Titre testing

What is a titre test?
In a nutshell you do a blood test at your vets and send off blood to dragon labs and they send you a result 3 days later.  It costs approx £45 for titre test from company, plus what your vet charges for the blood test. 
It's graded 0-6.  Anything over 0 is positive reading.  
By titre testing you will know if your dogs got antibodies to those virus, distemper, hepatitis and Parvo virus.  If your dog has anti bodies you do not need to vaccinate.  If your dog has 0 antibodies then sadly boarding kennels and home boarders wont accept the dog.  But the twist to this tale is that dogs may not of been in contact with virus so their titre is low.  So ideally before any titre testing is done you walk your dog into busy areas where other dogs have walked.  For me we go to training classes, high dog area like show, woods, beaches etc.  Then titre.  If you keep dog at home in bubble wrap the titre will be 0 to low. 

Titre roughly every 3 yearly.  But do not miss your yearly vet health check. Vets check hearts, lungs and can talk to you about other aspects of your dog care.  This is important.  Keeping an eye on weight for example shows you if your dog is well.   

For a more in-depth version go to our Silvestre Academy which will be online soon with lots more information in it. 
Rachel x