04/01/2025
New, old, and future puppy parents. After hearing that one of my puppies was given the lepto vaccine without warning from the vet, I was reminded that I don't give my “speech” anymore about vaccines. I tend to give soo much information at once that I don't really know what will stick with new puppy parents so I stopped “scaring” new puppy parents as my husband says lol.
Anyway, flat faced breeds have a higher than normal chance of having a bad reaction to the lepto vaccine. But all dogs in general can have bad reactions to lepto and in my opinion unless you are taking your dog where they might get leptospirosis don’t do it! Even then, there are many articles that say leading experts will not even give their dogs lepto. *Article attatched* I will say this, I have given 2 of my dogs the lepto vaccine in the past and they were fine. Most frenchies are home bodies and will never be in places where they can pick up leptospirosis, so I don't risk giving the vaccine anymore.
Leptospirosis is a serious disease but the vaccine is high risk and ineffective. Find out what you need to know about leptospirosis before vaccinating your dog.