Replies on Duration of Immunity and Rabies Vaccination

I live in Florida.....one of the few states that allow rabies vaccine vials and tags to be purchased by residents. Currently, I am awaiting a delivery.....10 dosage vaccine = $14.99; 10 (.25 cent tags) = $2.50; plus, $29.99 for overnight ice-pack shipping via FEDEX. Well worth every penny spent!

Hi Mary,
my little girl is due for her rabies vaccine in two months but I really, really want to avoid it since she is already sick and having a new episode of a herniated disk. She was paralyzed from the waist down a year ago before her emergency surgery, which she never fully recovered from. I am scared it will repeat itself as she started having pain and neurological signs three days ago. I checked out the website (valleyvet) and of course the state I live in, Texas, is amongst the no-shipping states. Also, I do not have the luck to know people across the states since I just moved her a little while ago from Germany. Further, Texas is not a state that allows rabies vaccine exemptions given Dr. Falconer's article on the subject. Do you think there is any way your friends could include me in the sending and I pay via paypal or else?* I would be so thankful if you could reply. Here is my private e-mail as well if you prefer writing there: katharina.christian@yahoo.de please make sure to put .de in the end instead of .com (it is the german yahoo) as otherwise I wont receive any mail. Thanks!!!:) Hope to hear from you if only with more tips on the subject.

Where can I get my hands on one of these certificates? I lost 2 Chihuahuas to being over immunized. I don't plan to let it happen to the 2 dogs I have now. Thanks!

God Bless You Mary!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing the rabies CDC certificate info. I just printed it. I have long wondered how to get one of these in my hands. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Thank you....

What states will send rabies for vaccination with tags and id numbers? I am interested in this idea. I might have friends who live in some of them. I have three goldens who have never had rabies vaccinations. My 12 year old golden passed away two months ago after suffering his entire life from the age of six months with seizures that started within ten minutes of the first vaccination. He was the second of my dogs to experience seizures from the vaccination, so I will never give it again. He died of Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia, another auto immune disease. It took four days to kill him. No more rabies. There has to be a way around the law. If I lived in the ountry, I might do it once if there was a high risk of infection, but I would definitely give it a lot of thought. Thank you for any help you can give me.

Do you forge a vet signature/license number? I have a certificate but would be terrified to forge a name!
Btw, I would stop asking vets if they will neuter without a rabies vaccine. I used to ask that way and some vets would agree at first but then change their mind, and I dont want them turning me in. I just now make an appointment, dont bring paperwork. When they ask either 1) make up a vaccine date and say you'll bring paperwork later or 2) say yes, hes current. I was in a rush and forgot the papers. I will bring them next time and just forget. Normally they dont keep asking... At least in my experience. My got 5 of her Pomeranians spayed that way. Usually spay/neuter clinics WILL be more strict and need to see proof. Most vets dont really care if you say yes....
Also, I stay with my pets in the room. The vet sedates them and up until the MINUTE of surgery I am with my pets. Some vets even allow you to watch. Then as soon as its done, they bring the dog/cat back into the room so I can be with it. This is my one requirement. This way they cant say "oh he bit me when waking up..." And my animals are not more stressed.
Good luck :)