I lived in Montgomery County, Maryland, and now in Miami-Dade county. Both track rabies shots, and both have fines for missing it. Both count dogs using the rabies info. I know of no other way. But my vet lets me put the needle in, against the rules, yes, but he is a busy vet. sheila InquestGSD@xxxxxxx wrote: In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:37:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time, pmick@xxxxxxxxx writes: I have a question for all the people who are arguing that we need rabies shots. Who ever said we didn't need to have them? In the first place, they are mandatory in every state in the Union. Nobody objects to the shots. The objections are to the "tracking" information that now has to be reported to the government when your dog (or cat) GETS a rabies shot. When you tie the two together, it works out that if you obey the law, you subject yourself to an invasion of privacy... Well, I must've missed the tracking part, I was strictly talking about rabies. I have nothing to hide at home, my doors are usually not even locked. BUT I am not in favor of any uninvited guest, being my next door neighbor or Big Brother and their doggie counters. This is concerning, though. How many people are just not going to get their animals vaccinated to avoid this tracking? I know we can't purchase rabies vaccines as we can the rest of the vaccinations. What a mess. Ileana I go to dog shows to have fun, otherwise I can go to work ;-) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================ Sheila of Miami Mernydex GSD's Loving Obedience Dog Training --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================