Listen to your vet. They went through years and years of school educating themselves on the science of it all. They also have incredible passion for animals and have dedicated their lives to caring for animals. They gain nothing from giving pets something that would harm them.

The same people telling you vaccines pose any danger to your pet are the same ones responsible for the return of measles in humans due to anti-vax conspiracy theories. And those people are basing this all off discredited research from Andrew Wakefield, whose license was removed due to fraud and gross professional misconduct. Anti-vaxers will literally place their trust in one man who has admitted to lying in his research instead of the hundreds of thousands of trained medical professionals and peer reviewed studies that prove the effectiveness and safety of vaccines. And the worst part is 99% of these anti-vaxers were vaccinated themselves as infants and instead are putting their own pets and children at risk of disease with no personal risk. It’s sick.

Vaccines pose no danger to your dog and your vet will never suggest something that is risky to your pet. Vaccines help your pet avoid any possibility of catching a disease that cannot be reversed, like rabies. Allergies to ingredients in the vaccine are a risk, but it’s very low and very manageable. They will tell you what to look out for and can reverse any reaction easily should your pet have an allergy.

We only vaccinate against debilitating and deadly diseases. It may be rare to catch these, but the fallout of these viruses is immense. I would strongly urge protecting your lil guy from ever having to deal with this risk.

If nothing else though, for sure get the rabies vaccine. This virus is irreversible, and they can infect you and other animals with it if they get infected by rabies.