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Mary Traverse Hambrick's avatar

RE: the out-of-date rabies shots and vet trips with a sick dog----doesn't the package insert on rabies shots recommend administering the vaccine only to "healthy" animals? Does anybody read these things?!?

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

Right on, Mary. Indeed EVERY vaccine is labeled "Only for Use in Healthy (then species names follow). I call this Your Waiver in this article: http://vitalanimal.com/waiver/

And you're right over the target: they ignore this (or are ignorant of it?) and sick animals get jabbed all too often.

Joy Metcalf's avatar

I remember bringing my sick dog to the vet, glad to just find a vet that could see him quickly, since my homeopathic vet is an hour away and it was her off day. They asked about whether he was “up to date”, and I replied that he was, then said, “But why would that matter right now anyway?” The vet replied that they could “save me a trip” and give any needed vaccines while we were there. Surprised, I asked, “Aren’t vaccines for healthy dogs only?” “Well,” he said, “he’s basically a healthy dog, he’s just having a bit of a problem right now.” I guess for this vet, an acute illness didn’t mean unhealthy. It’s astonishing the mental gymnastics that can justify vaccinating any pet anytime.

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

If I had a nickel for every animal that went through something like you describe, Joy, I'd be extremely wealthy!

And good on you to bring that up to him!!

Please, everyone: Start asking those questions! We need to weed out the illogic far too many medicos carry in their heads. And questioning is powerful. It needn't be confrontative to get the point across, either.

Monica Creador's avatar

My Boxer was diagnosed with MCT. He was seeing an integrated vet for two years. She vaccinated him with the rabies vaccine. I had to put him down 10 days later. There were state waivers available to me. He also wasn’t feeing well on the day of visit. There were no tests done or anything. Just jabbed him and sent us off.

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

I’m so sorry you had to lose your Boxer this way, Monica. Integrated vet. Never respected that label, always saw it as “having a foot in two canoes,” afraid to commit to real healing. And, in her case, entirely ignoring the label on the vacc, saying “Only For Use In Healthy Dogs, Cats, Ferrets”.

Joy Metcalf's avatar

I am so sorry, Monica. I am angry just reading this. Your story really struck a chord with me.

My vet was a traveling vet. When she came to the house (this was before I realized how damaging vaccines were), she was giving my cats "routine" vaccinations. I specifically told her not to vaccinate my orange cat, Sunny., because he never went out and (she knew) had FELV. (I had 7 cats at the time, mostly indoor-outdoor.) A few minutes later, as my attention was diverted, I heard a yowl, looked over and saw Sunny crawling on the floor in pain. I asked what happened and she said she'd given him a rabies vaccines. I angrily reminded her that I told her not to vaccinate him and she said she forgot! Sunny died 2 days later.

Monica Creador's avatar

I’m so sorry! You know what’s worse - these vets are protected. So there is no accountability. That is the worst part.

beth's avatar

Just like allopathic medical doctors. The allopathic health insurance and Medicare doctors do not guarantee safety of the shots. Pharma does not guarantee safety of the shots. Ask for a vaccine insert flyer, take it home, research each and every ingredient, or as some do, they read of each ingredient to poison control center phone number and they don't tell center each ingredient is actually on a shot flyer, the poison control says each ingredient is toxic. But the gov says it is save to inject toxic ingredients. But yet if you gave even one of the shot ingredients orally, you would be arrested for poisoning, but yet doctors have the right to poison anyone who says yes to the shot. If they cannot guarantee its safety in writing and sign a contract on paper that you can take home and file, then Just Say No to any and all toxic injections for babies, toddlers, pets, children, adults and seniors. We must look out for those in our care and for ourselves because as Bill Gates states, if he can depopulate with shots, that will save the gov a fortune, as the gov can save on not paying social security payments, save on not paying for medicare , and Bill Gates says this will help corporations, not having to pay pensions.

Monica Creador's avatar

If vets won’t be held accountable, and the vaccine manufacturers aren’t held accountable… then who is? Nobody wants to admit their faults. Ignorance like you said. Where does it end. How do we find justice.

