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Texas Law on 3-year Rabies:
On March 4, 2003, the Zoonosis Control veterinarians in the Texas Department of Health met to discuss rabies vaccine licensed for 3-year duration. The law states that the first rabies booster must be within 12 months following the initial rabies vaccination. Local ordinances which are more restrictive than the state law still prevail; therefore, if your ordinance states that animals will be vaccinated annually, they still must be vaccinated annually.
The law states that an animal must be revaccinated within 12 months following its first rabies vaccination. The "initial vaccination" is usually thought of as the vaccination given prior to 4 months of age. The "12 months later" rule also applies if the animal is older when it receives its first vaccination or if it is a stray and the first shot is not known.
The owner should keep and have available two rabies vaccination certificates: One to show that it has been vaccinated within the last 36 months (3 years) and another certificate from a prior vaccination in order to prove the latest vaccination was not the animal's initial vaccination.
The wording to the revised law can also be viewed on the web at: www.tdh.state.tx.us/Zoonosis/REGS/rabiesvacc/new.pdf
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Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden you walked with us every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to remember how much you love us."
And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves."
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve.
And it was a good animal. And God was pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail.
And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal."
And God said, "No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you his name will be a reflection of my own name and you will call him DOG."
And dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them.
And they were comforted. And God was pleased.
And dog was content and wagged his tail. After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well."
And God said, "No problem! I will create for them a companion who will be with them forever and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration."
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.
And cat would not obey them.
And when Adam and Eve gazed into cat's eyes, they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings.
And Adam and Eve learned humility.
And they were greatly improved.
And God was pleased.
And Dog was happy.
And Cat didn't give a poot one way or the other.
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GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:
1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.
GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.
GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD
1) Growing up is mandatory; growing old is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.
SUCCESS:
At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
At age 16 success is . . . having a driver’s license.
At age 35 success is . . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 70 success is . . . having a driver’s license.
At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
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"Hope" goes to new home (see photo on first page)
'Wonder dog' adopted after newspaper story
"HOPE" MEETS her new owner, David York of Atlanta, Ga., as she leaves her home at Dr. Cherie Nazzal’s clinic Monday.
"Hope", the dog that refused to die, drove off in style Monday to a new home in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Cherie Nazzal-Hobbs, Gilmer veterinarian who performed nine surgeries on the dog’s gunshot-shattered leg in the last three months, said she saw the hand of God in Hope’s story.
A page-one story in The Mirror edition of March 8 related how the stray dog that showed up at Camp Joy, near Ore City, was shot by a teenaged boy as a favor to his friend, the son of a resident who was tired of the dog tearing up the water lines under her mobile home.
The two 17-year-olds thought the dog was dead and buried her, only to find her the next day a distance from the grave. They shot her again in the leg and abdomen and thinking the dog was dead, they reburied her. But the russet-haired, mixed-breed female showed up again at the same home, and the family resumed feeding her.
James (Jamie) Robinson of Ore City learned of her plight and took her to Dr. Nazzal. Dehydrated, malnourished, hair worn off in patches and in shock, the dog that Robinson dubbed "Hope" began her long road to recovery.
David York of Atlanta, Georgia, learned of "Hope's" plight and visited Gilmer about a month ago. He had to wait to adopt "Hope" until Dr. Cherie determined that she was ready to leave the hospital.
At mid-morning Monday, David arrived in a Volvo station wagon that he rented in Dallas after flying in from Atlanta.
"Hope" will live at David’s house and will receive therapy for both her injured leg and her severely traumatized psyche. Knowing that the dog had been handled in her convalescence by an all-woman staff, and that abused dogs often fear men, David brought with him Tricia Rodriguez from his Atlanta staff to sit with and comfort Hope while he drove.
"Hope" was still trembling when placed in the station wagon, so departure was delayed until she settled down a bit. It was an emotional time for Dr. Cherie and the other women who had become attached to the gentle "Hope". She has gotten accustomed to holding her wounded leg up, but the leg is just about healed and should soon be usable, Dr. Cherie said.
David York and Dr. Cherie share a sense of outrage about the plight of abused and neglected dogs. Big cities typically have such agencies, he said, but the problem is worse in rural areas.
Neutering is the best solution to the problem, but this is expensive.
As Dr. Cherie said one final good-bye to Hope, David promised to bring her back for a visit and said, “Hope is going to have a great life. And if she decides she just has to be a Texan, she’ll end up in Austin.”
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