Annual Core Vaccines for Choya

The school reviewed their rules and reminded pawrents to keep their floofs out of school for two weeks after their core vaccinations instead of the previous rule of five days. Okaaaay. The school needs to do whatever it takes to keep the dogs in their care safe and healthy. 

People still remember the 2016 incidents of leptospirosis at the school and in the usual walking spots of dogs. None of us want that to happen again. But there're always irresponsible owners around. I'll keep Choya at home as per the school rules, for everyone's benefit. I'm not keen to have her fall ill if she comes into contact with asymptomatic ill dogs who are unfortunate enough to have negligent owners or those who are anti-vaxxers.  

Choya was due for her annual core shots right after the school's announcement. All right then. The timing meant that she only needed to skip school for a week. Bundled her to the vet clinic for three shots- Bordetella bronchiseptica, Leptospirosis, and a titer test (to check for antibodies for parvovirus, adenovirus, and distemper).

Between Daddy and Momma, Choya has a preference for me when it comes to going to the vet clinic and when she's upset. She'll settle for Daddy if I'm not around. So with the vet clinic's rule for one human owner per furry client, I was the one to take her in. She definitely didn't like being taken away from me to the clinical rooms to have her blood drawn for the titer test. I heard her infamous Shiba scream from the reception desk. Eeeeps. The clinic now has an antibody titer test gadget which will analyze the blood samples and provides results in 21 minutes. So we waited.  

Once the test ascertained that she had super high antibodies present, and she only needed the leptospirosis vaccine, and we proceeded with the two vaccine shots. Choya allowed one shot, then struggled like crazy for the second shot. She bit the syringe and broke the needle. 

We had to go out to where her Daddy was waiting. Needed his help to grab her head while I sorted out her legs and body without injuring her spine. There was one scream. The doctor had to get another syringe to put the shot in, but couldn't press down to stem the initial bleeding. Her blood did splatter a bit onto her fur, and onto my arm. Zzzzzz. 

She was all ruffled up. 'Puppers is angers.' But she deigned to follow me in (again) to pay the bill. Only then, could the doctor clean her up a little with astringent. I was a tad wary of vaccinosis. She was mad-hallucinating after the first 4-in-1 jab, but did much better when it was just the leptospirosis vaccine.

She rested for the afternoon, and then was woozy in the evening. We took her out with us for a quiet dinner. It was a quiet place, and there wasn't rain that evening, so she wasn't fussed or anxious. She had no fever, but she was a bit out of it. She screamed at me when I carried her up to clean her paws. That was when I knew she was still a tad annoyed from the afternoon. She was hungry though. Happily asked for her dinner, and ate it all up. Good girl. Took her out for a light stroll in the morning. Eager to have her brunch. She was all fine by mid-day.