[Dori]

I’m not Aimee, Patty, HDM or Shawna. Just me. Though I may choose to vaccinate in some areas and not in others, one thing that I always do is yearly blood work. In Hannah’s case (14 1/2 year old Maltese) I have blood work done every 6 months. In my estimation it’s very important. It’s the guide we have to go by. It’s just too dicey too let much time go by. I always go by what my dogs look like and their behavior but I need to trust blood work to catch anything going on internally. I don’t want to come late to the party if you get my meaning. I want to catch things earlier rather than later. I don’t do much vaccinating other than rabies (it’s the law and I do try to be a law abiding citizen….the 60’s flower child in me has somewhat left me) but there are so many other issues that can crop up undetected.