[MississippiMasterpiece]

I'm curious about your statement about visiting the vet. Are you saying that your dog was never vaccinated? In my state you are required to vaccinate for rabies periodically (1 or 3 years depending on the type). Just curious... When she was neutered, she had a range of shots, but none since then. I do worm her when she shows signs, but that's it in terms of medical care. She's extraordinarily healthy and borderline obese.

[Tallguy]

Thanks. Our dogs get the mandatory rabies shots. After the initial DHLP shots (which we sometimes break-up rather than getting the full-combo) we usually just do titers tests for anti-body levels. It’s more expensive, but you aren’t hitting the dogs system so hard with the booster shots.

Current thinking here is that we’re over-vaccinating our dogs given their exposure (which is fairly low). Working dogs; different story.

Our dogs (terriers) usually live 10 to 15 years, BTW.