people and unwanted animals

[Soundguy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( It must be a lot different up here..

I have been refused adoption by my local SPCA because-
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That kind of behavior turns me off. We've adopted a few dogs from rescues', and half way thru the paperwork, this issue of a 'home inspection' came up... Both times I slid the clipboard back to them and said I wasn't interested in their red tape, and that if i wanted to take a dog home today.. i could hit the humane society.. The first time this issue came up.. my wife wanted the dog bad enough to put up with the paperwork and inspection.. I had no part of it... and won't. My farm is a whole lot better than those animals living in 3'x3' pens. The subsequent times the rescue actual 'gave' in and waived the inspection.. ( almost seems like they don't want to get rid of their animals.. go figure.. )

Soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Once the dogs know it's our cat, they ignore it, if anything, the cats bug the dogs.

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Same here.. our 5 dogs do not even see the cats... and the cats.. well.. sometimes i don't think they even see us! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I feel more like 'staff' than an owner!! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Soundguy

 

[Freds]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If a dog has a rabies shot and is then bitten by a rabid animal, then what happens to the dog that has been vaccinated?)</font>

In PA they recommend a booster shot, which has always made me scratch my head... I mean, why the booster shot? Wasn't the initial vaccination good enough? But at any rate they recommend a booster and quarrantining the bitten animal for 90 or 180 days. It is usually an "in house" quarrantine, though. There have been cases where rabies hasn't shown up for a year, but incubation is usually 2-8 weeks.

 

[midlf]

Dogs have masters, cats have staff, cockatoos have slaves.

 

[Jstpssng]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If a dog has a rabies shot and is then bitten by a rabid animal, then what happens to the dog that has been vaccinated?) )</font> In Maine it's a mandatory 60 days, rabies shots or not. I've heard of a couple of dogs that were put down because of the expense. Also, apparently the rabies vaccine doesn't always "take" in wolf hybrids; the way I understand it, if your hybrid bites someone it'll automatically be put down in order to test for rabies.
What really peeves me is that I'm required to license my dog and keep her shots up to date; and like many states we have leash laws. Yet cats are allowed to roam freely, with no shots or licensing required.
Now here's the rub; she has been attacked 4 times that I'm aware of by cats while she was tied and unable to get away.
Twice we were in Vermont; both of those times the cats belonged to the owner of the establishment we were at. (1 ice cream shop, 1 motel) The motel owner's cat actually JUMPED INTO THE CAB OF MY TRUCK to attack her. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif Like too many cat owners, they think it's funny.