My poor baby...

[Kim]

Molly got her rabies vacc. today & is miserable!

The vet gave me some doggie-downers for the New Year (just in case she reacts badly to the noise...we have fireworks available to the public) & suggested I do a trial run before tomorrow night to see how she reacts.

Well, she kept whining every few minutes after her shots & I thought now would be a good time for the trial run...at least she'll sleep through the discomfort. Yeah...right. Now she's whining every half hour & I have to carry her out to go potty, carry her to get water & carry her back to bed because she's too dopey to stand on her four legs. It's funny in a sad way.

I feel so bad for her. Is there anything else I can do to ease her discomfort? I called the vet & they said rabies vacc. sometimes "bite" pretty hard & I just have to wait it out. She said Molly should be better by tomorrow.

[Deb's Tiny Dogs]

I massage the vacc. area VERY gently and find this helps. Usually, all is back to normal in a day or two. Bogey just got his recently and developed a nice sized lump at the site. It went away in a few weeks. Hope your baby feels better soon!

[whimzikal]

How is she feeling now?

I massage too Seems like mine always get the vaccine lump.

[Kim]

Hey! Thanks for reminding me! She woke up just fine yesterday morning...back to her old self! She passed the New Year's Eve fireworks (and WOW! What a display it was!) with flying colors & no doggie-downers! Totally bomb-proof!

[whimzikal]

YEAH! It's always better to get through it without the doggy downers!

[Kim]

Originally Posted by whimzikal

YEAH! It's always better to get through it without the doggy downers!

YES! I did NOT like the effects they had on her during the 'trial run' the vet suggested! I'm very happy to do without them & I'm sure, so is Molly!