Why don you require the Lepto vaccine (the “L” in Da2LPPV)?
Leptospirosis is not a “kennel” disease. It is very rare for a dog to get lepto from another dog. The vaccine does NOT prevent transmission of the disease. The vaccine only protects for strains that are not present in this area. Lepto is MANY times misdiagnosed. Most vets get a high titer for a particular strain and assume, umm, high number, must be this one. Please see the recommendation page for the studies of Dr. Shultz, he’s the guru of vaccines and hasn’t diagonosed the common strain in lepto vaccines in a dog in 20 years. My dogs have never had a lepto vaccine and will not because of the high incidence of vaccine reactions and the limited effectiveness of the vaccine and the likely hood of not coming down with lepto.
