Elvis had a reaction to the shots :(

His eyebrow area on his left side swelled up, and thankfully my husband and I were watching him closely last evening, and we got on the phone with a friend of ours who is a vet tech and she said to give him a dose of benedryl, and watch him closely cause if he gets hives and swells more it could cut off his breathing and go in to anaphalactic (sp?) shock, so freaked out, we gave him a dose, an hour later swelling went away, thank goodness! He is all better now!

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Comment by Sylvia & Timmy on April 3, 2008 at 12:12pm: Thank goodness you were watching him. Does your vet give the innoculations in a particular site? Mine gives rabies on one side and boosters on the other. So when there's a reaction, it can be isolated to that particular vaccine.

FYI Tim reacts to the rabies vaccine, so I give him a benadryl one hour before injection. This worked great this last time and I'll continue to use this protocol in the future, since the rabies is required for registration. Also, I now have the boosters given one week before the rabies (under advice from the vet).