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

Ultimately, it’s up to each animal owner to get smart and “call the shots.” If your vet’s not willing to give you that leeway and discuss care options, you need to find one who is.

beth's avatar

What vet or doctor or pharmacist reads the vaccine flyer? If you ask, if they are honest, they will say they have never read a single vaccine flyer. They just want the commission from pharma for selling the shot for their bank account, not for the health of your baby or pet or yourself. Ask any doctor, veterinarian or pharmacist if they will sign a guarantee of no harm vaccine contract, written by a contract attorney. I seriously doubt you will find one that will guarantee no poison side effects. They know in their heart that there are extreme dangers to injecting poison chemicals into the body, so I expect most all will decline to sign. That is one way to find out if the doctor, veterinarian and pharmacist stands behind the product they sell.

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

Just so we're all clear: Pharma gives no commission to vets. That's a pediatrician reality.

But, if you figure $2.40 a dose for a rabies vaccine and look at any past vet bill, you'll see the markup for a two minute procedure is wildly high.

eileen's avatar

Get rid of the government intervention. If people want vaccines, let them deal directly with the doctor. If not, then so be it. No more stupid mandates, which are NOT laws. Mandates become ‘laws’ when we comply. And that included corporations. Also why do corporations need permission to exist? We don’t; neither should they. Follow financial transparency regulations designed to safeguard people’s money and leave it at that.

Licensing allows the unelected bureaucrats to force corporations to be their instrument of tyranny. How about just allowing two people (used loosely here) to conduct a transaction to which both agreed?

Ahm's avatar

@Will Falconer, DVM @Will Falconer, DVM

Is there any way to or should I try to get around registration of our cat? Also here in Canada it is required to get the rabies shot once they reach a certain age…what should we do?

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

I would simply NOT register your cat. Who would ever know? Once you do, you’ll be on a database and get reminder to pay fees, get vaccines, etc. Better: fly under the radar entirely. Very easy with cats who live low profiles.

Ahm's avatar

What would you say about neutering? Wouldn’t our boy run off with the scent of a female

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

It turns out it’s a bigger decision than we suspected. Here’s a good read to get a start: http://vitalanimal.com/neutering/

Monica Creador's avatar

It’s so sad and wrong.

Lori's avatar

very few lay people or vets read the inserts.

Pam's avatar

I love this: the world is getting heavier and we need levity and laughter to balance the dark side.

So true. As always thank you for your words, Dr. Falconer. You help balance the dark side of veterinary care!

Lori's avatar

you have no idea how dark the dark side is. if you did, you would understand there is not a suitable balance at all.

beth's avatar

Yes so right. As I have researched thru the years, after my first dog suffered from seizures, severe skin issues, ear issues, to microchip cancer that grew around the microchip that killed her. The allopathic vets would always gaslight me that I caused all the poison issues. No they caused the poison issues with the toxic poison injections. It is very dark what is going on and worse now as Bill Gates has added MRNA to all pet vaccines, baby vaccines, children vaccines, adult vaccines and senior vaccines. There is no safe injected poison. Find ways to avoid at all costs. Protect yourself and the ones you love, as allopathic veterinarians, allopathic doctors wants to cause us harm so they can profit.

Lori's avatar

Holistic vets and homeopathic vets to use if you can find them in your area. They are amazing.

Dick McWay's avatar

To Mary in NC, a couple things to try on your baby. DMSO and red light therapy. DMSOstore has a roll on. Photonic Health has a few RLT products. I have used both on our 13 YO Lab who had an ACL injury on her RH leg. A month later she was doing fine. BTW, both products work on us humans too. I can vouch for that.

Romgrp's avatar

Great stuff as usual. I have to consider this year as there is a every 3rd year for dog-0 coming up. He is outside with us hiking and camping. I did take your free course on Rabies- fascinating when I looked up the incidence of rabies in our area. All if it makes me sad for our fur babies.

Gail & Mike Dunsbee's avatar

Love reading your stuff and seeing all the pics, Good Man

Diana's avatar

So glad you are able to ride your bike again, Dr. Falconer. I think we all know how beneficial exercising outside is for our mental, physical and spiritual fitness.

We want you to be as healthy as possible. We need you and your wisdom.

Jill Marie Haas's avatar

Regarding the vet coercion, experience this recently and I regret the decision to agree to the vaccine. Although I haven't had any adverse events, I felt bullied by the vet. She basically told me if I neglected to get the rabies vaccine that day for my (inside only) cat and my GSD, that not only would they not examine my pets not only but also I would not be welcome to come back.

