An interesting article http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/leptospirosis-vaccine/ I recently lost a dog that I bred and co-owned with wonderful people to Lepto. He had his booster several months prior and was vaccinated regularly but the strain he had was not included in the vaccines. Lance lived with the owners in Columbia, MO and was training for his VST. With the vaccine only covering a couple of the many strains my repo vet Dr Brimacomb feels the risk of reaction to the vaccines are higher than the dogs she has seen with Lepto even with the number of cases increasing. U-WP, U-CD, U-AG2, U-CH, PAM Majestic's Knight V Dellhaven, CGC, CD, RE, TD, VCD1, PT, OA, OAJ, AXP, NJP, NF, DSA, TT, TD-ASCA, CD-ASCA, RS-N, JS-N, AD, BH, TC, CHIC, VCC February 6, 2003 - March 6, 2012 Lance was also the sire of 5 pointed progeny from only a couple breeding's and many titled progeny including a PAM son and several working on their PAM's. Diane Roberts Majestic German Shepherds (quality pet, show & working German Shepherds) Tampa Bay GSD Rescue, Inc http://members.petfinder.com/~FL371/index.html American German Shepherd Rescue Assoc, Inc www.agsra.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================