Heart problems and booster injections

Kirsty sorry for your loss,
Sometimes it is a very short period between diagnosos and the untimely loss of our pets.
My last rescue Cav went to sleep on the same even
ing we were given his meds.
It was only one week after his booster injection.

So in the event that we are able to have a diagnosis and get some stability in the health of our dogs, there is a lot of considered opinion that you should not continue with booster injections as they can aggravate heart conditions such as murmurs.
The risk of the injection outweighs any benefits.
Espescially in breeds such as KCCS where heart problems are almost inevitable.

Whay are peoples views on this.

I missed my 13 year old dog's booster last year (duh!) so she has had to start again with a full course to comply with her insurance policy. She has a heart murmur (4/5 on a scale of 1-6) but the vet didn't mention any risks. She is not medicated for her heart as she has no symptoms, it was picked up at a routine check.

If you google the issue you can get conflicting issues as usual.
US vet society recommends every 2 or 3 years after initial vacs
GB vets still insist on annual.
Insurance is an issue and depends on policy.
But if you have heart murmurs 'some' say do not vaccinate.
Dont think its cut and dried.
Comes down to personal choice

All the vaccine companies take the get out note on their information leaflet"Only healthy animals should be vaccinated" which means that if a dog that isn't 100% healthy becomes ill after a vaccination than it's the owner's fault as the dog shouldn't have been vaccinated !

The vaccine companies set the booster frequency-so when one company went to 3 yearly most vets went to another company that still has yearly as the frequency-more profitable

When my dogs reach 8 or 9 I do not continue with the annual booster and there is nothing in my insurance policy which says they must have it. Obviously, if they became ill with one of the diseases against which they are vaccinated then there would be a problem. but I am willing to take that risk.

One of my dogs had a bad reaction to a booster when she was 8 and I decided then that enough was enough, and I do strongly believe that if they have been vaccinated every year since being a pup then they will have built up enough immunity by the time they are 8.