Rabies shot almost killed my dog.

Today Rocky had his last set of shots from the vet until he gets neutered. Sadly, I'm waiting until morning to see if he makes it through the night. About two hours after he got his rabies shot, he laid down for a nap (after having dinner, playing fetch, barking at the cat.../sigh, and snuggling me) and when he woke up went to mess with his water bowl. I hadn't looked at him in about 20 minutes, and then saw his face and eyes were so swollen up that he almost didn't look like a corgi. I felt so bad at not having looked at him, but its not uncommon for him to nap at that time of night. So we drove back to the vet for an emergency visit for steroids, etc and a wonderful overnight stay.

I believe strongly in getting all the proper shots for your puppy, but I am really upset and didn't know the rabies shot could have such a bad reaction. I mean, I understand anyone animal or human can be allergic to anything, but that doesn't change my feelings or worry about my poor little puppy. I wrote to his breeder to alert her that his siblings may have similiar allergies.

What a stressful night... 2 emergency trips to the vet so far. Still love the puppy though.

I wonder if anyone else here has had a similiar experience.

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Comment by WhiteDove on March 31, 2009 at 8:38am: OMG. . .I'm glad he's doing better. . . .that's horrible. . .you're right, we try to do our best with keeping our fur-babies vaccinated but "who knew" this would happen???

Comment by Libby and Dyddy!! on March 31, 2009 at 8:03am: We have. Our little man has the same reaction. They have to give Dyddy a benadryl & dexamethazone shot to counteract it. I would talk to your vet. When we warned our new vet about this, he said with the prevenative measures, if he still has a reaction he would have written us a waiver in case we got stopped by animal control. Its not something he likes to do, however when I explained the reaction he had to the rabies vaccine, he said it could be hazardous to his health.

I am soo sorry your little guy is going through this. Keep us updated. You'll be in my thoughts.

Comment by Lucy's & Emma's Mom on March 31, 2009 at 2:35am: I hope he is ok. I know how hard it is to leave a pet over night.

Comment by Sarah C. on March 31, 2009 at 1:09am: I'm so sorry that happened! I hope he's ok. I have seen someone else's dog have a bad reaction but have never experienced it in my animals. Sounds very scary though! :(

Comment by Lauren + Winston on March 31, 2009 at 1:06am: Oh gosh..im so sorry! I hope he's okay! I've never even heard of a rabies shot doing this to a dog. You guys are in my thoughts! Tell the little one to hang in there!