On 8/13/2010 7:02 AM, Amanda George wrote:

We haven't tried it with cats around yet because she's got to stay
inside until she's had her vaccinations again :-)

Why? They don't wear off.

http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/

The Rabies Challenge Fund Charitable Trust will determine the duration
of immunity conveyed by rabies vaccines. The goal is to extend the
required interval for rabies boosters to 5 and then to 7 years. This
project depends primarily upon grassroots gifts for funding the costs of
conducting the requisite vaccine trials. Our contributions to date have
come mostly from kennel clubs and private individuals.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ra...?v=wall&ref=ts

Indeed, giving a "booster" can undo the protection the dog already
had. Over vaccination can be much worse than none at all. It's been
proven that the rabies vaccine can cause changes in the immune system of
dogs that might lead to life-threatening immune-mediated diseases.

http://www.dogsadversereactions.com/...ineDamage.html

The vaccinated, but not the non-vaccinated, dogs in the Purdue studies
developed autoantibodies to many of their own biochemicals, including
fibronectin, laminin, DNA, albumin, cytochrome C, cardiolipin and collagen.