That this is people talking about THEIR OWN DOGS still blows my mind. If you have EVER had a beloved pet die, for ANY REASON, why *wouldn't* you take the opportunity to prevent their death from one of the worst things possible?!?
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Our cat died of FeLV before there was a vax and you better believe every cat I've had or ever will have is going to get that vaccine regardless of risk of their being exposed. Baffling, ghoulish logic.
sep 2, 2025, 8:07 pm • 0 0 • view
People are horrendously bad at comparing risk - like, it will be 100% inconvenient to have to take a dog to the vet for vaccinations, vs the disease is 100% fatal, so basically samesies.
sep 2, 2025, 7:43 pm • 4 0 • view
This particular convo is about people who are deliberately *choosing* not to vax for rabies, because of concerns about "overvaccination" and even--yes, really, I have had this said to me--dog "autism." It's the impact of vaccines being so successful that people don't *know* why it matters.
sep 2, 2025, 7:48 pm • 3 0 • view
Andrew Wakefield causing more dogs to die of 100% fatal rabies (and what may incidentally be the most gruesome mechanism of death in the animal kingdom) because of metastasizing eugenics has got to be one of the most unpredictable plotlines of our idiocracy.
sep 2, 2025, 7:56 pm • 5 1 • view
And, oh, it’s not just a danger to the dogs.
sep 2, 2025, 8:00 pm • 3 1 • view
A couple of years ago, I encountered a bat that was not acting right. It seemed unduly aggressive. I looked up bat rabies positivity rates for Idaho. healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/health-welln...
sep 2, 2025, 7:59 pm • 2 0 • view
Yikes, 1 in 10.
sep 2, 2025, 8:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah. Not a gamble I’d take.
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