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Took the dog to the kennels last week and showed them his vaccination card.
The date of his vax was November 2022 , but the sticker on his card had a use by May 2023.
The girl who booked him in said they would let it go as it was within 3 months of the expiry date, but any later and they would refuse him.
How can that be right ? If he is vaxinated in Nov then as far as I’m concerned he is covered until Nov the following year. Surely the May date was the expiry of shelf life ?
Didn’t need to have a discussion at that point as they let him in, but would be good to know what the actual rules are for the future.
And if they are correct then the Vets have ripped us off
( my personal thoughts are the kennels are wrong )
Kennels are ill informed.
The May date is the vaccination use by date. They don't pay them much at Kennels, so that's what you can expect.
The sticker that goes on the vaccination card has the vax batch number and the vax epiry date, not the date of the Jab which is written in by the vet.
As others have said the expiry date of the vaccine is simply the date by which we have to use it, assuming we are storing it correctly.
The date of revaccination is another matter and depends on the vaccine - some last for 3 years and others are boosted yearly.
As a slight deviation from the OP, which dawgie vaxes provide a 3 year re-vax interval and what disease are they protecting against ?
Within our usual vaccinations, the Distemper, Parvovirus and Hepatitis components last for 3 years, as does Rabies vaccination if you choose to get it.
Leptospirosis and Kennel Cough remain yearly vaccines.
another option is not have the dog in the kennels
Unless, of course, that wasn't an option for the OP which is probably the case as the dog went into kennels. We try to avoid kennels (my niece is staying at our house for 10 days next week to dog sit). But if we run out of options then off to the kennel she goes (the dog, not the niece).