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Originally Posted by YorkieSue  I don't know where you live but if your dog is not going to be in the wild, STOP VACCINATING FOR RABIES. Vaccinations are probably the most intrusive and harmful poison you can put into your dog--esp one so tiny. I am amazed that you allowed it to be done at all after her reaction to her second shot. This really told you a story and I'm sorry ou went ahead with the vaccine. Vets are there to MAKE $$$$--THEY will do and say anything to get you to vaccinate. From now on TITER you dog. I don't have time to explain titering but if you want your pup to live a long and healthy life, STOP VACCINATING. It breaks my heart that she now has that rabies vaccine in her after that reaction she had to that other shot. From now on, do your own research on what vaccines do to our dogs and use common sense. Will your teeny Yorkie be running free? In the wild? Near dangerous rabid wildlife? If the answer is no, then why are you vaccinating. Does this vet of yours recommend yearly vaccines too? The law states every three years in NY. Please research this topic and never allow such an already compromised Yorkie to be vaccinated again. |
You are so off base with these statements 
I think you need to research what you are stating as a fact! Unless, as the OPer said there is a medical reason not to vaccinate then any animal that can be vaccinated needs to be protected.
This article was posted in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE~TODAY. I live in Will County, Tinley Park, IL which is within just a few miles of where the latest rabid bat was found. This is
not the "wild".
Every year around this time there are reports of rabid bats and there have been other animals that have been reported as being rabid. My sister lives in Frankfort, IL which is mentioned in this article and a rabid fox was found not far from her house. She even had several bats INSIDE her house a few years back. At the time she had a GSP and when the bat flew around inside the house the dog jumped into the air and caught it! Imagine if her dog had not been vaccinated and the bat was rabid! The population of Tinley Park, IL is around 60,000 people which is where I live. This is NOT a rural area by any stretch of the imagination! There have been reports of rabid bats in my area too.
So if you are considering not vaccinating your dog against rabies because they are not "in the wild" please rethink your advice.
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8/19/10 | 480 views
Another rabid bat found in Will County
By Michelle Manchir/TribLocal reporter
Officials confirmed Thursday that a dead bat with rabies was found on a sidewalk outside a Bolingbrook home, but said no one in the area has been exposed to the disease.
The animal was found near a home on Whitby Court, on the northeast part of the village near East Boughton Road. Four people and two animals live near the property, but were not exposed to rabies, said Vic Reato, spokesman for the Will County Health Department.
Will County has now reported six rabid bats so far this year, with four since July 13, including findings in Naperville and in Frankfort.
“Bats can be found anywhere,” Reato said. “As urban areas expand, we are coming into
more frequent contact with these animals and all other forms of wildlife.”
Human exposure to rabies, which usually occurs when the animal bites a person, is fatal when untreated. Reato said there is no way for a person to know whether an animal is rabid, but bats are rarely active during the day time. If they are spotted during daylight in populated areas, it could mean that they are rabid.
Officials aren’t ruling out the possibility that more rabid bats might be found.
"The summer months are typically the most active time for bats, and August is usually an extremely common month for potential bat exposures," said Lee Schild, Will County Animal Control Administrator.
Animal bites and any contact with bats should be reported to the Will County Animal Control at (815) 462-5633. |