I guess I need some advice.... I took Jager to Banfield in Petsmart to save money on her Corona, Distemper and Rabies Vaccines.  I am a little concerned.  They just didn't seem to know what they were doing.  I told them about her constant scratching after she jumped into a pool and they told me that I need to change her diet.  She is currently on Candidae and has been for the past year.  So I told them that it was not her diet and they looked at me like " oh now your a vet?"  So they gave her the vaccines and told me that she should be a little tired and lethargic.  Okay that was on Tuesday.  So now it is Thursday.  Jager is still having trouble getting up and down the steps and she is still lethargic.  She was shaking yesterday where they admininstered the vaccine and she is limping a little bit.  I had to hand feed her today and I am just so upset.  After leaving Banfield I looked on consumer affairs and just read some absolute horror stories about there clinics.  I guess I should have read about them before but I figured Petsmart would'nt put a bad vet in their stores.

Has anyone's dog had these symptoms from these vaccines?  Should I be worried? Should I take her to my normal vet? 

I guess the moral of this story is do your homework before you decide to cheap out on your dog's health!  I am absolutely guilt ridden and I just don't want her to be in pain anymore.

I am sorry if this is a repost but my search is not working properly and I need an answer or some help quick!

Thanks in advance for any info!

I just found this thread this morning.  How is Jager this morning?  If there is not a major improvement, I would take her to your normal vet.  I have had a problem with the administration of all the vaccines at one time.  So, now we give rabies, wait at least two weeks, then give the distemper vaccine.  I feel it overloads their systems when you give all the vaccines at the same time.  I hope Jager is ok now.

I hope Jager is feeling better this morning. I use Banfield for both of my dogs, and love my vet there. Savanna had a reaction once to her shots, and I took her back, and they gave her a 'benydryl' type shot, don't remember what it was. It helped almost immediatly. I now have her shots spacd out so she never gets more than one vaccine at a time. Good luck.