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Old 01-20-2018, 03:05 PM
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Especially since there are dogs from other parts of the country coming down to TV for the winter, I would have it done. The flu actually did reach Florida this past year. We had our golden vaccinated. Then we got a foster golden mix whose rescue org. would not okay her to be vaccinated. Both dogs got a cough, even though the foster was on the same antibiotics used to treat K9 flu at the time.

Because our dog was vaccinated, he only reacted for a couple of days and was then fine. The vet thought it was probably mild flu because the foster had had a kennel cough vaccination, and our golden had his vacs updated a month or so before.
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