Kallie, Spook and Niner

Why are there people who don’t like vaccines for their pets? What do they think is going to happen? Is their pomsky going to get dog autism?

Nope. My point is that some folks think rabies isn’t a real concern - the only purpose for the legal requirement for the rabies vaccine is to help “vets get rich” (insert comments about The Man here). I could change the Maryland example to the recent Ontario rabid raccoon case. *shrug*

Lol Rabies vaccines are only $5-$15, I don’t know where people think vets are getting rich off of them.  Tell me-if your UNVACCINATED dog gets into a fight with a wild animal and requires vet care, are you willing to fork over the costs to board them in a certified quarantine area for six months? Because the only other option is to euthanize.  ALSO, should your UNVACCINATED dog into into a fight with another dog OR bites a person, the person can legally demand your dog to be tested for rabies. And you legally have no choice but to comply. Which means that your dog is immediately euthanized and his head/brain tissue is removed and tested.   Now, flip side, your VACCINATED dog gets into a fight with a wild animal: He just gets a rabies booster (much like how you’d get a tetanus booster after cutting yourself on a rusty piece of metal, even if you’ve had the shot in the last ten years) and goes on his merry way. If you VACCINATED dog gets into a fight with another dog or bites a person- Instead of being removed and killed (and assuming it’s his first offense), he is just quarantined for ten days (and this is often just a home quarantine if you don’t act like an asshole to the ACO). And it follows the normal dangerous dog bite protocol of your city/county.  And as far as the other vaccines go-I’d always at least get the puppies series done. Even following up every three years with the DAPP when you get your rabies shot. That way if your dog gets sick, the vet can immediately rule out distemper and parvo. Having seen MANY puppies and dogs come down with parvo, it just isn’t worth it to me to not vaccinate.  I promise, your dog is not going to get pawtism from the rabies vaccine. The only vaccine reaction from rabies I’ve ever seen was cyst/abscess formation in two related piebald cattle dogs (fun fact, immunity is linked to the same gene that controls white/piebald/merleing), and the vaccine company agreed to pay for their treatment. 

I only do a parvo shot when the dog is a puppy and rabies every 3 years. Nothing else for my dogs (although Spook and Kallie did get their full set of puppy ax, Niner is only getting Parvo and rabies)

What breed does your dog often get mistaken for?

Every single other sighthound except borzoi or silken windhound. The top contenders for Bandit are: Afghan, Irish Wolfhound, Greyhound-mix, and Saluki. Obie gets a lot of Saluki, Whippet, and greyhound-mix too. Both get collie sometimes. Occasionally we get Irish setter and Airedale as well.

Lizy has been called a dachshund mix, a gsd mix, a Doberman mix. Watson has been called a sheltie/collie mix, or just a plain mutt before. Sigh.

Like nobody in this town has seen a bicolor GSD before, so everyone thinks he’s a mix. The best reaction I got so far was someone at the vet going, “Wow, is he part Doberman?”

aussie for almost all the borders. kindred got called a gsd once. vivec gets called a lab, a curly coat, etc. people will argue with me that valyria isn’t a border collie, because “they don’t come in that color” galli has been called a kelpie once.

People always think Kallie is a GSD mix, Spook is a border collie and Niner is a Catahoula

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some people are afraid of dogs but i’m afraid of the opposite of dogs. the absence of dogs. dogless space

I am crying at your tags. Yes. Agreed. Same.