OT: Naturally Raised Dogs

[Guest guest]

It's true that canine rabies has been eradicated in the US, however skunk rabies

and raccoon rabies and various others which could bite our beloved ones are not

eradicated. I live in a suburb surrounded by miles and miles of suburb and I

saw a skunk toddling down the street the other day. My first reaction was to

call my son and tell him to stay away. I remember my grandfather having a fit

when a skunk came up on the porch once. He said it didn't happen in broad

daylight unless something was wrong. Illness, rabies, etc.

 

I am being quite cautious with the EO's, I think. I'm making a collar that will

dry completely before going around her neck. I will watch her carefully for

signs of reaction.

 

I didn't want to put the EO on her directly, so I found this 'recipe' for

soaking a nylon collar and then letting it dry. We shall see.

 

Jen

 

-

flashnsaber

Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:02 PM

Re: Naturally raised dogs - OT

 

In , " Jennifer Shearer " <elmogus

wrote:

>

> I for one do not vaccinate my older dogs. My vet told me off the

record that after she was 7, my poodle did not need another rabies,

that she was totally covered.

>

Your dog has most likely been immune for many years. The US has just

been declared 'free' of rabies -

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0741162020070907 Its

like kids getting chicken pox. Unless something serious wipes out

their immune system (like chemo) they don't get it again. Once the

dogs have anti-bodies for a disease, they don't get that disease.

[Guest guest]

> skunk rabies and raccoon rabies and various others

> which could bite our beloved ones are not eradicated...skunk came up on

> the porch once. He said it didn't happen in broad daylight

> unless something was wrong....

 

[Dave]: Exactly right. Skunks are rarely about the streets during daylight

hours, although they may be in rural areas. They tend to sleep during the

day.

 

Thirty years ago, I had a good friend who was a goldsmith and wildlife

illustrator (Kevin Armstrong, in case anyone's heard of him), and he lived

in a rented house in an older section of San Diego. San Diego is built over

a series of hills and canyons, and in many places older houses in particular

stand out from the hillsides with stilts on their outboard side. Kevin got

in the habit of leaving his dinner scraps out for the several skunks who

lived nearby, and eventually there were as many as eight of them that would

regularly come around scavenging. They fear nothing, of course. Three or

four actually became very tame, and would eat right from our hands. Now, a

skunk doesn't have to actually spray for you to be able to smell it.

Sitting out on the porch, we knew they were around whether we actually saw

them or not.

 

Kevin eventually moved up the coast. I always got a deliciously perverse

chortle when I thought of the next tenants of that house and their

unexpected pets.

 

 

 

 

Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1005 - Release 9/13/2007

11:45 AM