Careful With Banfield Rabies Vaccines

Posted January 21st, 2010

This is a heads up to any of you who are dog owners. If you have to get your dog a rabies vaccine, I recommend that you stay away from Banfield, the vet hospital at Pet Smart. Your dog may react fine, but my dog went into a severe health crisis following his vaccine, which is manufactured by Fort Dodge. My dog never had a bad reaction to rabies vaccines until I took him to Banfield. His previous rabies shots were from a different vet who uses a different rabies vaccine manufacturer. I have spent hundreds of dollars on meds and special foods to deal with my dog’s reaction and Banfield at the local and corporate level has refused reimbursement of any kind. They also will not release me from my monthly payments for their health care plan, a plan I only joined after my dog had his bad reaction. The irony is that you take your dog in for a preventive vaccine and end up dealing with a health crisis. Fort Dodge has also refused reimbursement. An Internet search of Fort Dodge shows previous issues with a bad batch of vaccines a few years ago. The vet himself at Banfield said that 1 in 20 dogs he vaccinates now with Fort Dodge vaccines have a bad reaction, usually vasculitis, which results in inflammation and severe hair loss around the shot area. One in twenty will have a bad reaction at Banfield. And they admit it. Thought you might like to know what the odds were.

 

Mitchell

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