Shadow - My Dog 14.04.
Today I experienced one of the most shocking - and disheartening things. Today my dog, an outdoors black lab/mixbreed, began experiencing signs of “lethargic” (aka “dumb”) rabies. Another thought that occurred to me is that we recently (as in 2 days ago) bought Old Roy dog food, and I thought he might’ve been poisoned because of the recall (http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/6904897.html).
However, my worry increased as it got cold outside and we brought him in. A few minutes later, the floor was covered in blood, and upon examination he seems to be bleeding from his hind quarters, under his leg. We recently had some rats in the shed, and I’m thinking that they might’ve bitten him.
Reading up on rabies (http://www.healthscout.com/ency/322/738/main.html), I was scared he might have the dumb version, which says the animal may die within 3 days. I’m hoping that the vet will be able to help him… He is drooling pretty bad, but instead of being hostile, he is the opposite… he never moves, and when he does, he has his tail between his legs and looks extremely depressed.
Browsing the net, there seems to be no post-exposure cure for animals, and I’m beginning to panic. One site said the only cure was to shoot the animal in question.
