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Get your furry friends complimentary vaccinations and check-ups! Exclusive service for Fulton County pet owners. Last year, we served over a thousand pets so arrive early on Saturday March 23rd at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church 534 Fairburn Road 30331 from 10:00 AM to 2 PM. .

Raspberry Cake with Lemon Buttercream
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An old fashioned Raspberry Lemon Cake recipe with lemon buttercream frosting, made with yogurt, fresh raspberries, and lots of lemon juice for a sweet/tart delicious dessert.

Here is the full moon seen from the International Space Station!

📸 NASA

1944: Stewart’s Danes Travel in Style

The early- to mid-20th century is known as the heyday of large-scale show kennels. Few fanciers took the phrase “large-scale” as literally as Great Britain’s Gordon Stewart. The fabulously wealthy automotive and aviation tycoon established the world’s largest Great Dane kennel at his sprawling Send Manor estate in Surrey, at its peak the home of 500 strapping specimens of the friendly giants.

This photo first appeared in the July 1944 AKC Gazette. The caption reads: “Mr. Gordon Stewart’s entry of Great Danes for the Great Scottish Championship Show at Edinburgh being loaded at Send for the 400-mile journey. The vehicle is a two-ton Morris commercial chassis fitted with a specially designed kennel body with accommodation for 12 dogs and 5 persons.”

That’s Stewart in the foreground, with his back to the camera, supervising the work of seven kennel assistants. Note the liveried chauffeur at the ready.

The August AKC Gazette is now online for viewing and downloading: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b54bb62e

AKC Gazette issue archive: https://www.akc.org/products-services/magazines/akc-gazette/

Happy weekend! We’ll see you around the rings.

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SO JUST HOW LONG DO YOUR PET’S SHOTS LAST?

Definitely longer than a year!

According to the top pet immunologist (aka vaccine expert) in the world, Dr. Ronald Schultz, Ph.D. – “ Annual revaccination provides no benefit and may increase the risk for adverse reactions.”

What the heck are adverse reactions (or side effects)?

Well according to the other rock star pet immunologist Dr. Jean Dodds:

“Side effects from dog vaccinations can occur anywhere from instantly up to several weeks or months later. Vaccines can even cause susceptibility to chronic diseases that appear much later in a dog’s life (Dodd, 2001).

Severe and fatal adverse reactions include:

•Susceptibility to infections.

•Neurological disorders and encephalitis.

•Aberrant behavior, including unprovoked aggression.

•Vaccines are linked to seizures. Distemper, parvovirus, rabies and, presumably, other vaccines have been linked with poly neuropathy, a nerve disease that involves inflammation of several nerves. (Dodds,2001)”

SO HOW LONG EXACTLY DOES YOUR PET’S VACCINE LAST?

According to the recommendations of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), (basically the dudes who set the standards for the vets): “Among healthy dogs, all commercially available [core] vaccines are expected to induce a sustained protective immune response lasting at least 5 yr. thereafter”

Here’s the breakdown of the core vaccines from Dr. Ronald Schultz:

Minimum Duration of Immunity for Canine Vaccines:

Distemper- 7 years by challenge
Parvovirus – 7 years by challenge
Adenovirus – 7 years by challenge
Canine rabies – 3 years by challenge

The moral of the story here, if you have no idea when your pet is due or has been vaccinated, then just run a titer test and this will confirm if you are due, rather than over-vaccinate your poor pet, setting the stage for future problems!

What’s a titer test?

A titer test (pronounced tight-errr) is a laboratory or in-house veterinary test measuring the existence and level of antibodies (necessary to fight off disease) in your pet’s blood. Basically, it’s a test that will tell you whether or not you actually need to vaccinate your pet.

It’s also super useful when making a decision about vaccinating a pet with an unknown vaccination history, or for determining if pets have received immunity from vaccination.

Vaccinating your pet is super important so don’t lose the overall message here: VACCINATE, JUST DON’T OVER-VACCINATE!

According to Dr. Dodds:

“Vaccines have achieved many important benefits for companion animals, and has saved more animals' lives than any other medical advance.”

Want more on titer testing? Check it out:

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Rodney Habib

"An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!"