Vaccinate your dog! IMPORTANT for THEM & YOU

Vaccinate your dog for their health AND YOURS

   Recently, here in the Washington, D.C. metro area, someone did not vaccinate their dog for rabies. That caused a lot of problems for many dogs AND People! 
   The dog died a horrible death of suffering from rabies.  Vaccines for dogs are equally as important as they are for people. (The story is below)
    There are uneducated people who think vaccines cause autism and that's totally false. Similarly, some pet parents Refuse to vaccinate their dogs. Well, if your dog is out among other dogs, or out of the house, then they risk contracting a disease AND they risk SPREADING it to all other dogs or dying a horrible, suffering death themselves. So, don't be foolish. Vaccinate your dogs, vaccinate your kids. 

WHAT IS RABIES? The rabies virus travels to the brain by following the peripheral nerves. The disease can only be diagnosed after the start of symptoms.   

DOES THE VACCINE WORK?  YES. 

CAN PEOPLE SURVIVE RABIES?  NO, not unless they are vaccinated in 6 days.

Rabies KILLS people and DOGS - unless you vaccinate your pets

In unvaccinated humans, rabies is almost always fatal after neurological symptoms have developed. Vaccination after exposure, PEP, is highly successful in preventing the disease if administered promptly, in general within 6 days of infection. Begun with little or no delay, PEP is 100% effective against rabies.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A DOG TO DIE FROM RABIES? 10 DAYS

The quarantine is set at 10 days because a rabies-infected animal can only transmit the disease after clinical signs have developed AND once these signs have developed, the animal will die within 10 days.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE A PERSON TO DIE FROM RABIES? 

In rare cases, it can vary from 10 days to 2 years. The incubation period is shorter in children and in people exposed to a large dose of the rabies virus. The dose of virus depends on the size, severity and location of an animal bite or scratch. In animals, the incubation period depends on the species of animal.

In the News: IDIOTS WHO DID NOT VACCINATE THEIR DOGS:

1) Health officials seeking people, pets exposed to rabid dog in Arlington    

Health officials are attempting to locate people and pets who may have been exposed to a rabid dog treated in Arlington last month.

A bull dog from Washington has died of rabies and was last treated at Cherrydale Veterinary Clinic in Arlington, according to a county news release. The dog was seen at the veterinary clinic between 10-11 a.m. July 8 and from 3-3:30 p.m. on July 14.

   “Arlington County Public Health Division is working closely with staff at the clinic to identify and contact those people and their pets who may have been exposed to the bulldog there on July 8 and July 14 during the specified times,” Arlington Department of Human Services spokesperson Kurt Larrick said.  STORY:http://www.insidenova.com/health/health_arlington/health-officials-seeking-people-pets-exposed-to-rabid-dog-in/article_f8062742-7705-11e7-a55e-7ff7459d40c7.html

2)   A similar issue happened recently in Brooklyn, New York. 

People in Brooklyn not vaccinating Dogs!

Not a shot! Anti-vax movement prompts Brooklynites to withhold inoculations from their pets

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/40/31/all-pet-anti-vaccination-movement-2017-08-04-bk.html?ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__080217

SYMPTOMS OF RABIES (from the Mayo Clinic)
The first symptoms of rabies may be very similar to the flu and may last for days. Later signs and symptoms may include:

• Fever
• Headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Agitation
• Anxiety
• Confusion
• Hyperactivity
• Difficulty swallowing
• Excessive salivation
• Fear of water (hydrophobia) because of the difficulty in swallowing
• Hallucinations
• Insomnia
• Partial paralysis