In a message dated 4/23/2006 4:10:12 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Pinehillgsds writes: You missed my point about the racoon that was killed on my property(2004) and tested positive tho. Do you think if I hadn't noticed him before letting the dogs out that the dogs wouldn't have been bit? And then what? If I subscribe to Peggy's idea of not vaccinating for rabies I would have had to quarantine/treat the dogs, right? Nah, friend, I have raccoons and I have bats, the dogs routinely catch moles (do moles get rabies?), feral cats are an issue in the country so I'll vaccinate every 3 years thank you very much and I don't much care who keeps track. Mr. racoon wandering around in circles looking dizzy in my back yard was waaaayyyy too close to home for me! (BTW spoke to a friend in DE yesterday who works w/ a gal whose dog tussled w/ a groundhog. The dog was 1 month or 2 overdue on its rabies vaccines and is now quarantined. It's simply not a risk I'll take.) You are missing my point.....PERSONAL CHOICE. I have no problem that you want to vaccinate your dogs, for whatever reasons , and very often....I don't what the gov't in any form, mandating what I do, or what my neighbors do. Kathy ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================