My brother had a scare a couple of weeks ago when his dog got in a tussle with a skunk and got bit on the paws and of course sprayed . He phoned me to find out what to use to get the smell off and I mentioned some home products to begin with and suggested he go to town and get some skunk-off from his vet.
He phones me an hour later and tells me the vet wants to put down his dog since it was bit by a possibly rabid animal. I had my wife phone our vet and he basically said WTF and gave us a number of another vet near my brother. My brother took her in and got a booster for her and sent the skunk away for testing keeping his dog in a shed till the results came back, which were negative.
I talked to our vet again and he said some of the old school vets put dogs down as a matter of course with possible rabies exposure but he said there is no reason to if they're vaccinated. I had this same old vet stitch up a dog of mine a few years back when it got cut on barbed wire but I think I'll drive another 1/2 hour to the nearby town if needs arise.
My younger dog has already been sprayed but he seemed to dislike the result and hasn't been nailed since.
He phones me an hour later and tells me the vet wants to put down his dog since it was bit by a possibly rabid animal. I had my wife phone our vet and he basically said WTF and gave us a number of another vet near my brother. My brother took her in and got a booster for her and sent the skunk away for testing keeping his dog in a shed till the results came back, which were negative.
I talked to our vet again and he said some of the old school vets put dogs down as a matter of course with possible rabies exposure but he said there is no reason to if they're vaccinated. I had this same old vet stitch up a dog of mine a few years back when it got cut on barbed wire but I think I'll drive another 1/2 hour to the nearby town if needs arise.
My younger dog has already been sprayed but he seemed to dislike the result and hasn't been nailed since.
