My dog had his booster last year in April and he had mct from June onwards almost monthly when the vet took one off another would appear had the last one in January this year now his booster is due again but I'm not wanting to do it this time do anyone else not do boosters what do you think I'm I right or wrong ?

Right or wrong?  You will get different responses from us all on CD!  LOL

I have a lot of dogs and every single one is boostered annually.  I'm sure others will now argue against. 

Is MCT 'mast cell tumour', if so you should not be boostering your dog (whether you normally would or not) as vaccines should only be given to a dog that is healthy.

Personally I no longer booster my dogs after the first one, a year after the puppy course.

I agree with Brainless. I do not vaccinate after the initial puppy course. I was at a talk given by Chris Day ( Homeopathic vet) and the point of not vaccinating a "unhealthy" dog was emphasised, so even if I did vaccinate in this case I wouldn't. Just my opinion. Hope you reach a decision that is right for you :)

thank you for your replies. thats excatly how im thinking you dont vaccinate unhealthy dogs i have spoken to my vet about it he said wait till the autumn  then do it but im not doing at all. and now i feel better about it speaking to you thank you.

We only give the puppy jabs & no yearly boosters & havent ever in the entire time of owning dogs(55 years).

As it was previously mentioned we all have differing opinions & what will suit one, wont suit another.

ive been thinking along these lines too for quite some time.

What you decide to do re boosters would, for me, to a great extent depend on the local dog population where you are.   Living here on the N.Cornwall coast, we have a huge number of incomers during the summer, all potentially bringing whatever into the area with them.   So, whereas in the past when we lived in a quiet rural area, I've dropped off boostering at all by around 7 years, I may think differently with my current two, living here.

My puppies were always given the full course of vaccination, followed by booster 12 months on.   This is what I did with my current two but they are now both on 3-yearly boosters, apart from the one for Leptospirosis which is said to 'drop off' over 12 months.  This is done annually still.

Interesting about the tumours because my Whippet had a small pea-sized mass taken off just before Christmas.  The fine needle aspiration wasn't sufficient for a conclusive result, so I was persuaded to get it taken off anyway.    Right now I have a Basset with two incisions, on either side, shoulders.   The one was checked originally but booked in because it was growing.  It was clear.   Between the surgery date and that day, I felt another on the opposite side which was also growing.   This one was deeper, and could be a nasty.   I held off having them send the tissue they took off away (lots going on in my personal life at the moment and do I NEED to know!!), but have been persuaded to get it done, so they learn more about what it was and whether they need to revisit the margins they have taken.  Mine is a breed (the Basset) prone to these fatty cysts, which is what they normally are, not mcts and in truth my Basset has more little tumours on his body.   Whether there is a connection between these and boosters I have no idea.   I'd suggest not?   I have had these on my Bassets over the years, and tend to leave alone unless they are in a difficult place, or grow significantly.   And indeed with one, fast as we took one off, another would appear in another place.

I don't do more boosters than I feel necessary!!

Just to tag on the end here, if your dog is insured then it is worth checking your paperwork as I am fairly sure mine states that the dog must have annual boosters to be covered.

My dogs are not insured so that doesn't apply to me. But good point. I have an elderly lab with arthritis and liver damage she's not had booster for two years so will not be giving them to my boy. We have to do what we think is best for our own dogs at the end of the day. Thank you for listening.

As far as I was aware the only issue with boosters and Insu5rance is if the dog suffered a disease that boosters would cover would then not be claimable, not anything to do with the Insurance overall, but best to check the 'actual' small print.

I don't booster my two, due to their health problems in part, but use homoeopathic nosodes instead. Only one of mine is insured, but I made it clear over the phone and then in writing that I don't booster when taking out insurance and they were fine about it. If I have a claim I again make it clear on the claim form where it asks if the animal is up to date with vaccination etc. that is it homoeopathic and I have never had a problem

All my dogs that I have ever had, bar ONE, have always been boostered every year and most have lived to good ages. My Cavalier had a bad heart from age 7 until he died at just over 15 and he still had his boosters. The one dog that is different is a tiny Papillon who weighs just 2 kilos. She had a bad reaction every time she was vaccinated -in the sense that she was in pain for a week afterwards, terrible pain. She'd scream every time you touched her. She had the puppy vaccinations and then booster at 1 and booster at 2, then because of the problems we didn't do it again. She doesn't go to shows or training classes unlike the other dogs. I'd prefer her vaccinated but she is just one out of all dogs I've had in my life. She will never be bred from (has been spayed) for a variety of reasons, and one is that I believe over sensitivity to vaccines is likely to be genetical and such dogs should not be bred on from.