Animals have a keen distrust of Vampires.
Master vamps generally take blood every day but only need it once a week as long as they do not allow their systems to become depleted and are not undergoing some type of physical exertion. The lack of blood will not kill a vamp, but it would make for an unbearable existence.
Garlic has no effect on Vampires.
Vampires can be killed by mutilation of the heart, decapitation, being branded by a holy item, or caught in sunlight. Other things that would normally cause pain to humans would also cause pain to Vampires—maybe even more so because where humans might die, Vampires continue to experience pain until they heal.
Vampires have a limited control over humans by allowing a bit of what animates their body to slip into humans. It was the way we mes
