04/23/2025
🐶 The Rabies Vaccine Question: A Guide for Dog Owners Seeking Truth and Options
If you’re exploring alternatives to rabies vaccination for your dog—or feeling uneasy about what’s legally required—you are not alone. Many thoughtful, loving dog guardians are asking the same questions.
This guide offers clarity, support, and useful tools for navigating this complicated and often emotional topic. It’s not about telling you what to do—it’s about helping you understand your options, the deeper story behind rabies, and how to confidently choose what’s right for your dog.
🧬 Rabies: What Are We Really Dealing With?
What if the fear around rabies—and the laws built on that fear—aren’t grounded in reality?
Brendan D. Murphy’s powerful article, The Rabies Delusion Revealed, dives deep into this question. He uncovers a troubling history of scientific misconduct, beginning with Louis Pasteur himself. From questionable experiments to anecdotal “proof,” the rabies narrative has been propped up for over a century with little critical review.
Key takeaways from the article:
Pasteur’s original work lacks scientific credibility.
Rabies symptoms are vague, non-specific, and often misattributed.
Adverse reactions to rabies vaccines are real and well-documented.
Immunity doesn’t necessarily require repeated vaccines.
A clean, biologically-appropriate lifestyle greatly reduces susceptibility to disease.
⚠️ Why Some Owners Say “No” to the Rabies Vaccine
Many holistic dog guardians—especially those feeding species-appropriate raw diets and avoiding chemical interventions—report vibrant, disease-free dogs without vaccines.
Here’s why:
The Risk-Benefit Ratio Is Skewed: The side effects of the rabies vaccine can include seizures, autoimmune disorders, aggression, cancer, allergies, and death. Dog’s Naturally Magazine offers 65 examples.
Natural Immunity Exists: A strong, clean immune system—especially in dogs raised on a species-appropriate diet—is your dog’s best defense.
The Disease Has Been “Eliminated”: Even the CDC acknowledged in 2007 that the canine variant of rabies has been eliminated in the U.S.
🧾 Working Around Rabies Laws: Your Real-World Options
Yes, many states require rabies vaccines. But these laws aren’t always black and white, and you often have more wiggle room than you think:
✅ 1. Request a Rabies Titer Test
Titers measure the presence of rabies antibodies and can demonstrate lasting immunity. Some municipalities will accept them in place of repeated shots.
✅ 2. Pursue a Medical Exemption
If your dog has any chronic condition (e.g., epilepsy, autoimmune disease, severe allergies), a qualified vet may issue a rabies vaccine exemption. Learn more about state laws and exemptions.
✅ 3. Choose Not to Participate in Certain Systems
Many laws only require proof of vaccination for dog licensing or travel. If you’re not boarding, grooming commercially, or licensing your dog, you may choose to step outside the system entirely and care for your dog privately.
🧠 Critical Thinking Is Your Right—and Responsibility
The vaccine industry is deeply intertwined with powerful institutions. Sasha Latypova’s work documents how public health narratives are shaped by unelected financial interests, often far removed from truth or transparency.
You have the right to question mandates. You have the right to think for yourself. You have the right to protect your dog.
🐾 Explore Further: Empower Your Perspective
This topic runs deep. To further your understanding, explore these handpicked resources:
📖 The Rabies Delusion Revealed – Brendan D. Murphy
https://officialbrendanmurphy.substack.com/p/the-rabies-delusion-revealed
🧬 Rockefeller’s Role in Public Health Narratives – Sasha Latypova
https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/rockefeller-foundations-instructions
🧠 CDC Admits Rabies Elimination in Dogs (2007)
https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070907.htm
⚠️ 65 Ways Rabies Vaccines Harm Dogs – Dogs Naturally
https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/65-ways-rabies-vaccination-can-harm-your-dog/
📜 Rabies Vaccination and Exemption Laws – Animal Law Info
https://www.animallaw.info/content/rabies-vaccination-and-exemption-laws-dogs
📚 The Vaccine Controversy in Veterinary Care – Holistic Pet Collective
https://holisticpetcollective.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-controversy-why-the-veterinary
🧾 “Rabies Debunked” PDF – Rotational Monofeeding
https://rotationalmonofeeding.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/RabiesDebunked.pdf
📘 Historical Archive: Pasteur Critiques (PDF)
https://ia801605.us.archive.org/12/items/b2136140x/b2136140x.pdf
💬 In Closing…
Trust your instincts. Trust your dog. And trust that there is more to the story than what most people have been told.
You are not alone in this journey. By questioning, researching, and making choices aligned with your values and your dog’s well-being, you are part of a quiet revolution—one based not in fear, but in clarity, courage, and care.
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