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Originally Posted by SoCalyorkiLvr A government official cannot euthanize your pet just because it not current on it rabies vaccine. |
I really do not know why anyone would want to take a chance with their precious Yorkie and the law UNLESS YOU KNOW THERE IS A HEALTH ISSUE! Yes the ACO and/or government can do anything they damn well please with your pet unless one is wealthy enough to hire a lawyer and QUICK enough to get into COURT to stop them. Here an actual case which happen just
a few days ago in New Jersey. Very very scary. The ACO and authorities can in fact put your pet to sleep over rabies! Anyway for all to read here the actual case. This is a show breeder of Newfoundlands. I withheld her name for privacy. Newfoundlands are a very large breed. The subject of this discussion was "at what age should one vacinate their dog". Some people can argue against getting vaccination shots all they want.....but for me I'm going to keep my dogs up to date on rabies vaccination and I hope you do the same as all 50 states have laws for the protection of human beings against this terribly fatal disease! Yes a vet can exempt your animal from the rabies shot.....but by law a vet cannot and does not have the power to expempt your animal from dog bite laws. Think about that!
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rabies vaccinations
PLEASE be careful about rabies vaccinations!! I see that many don't give them until pups are 6 mos. Well, we had an experience that could have been disastrous. The two pups I kept woke me in the middle of the night to go out. I put them in their run, as the others all went, too, and they were too young to be loose with the big guys unsupervised, thank heaven! The big ones raced out, then came tearing back onto the deck. There was a raccoon which rapidly became a dead raccoon. Fortunately, I am obsessive about keeping up to date with shots, because it was rabies POSITIVE! My vet came the next morning to boost the adults and the goats, but those little ones didn't turn 12 wks for a few days. She made sure I isolated them for 2 weeks and gave them their shot the first day they could have it, at 12 wks.
Even though they hadn't actually been exposed to the raccoon, the powers that be COULD have demanded they be put down, as they weren't immunized at the time. VERY SCARY! I now make sure pups get their first rabies shot on the first possible date and encourage all my puppy people to do the same. They get their 12 wk combined a few days later.
This was one of those things that you figure just can't happen. But it DOES! ACO said it would probably be OK, as he'd only had 2 rabies-positives in 5 years and the raccoon was out at night, not during the day. Everyone was shocked that it was positive!
[name withheld] [xxx] Newfoundlands
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In a message dated 1/3/06 2:05:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [name withheld] writes this question:
I'm sure this was a frightening and learning experience. However, wouldn't those pups have had some immunity from their Mother at that age?
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the point here isn't only whether the pups had some immunity from the mother. There are very specific laws in many states, including NJ.
A dog or cat that is exposed to rabies and isn't current on its shot might be subject to a 6 month, no human contact at all, quarantine or even euthanasia. Rabies is so deadly that they don't want to take any chances with human lives. I was lucky! I know of someone who had to retain an attorney because their dog was ONE DAY overdue with its rabies shot. Apparently, it jumped on someone and scratched them, but the person decided it was a bite or scrape from a tooth. The authorities were demanding the dog be put down. This was before titers could be done. They won the case, but it cost them a fortune. [XXX] Newfoundlands