COLUMBUS,Ohio -- Charity Frazier took her 1-year-old bulldog mix puppy to the Franklin County Animal Shelter Friday for a rabies vaccination.
The shot was administered by medvet.
Charity says her dog vomitted and turned blue after the shot, but when she tried to bring the situation to someone's attention, she says they brushed it off like nothing was wrong.
Charity took the dog to the Obetz Animal Hospital, where a veterinarian said the dog was suffocating and appeared to be going through shock. Attempts to save the dog were unsuccessful.
The Franklin County Dog Shelter says Charity did not tell a medvet veterinarian what happened while she was at the shelter, otherwise steps would have been taken to try and save the dog.
The shelter is very apologetic but says this is a very rare occurrence and has never happened there before.
The shelter workers vaccinated more than 800 dogs on Friday and no others became sick. The shelter assumes the death was a reaction to the vaccine but will not know until an autopsy is complete.
The maker of the vaccine is paying for the autopsy.
Anyone who administers the vaccine is not required to provide information about risks, but the shelter says it is considering doing this in the future.
The veterinarian from the Obetz Animal Hospital stresses this is a very rare occurrence and should not keep dog owners from getting their dogs vaccinated.
Her advice is to stay in close proximity to any veterinarian who administers the vaccine for at least 20 minutes after a dog is vaccinated. That way if it shows signs of a reaction, steps can be taken to try and save it.
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