What vaccinations do your dog(s) get?

[borzoimom]

Yes, they believe that it always existed among bats but my dogs never came into contact with bats and I don't know anyone else who's dogs came into contact with bats either. A guy caught the infection but he was actually working with these bats and handling them.

It hasn't been detected in anything other than bats.

Nobody at all gets their dog vaccinated against rabies here...unless they are taking them abroad to a country that does have it. There have been no cases of rabies in dogs, cats or anything...only those bats in scotland and maybe in other places.

Vets here certainly haven't been advising pet owners here to vaccinate against rabies and nobody else has either.

If a dog bites somebody here, it doesn't get shot for fear of rabies...rabies is never even considered. It might be destroyed if it is obviously dangerous in itself and considered too aggressive to be living in society but rabies is never mentioned..even among those cases where small children and babies have been mauled to death by the fmaily pets.

It doesnt matter- other animals come in contact with bats- ... I wouldnt risk it. This is rabies..

[Canis-Lupess]

The last animal to die in the UK of rabies was in 1922.

The last human to die in the UK of rabies caught here was in 1902.

All other cases are in quarantined animals or humans who were infected whilst abroad.

[borzoimom]

The last animal to die in the UK of rabies was in 1922.

The last human to die in the UK of rabies caught here was in 1902.

All other cases are in quarantined animals or humans who were infected whilst abroad.

Considering that there are cases of rabies- even if in bats, this can even infect humans, and if a dog bites someone they are put down, I would give rabies. The others- well debateable in some ways- but not rabies.

[Canis-Lupess]

Funnily enough, it hasn't infected humans or pets for over 70 years and hasn't been detected in any other wild animal either. It was unfortunate for that guy who just happened to work with bats and be a handler. I remember the case when it happened but experts at the time also said it was very unlikely to spread anywhere else and it hasn't done.

The infection the guy died of was described as a rabies like virus so I'm assuming it must be some different virus that is just similar to rabies.

I think that if the government or any experts thought that there was even a slight risk of pets here getting rabies, they would advise getting them vaccinated against it but they haven't which means they don't consider there to be any risk. I know the UK strives to retain it's rabies free status and it still holds this status despite the bats.