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Rabbit of Caerbannog has a cousin I see.
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My long lost family!
G
“Look at the BONES!”
T
you TIT! I nearly soiled my armor
C
Run away!!
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Run away!!!!
B
Thank you for the chuckle.
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One, two, FIVE!
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three sir!
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Time to get rabies shot! Also that beagle got clapped. Or is that a basshound?
C
A basset hound, I think.
V
Not quite as droopy though, and legs too long. Could be a Bagle Hound.
S
wow i thought you were joking because bagle hound sounds like a made up thing, but it’s a real breed; cross between a basset hound and a beagle. TIL… bagle hounds.
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I’ve been poisoned by Community. I pronounced that as Baggle Hound in my head.
F
Really Brittaed that one, didn’t you.
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First stop doctor, get rabies shot, second stop vet, get rabies shot (if this is the US maybe the vet has a 2 for 1 deal and he can save some money on a doctor; so maybe go to the vet first)
L
I could be wrong/speaking from the perspective of a responsible dog owner, but most household pets in the US are given the rabies vaccine as part of their regular immunization schedule, so the dogs should be fine. Probably a good idea to get them checked for infection and get some antibiotics, though.
L
Even if your dog is vaccinated (which it should be), it’s still recommended to get a rabies booster if bitten by a suspected rabid animal.
L
That’s good to know. If my dog got bit, I would definitely take them to the vet, but infection would be a bigger concern than rabies right off the bat.
T
I get it, but even a fairly advanced wound infection can be treated effectively. [Rabies is a death sentence.](https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/7qwtd5/rabies_is_scary/) Fortunately you should be able to handle both at once with a single visit to a veterinarian
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I was told if my dogs ever had a possible exposure to bring them in because unless they JUST had their shot they would give them another booster. My vet reminds me every time they get their boosters.
B
Assuming they’re a good pet owner, yes. Unfortunately, many are not.
J
US and save money on a doctor in the same sentence?
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Yes, by not going to the doctor and getting the rabies shot at the vet.
M
Well yeah, technically the US is the only developed country where you can save money on a doctor. Can’t save money if it’s free anyway.
S
I think that’s why he’s suggesting go to the vet first… Because it should actually be considered.
L
Third stop gun store for 410 shotgun.
B
Dog should be fine, most states require yearly rabies vaccine.
G
Not sure if it works different for dogs, but a human vaccinated for rabies still needs to get 2 addtional shots after a suspected bite to make absolutely sure you don’t get it.
C
Grey squirrels don’t typically get rabies or transmit it to humans. Bites by rodents are treated with a tetanus shot.
E
There’s never been a documented case of transmission between squirrels and human with rabies in the United States.
M
but what about humans to squirrel?
E
Much higher surprisingly.
C
It’s surprisingly hard to get SCDC to share data with us.
L
I would definitly be adamant about them giving it to me. It’s super unusual for a squirrel to be aggressive enough to attack a human with such aggression, then without missing a beat immediately turn and attack a dog. I’ve hunted squirrels all my life and this is far from normal behavior.
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If it’s a mama and the nest is close, they have been to act like this. The dog went back after it, is why it went after the dog again.
M
If you watch the video the beagle is chasing it towards the guy, and the squirrel likely panics and just climbs up the tallest thing it can see, which turns out to be a person.
V
It attacks the dog after
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Because the dog went after it again off camera
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Whooo! Patient Zero!
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If I get bitten by any mammal that I know isn’t vaccinated I’m getting a rabies shot. You don’t fuck around with a virus that has a 99.9999% lethality, and where the 0.0001% that survive aren’t much more than vegetables for the rest of their life.
D
Exactly. I don’t know why people are willing to gamble on this. It might be unlikely but is it really worth betting your life on? Also imagine the tier Zoo video if you get pk’d by a squirrel.
T
Basshound, drop that beat.
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“Thank you everybody, you’ve been a lovely audience. Like to introduce the band now if I could. To my right, on bass guitar, the dirtiest, meanest dog in town. The one who makes the ladies wanna get down. The one they just can’t keep locked up in the pound. Please give it up for my man, your man, BASSHOUND!!! ar-ruff-ruff-ruff!”
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> Time to get rabies shot! definitely should ask due to how it’s acting, however he’d be the first human in us history to ever get rabies from a squirrel. so the chances of it actually having rabies are very low. it is possible that they won’t administer it to him due to the fact that squirrels are not considered vectors for rabies. some hospitals will not offer it to people unless there is good evidence of contact with animals known to carry it
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> so the chances of it actually having rabies are very low. while true, it’s not 0 so yeah I would get that shot. probably worth it just for not stressing about it the next 6 months.
C
Squirrels are not carriers of rabies.
B
That doesn’t look like normal behaviour of a squirrel though. Are you all suggesting this is patient zero of the Rage virus?
M
the squirrel was choosing between the lesser of two scary things: a hunting dog that has likely been chasing it around recently and a human that it’s never been chased by in its whole life. it’s quite normal panic mode for a squirrel, I’d say.
F
I know people here don’t know that. They are apparently too small or something. Source: Got bit by a squirrel and went to the ER and the nurse told me I would be fine just wash the bite. That was 28 years ago…
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