Scary reaction to vaccinations - and ode to a quick thinking horse hubby

Last night the boys got the second part of their spring shots, Rabies and Rhino. All went well, but this morning when JP was turning them out he discovered that Remy didn’t want to move, and was very unsteady on his legs, almost like his legs were buckling underneath him. Pretty scary!

Unfortunately I was in meetings with my cell shut off, so JP couldn’t reach me. Practical guy that he is he drove straight to our vet, got him out from under the shower (sorry, Mike) and had him check out Remy.  The diagnosis was a bad reaction to the vaccinations, and after some Banamine Remy seems better. Right now he is hanging out with JP, resting his head on JPs shoulder (which will probably net JP another trip to the Chiropractor).

Saumur and Chambord are fine. I am wondering if they are OK because we went on a trailride last night and that this might have helped working the vaccines better through their systems? Teddy is tired, but otherwise seems to be well.

This is scary, I remember every year Crissy had problems with the Spring shots, to the point where she was given the Banamine right with the vaccines. There is so much controversy about vaccinations, and you really have to weigh risk and rewards. But especially when it comes to Rabies I don’t even give it a second thought – with all the Possums, Raccoons, and a variety of other critters around here the risk is just too high. Once contracted there is no cure and the animal (or person) will die.

So, we caught it early thanks to a quick thinking horse hubby (and a vet short of a shower)!