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Dog behaviour and rabies prevention

Vets Beyond Borders Sikkim Anti-Rabies and Animal Health (S.A.R.A.H.) Education Program

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Dogs have feelings like we do! The tail of happy dogs wag slowly, not very fast

The scared dog may back away

The tail may wag but it will be very upright and wag very fast

How to pat a dog:

• Ask owner first if dog is friendly and if it is ok to pat it
• Bend down to dog’s eye level and let dog come to you
• Do not run up to the dog and stand over it and pat it on

top of head, feet or tail (! scary for dog)

• Do pat shoulders and chest

Do not touch/pat: a sleeping dog a dog that is eating a dog with puppies an aggressive/angry dog or a fearful (scared) dog a dog that may have rabies

Mammals are:

• animals with hair,
• animals who give

birth to live young,

• animals who feed

their babies with milk from their mammary glands

DUMB RABIES FURIOUS RABIES

Vaccinating dogs (giving them an injection) and doing family planning surgery prevents the spread of rabies

Additional topics to discuss if time:

• Grooming and washing regularly
• Flea and worm control
• What to feed your dog
• Walk your dog every day and use a leash
• Stop your dog from wandering – keep in the

house or yard

• Don’t tie your dog up for hours – they get

bored, become angry and territorial and bark a lot

• Family planning surgery (sterilisation) and

annual injections (vaccinations)