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Will Falconer, DVM Moderator

Louann, brilliant idea! As you say, key word here is "recently." That vaccinated animal may shed vaccine virus for days, possibly weeks, and that route of exposure is relatively safe. Good call! Titers and immunity will benefit without much risk with natural exposure.
That's corroborated in my colleague's work on parvo and distemper, done in CT for a solid decade. Read more here about that.
Love this discussion! You all have such value to contribute and our collective experience is a powerful voice of change!!

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Is this true? What if the dogs received the rabies vaccine a few years ago?
I have a young dog that has a medical issue, no one will sign the waiver and I'm not comfortable giving him even one rabies vaccine. My other dogs received the rabies vaccine 3-4 years ago.
So, he may show antibodies if titered?

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