My backyard is entirely fenced in, so when my dog has to go outside, I just let him run. The yard also has lots of trees with lots of squirrels. Today, when I went in search of my pooch, I found him gnawing on the body of a dead squirrel. I don't know if he caught it and killed it or if it was already dead when he began gnawing on it. My dog is a male miniature doberman pinscher. He weighs between 12 and 14 pounds. He had his last rabies shot in December of 2006. Do you think there is a chance he could have possibly contracted rabies from this squirrel? Should I take him to get another rabies shot just to be safe? I didn't see any open wounds on the dead squirrel, but that doesn't mean that if my dog had killed it that the squirrel didn't bite him to try and protect itself. What do you think?
2007-06-22
13:33:45
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missy
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