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Originally Posted by Pettysmith

I was referring only to dogs that are not vaccinated or who have a waiver from their vet. Either one of these is disobeying the law. Having an animal quarantined is the normal procedure, BUT the person who was bitten has the right to request rabies testing if the dog is not up to date. If that person does not want to sit around and wait thru the quarantine period to see if the animal exhibits symptoms of rabies, then yes, the only way to find out asap is testing. And yes, if someone walks in my yard and my dog bites them it would probably be their fault, but if I have not followed the laws, the dog would be the one who would pay. If the dogs are kept up to date as the law states, there is no question, no quarantine, and no rabies testing.

Correct. Here in Tennessee it is only 10 days. Most of the vet clinics (including us) charge a lot more than the normal boarding fee to quarantine. Six months could get real expensive. FYI, the statistics state that there is a lot less chance of a dog having a reaction to a rabies shot than a DHLPPC or a DHPP (no lepto). If you had ever seen an animal with rabies (I have) you would be much more aware about making sure your babies are protected. It is not a pretty sight.

I feel like our dogs are paying regardless....vaccinating every three years is still too much. Overvaccination is harming our dogs. We may not see an immediate issue but in many cases dogs are hurt long-term by all these vaccines. I believe vaccines are wonderful and necessary to prevent deadly diseases such as parvo, distempter and rabies, but I truly believe they are protected for a very long time (and probably life) after their one year boosters. To continue vaccinating is so unneccessary and unfair for the dogs. There are so many health problems that are being linked to vaccines...I so hope the rabies challenge can do something about this soon..

Many dogs are at an EXTREMELY low risk to being exposed to rabies. It is the law to protect people, not the dogs. Most of our toy breed dogs have hardly any chance of being exposed. I worry more about the affects the vaccines have on them than them ever being at risk of getting rabies. it's just really not fair