).Other vet was approx 24 for booster ,as was PDSA. Might be worth asking PDSA if they'll do the vaccination as a full cost item ( it's not discounted for qualifying owners anyway), but you'll have satisfaction of letting them make a profit ( and hence you making a donation),rather than a commercial vet .
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Or you could have the satisfaction knowing that your donation will enable our benefits using friends to have an animal that arguably they can't afford in the first place.

[raf_gti]

[quote=Who me ?]I'm just outside Coventry. One vet was 21.30 for booster ,and approx 30 for full .(not sure if any others needed).Other vet was approx 24 for booster ,as was PDSA. Might be worth asking PDSA if they'll do the vaccination as a full cost item ( it's not discounted for qualifying owners anyway), but you'll have satisfaction of letting them make a profit ( and hence you making a donation),rather than a commercial vet .
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Or you could have the satisfaction knowing that your donation will enable our benefits using friends to have an animal that arguably they can't afford in the first place.

[Dixie68]

A bit of a problem now relating to this - I've now got to go to a family funeral on Monday and the dog doesn't get her jabs until tomorrow. As the funeral is over 250 miles away I'll be away for 3 days so the dog needs to go into kennels, but as the sets of jabs come two weeks apart I'm assuming that the kennels won't take her until she's had both sets?
Looks like I'm missing the funeral as there's no-one I know around here I trust her with

[bexVN]

Do check with them first. Some kennels will accept on one jab (esp if they have been vacc in the past) and some have facilities to keep dogs separate from others. Let them know your circumstances, no promises but worth a go.

[Who me ?]

raf_gti said:

Or you could have the satisfaction knowing that your donation will enable our benefits using friends to have an animal that arguably they can't afford in the first place.

So ,if someone with a dog gets made redundant and has a loving pet , said pet is consigned to scrap heap .My dog gets fed to his usual standard - he's part of my family - I'm a benefit using friend( I've worked an paid into the system for over 40 years - think the system now owes me something) - I was made redundant -my dog wasn't- where is your problem . On the other hand -not so long ago I met an old bloke with a dog savaged by a Staffie - he couldn't afford to go to PDSA ,but paid £65 ( a lot out of his pension) to have his dog treated . He gives the dog a home ,it's his company - perhaps you might like to engage brain before shooting from hip .

[Dixie68]

bexVN said:

Do check with them first. Some kennels will accept on one jab (esp if they have been vacc in the past) and some have facilities to keep dogs separate from others. Let them know your circumstances, no promises but worth a go.

Good call - I asked the vet if they could suggest a good one, gave them a call and it's all sorted

[bexVN]

Dixie68 said:

bexVN said:

Do check with them first. Some kennels will accept on one jab (esp if they have been vacc in the past) and some have facilities to keep dogs separate from others. Let them know your circumstances, no promises but worth a go.

Good call - I asked the vet if they could suggest a good one, gave them a call and it's all sorted

, good result, just sorry for the circumstances you needed it.

[raf_gti]

[quote=Who me ?]

raf_gti said:

Or you could have the satisfaction knowing that your donation will enable our benefits using friends to have an animal that arguably they can't afford in the first place.

So ,if someone with a dog gets made redundant and has a loving pet , said pet is consigned to scrap heap .My dog gets fed to his usual standard - he's part of my family - I'm a benefit using friend( I've worked an paid into the system for over 40 years - think the system now owes me something) - I was made redundant -my dog wasn't- where is your problem . On the other hand -not so long ago I met an old bloke with a dog savaged by a Staffie - he couldn't afford to go to PDSA ,but paid £65 ( a lot out of his pension) to have his dog treated . He gives the dog a home ,it's his company - perhaps you might like to engage brain before shooting from hip .

I still stand by my assertion that a donation to PDSA is in many cases supporting pet ownership by people who never have OR will be in a position to look after them.

As a charity to provide a 'parachute' for those unfortunate to suffer a change of circumstances for the worse then I agree that they do a good job.

[Who me ?]

raf_gti said:

[quote=Who me ?]

raf_gti said:

Or you could have the satisfaction knowing that your donation will enable our benefits using friends to have an animal that arguably they can't afford in the first place.

So ,if someone with a dog gets made redundant and has a loving pet , said pet is consigned to scrap heap .My dog gets fed to his usual standard - he's part of my family - I'm a benefit using friend( I've worked an paid into the system for over 40 years - think the system now owes me something) - I was made redundant -my dog wasn't- where is your problem . On the other hand -not so long ago I met an old bloke with a dog savaged by a Staffie - he couldn't afford to go to PDSA ,but paid £65 ( a lot out of his pension) to have his dog treated . He gives the dog a home ,it's his company - perhaps you might like to engage brain before shooting from hip .

I still stand by my assertion that a donation to PDSA is in many cases supporting pet ownership by people who never have OR will be in a position to look after them.

As a charity to provide a 'parachute' for those unfortunate to suffer a change of circumstances for the worse then I agree that they do a good job.

Point I was trying to make .As an extra , the fee charged by PDSA for vaccinations is similar to that charged by a local vet,who presumably are making a profit .So if they'd do it as a commercial transaction -why not let them get some extra .
As for donations to PDSA - wild animals ( which they treat for free) are not owned by anyone , far less someone who cannot afford to look after them .

[sabina]

Hi there, it may be worth noting that it's now National Vaccination Month - May 2011, if anyone is struggling with the vaccination costs for their dogs, cats, horses and/or rabbits then its worth looking at nvmonline you can download a voucher and search for your nearest participating vet surgery.

Hope that helps

Sabina.x

[bexVN]

Yes it's a great scheme and very useful, we run it at our practice. It covers those whose boosters are overdue and need to start again (so doesn't include puppies/ kittens or normal annual boosters that do not need restarting.)

As mentioned aboveIf your pet (which does include rabbit for myxi vacc) fits into this category and your vet is participating you can download a form from here

http://www.nvmonline.co.uk/

[Karyn]

bexVN said:

You could be looking at £50 ish.

That's made me consider trying to find another vet!

Our vets quote £64 for the full puppy vacc. course.

Ella had her second lot on monday, at a cost of (what I'm assuming was) just under £40, as the total was just over £40 and included her worming tablets.

[M001]

I've read a few reports that having a pet vaccinated yearly is unecessary and just a money spinner for the vets and vaccine manufacturing companies? After all it's rare that humans require yearly vaccinations, tetanus, yellow fever, etc.

Are the pet virus's that virulent that they need a constant booster? Surely nowadays modern medicine means not?

[bexVN]

Vets don't vaccinate against everything every year

We give a puppy course followed by full booster for the first year, then for 2 years after that we give a small booster to vaccinate against bacterial diseases such as leptospirosis before giving a full booster again.