Right then and there I should have walked away, but I wasn't sure if this was going to be the case everywhere I went. I didn't have time to think about it. I felt pressured. I didn't have a life or death situation going on so in hindsight I should have just walked away to think about it.

One thing that stuck in my mind that really bothered me was that her belief is that the reason rabies is down in the wild is due to veterinarians vaccinating pets. This does not make sense. She couldn't be argued with. However, I wish I had the wisdom you shared in this article to support my arguments.

Thank you for all you do and what you share with the public. 🙏🩷

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

Oh, Jill, I’m so sorry to hear my colleagues are going to that extent. Pediatricians pulled the same crap “firing patients” who refused to vaccinate their kids. In their case, it was purely financial: the greater the % of their practice population vac’d, the bigger their kickback from Pharma.

Vets don’t get those incentives, though they do have huge markups on every shot. This woman needs to come down off her high horse and listen to reason. I hope you’ll seek vet care elsewhere going forward.

Jill Marie Haas's avatar

Thank you for your reply. Yes I have seen the same with the kickbacks etc. I fired my doctor for a similar situation.

Yes I am in seeking a new veterinarian. 🙏

beth's avatar

Read books that explain the rabies shot myth... The Contagion Myth by Tom Cowan

and read book The Poison Needle by Eleanor McBean

Lori's avatar

In vet school, the beagles sacrificed for our learning were never allowed to act like dogs. Born inside on cold concrete, never taken outside to feel the grass, feel the warmth of the sun nor to breathe fresh air. Inside in a dark, dingy vet school kennel 24/7/365. No matter what surgery, they were sacrificed. Why not have the students adopt surgery dogs? I saw some of my fellow students drag the Beagles by the tail along the floor of the surgery room post euth, laughing and cracking jokes. It was repulsive and evil. I reported them to the Dean of the CVM. What was done? Nothing. Even these dogs born to sacrifice their lives should have a chance to live as they are sentient and I firmly believe they experience a hereafter as we do. Just research near death experiences to read all about that.

If I had to go to vet school again, I would not work on real tissue nor allow these dogs to be considered things/commodities to be used, abused and killed. Vet school is full of abuse of animals as I saw it first hand; especially the large animals. The public would be appalled if they knew and saw what went on. I could tell so many accounts of it. So bad was what I witnessed that I would threaten to call the police and call the news stations to expose if not stopped. You can imagine the pariah I was in vet school. I did not care about that. Those beagles deserved a chance to live like those dogs in the video you sent as cows should be given the chance to stay in pasture and romp in the fields. All animals deserve dignity, kindness and love.

I can't imagine since India worships cows how they allow them to eat at a dump and ingest plastic bags. Not good enough.

So I have to respectfully agree to disagree with you Dr. F about vet surgery and the animals killed for it with no normal lives before then.

Thank you for all the other topics in this post and may the abusers of those precious Beagles at Ridglan meet the sticky fates they deserve.

beth's avatar

Unfortunately I think most the students are following the satanic D evil religion. No one who follows God could ever do this to any innocent soul that was a gift from God to be loved and cherished.

Sharon's avatar

I agree with you Beth. As owner of 2 beautiful beagles Millie 4 1/2 and her niece Annie 2 years old are such gentle, happy, loving dogs. They bring us such joy and make us laugh every day!! I started them on raw food diet when I brought them home at 7 weeks old. I feed them organic raw grass-fed meat and dehydrated/air dried foods, along with broccoli, green beans, peas or cucumbers, blueberries and kiwi fruit (all organic). I add several natural supplements, coconut oil, tumeric, green mussels, detox powder (for pets), krill oil, collagen powder and bone broth. They're lean and strong doggies, very healthy and happy.

I wish all those precious beagles had a chance to live a good life and not sucumb to their evil experiments. This makes me very very angry as they're defenseless animals.

beth's avatar

https://www.facebook.com/reel/4457483871147330 Why allopathic vets push rabies shots. Interesting short video

Jill Marie Haas's avatar

Ugh. I'm sick...I wish I had walked away that day.

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

Don’t look back, you’re on a new path now and will never make that mistake ever again.

Jill Marie Haas's avatar

Thank you. The truth is I've been on the path and somehow that day I gave my power away to some higher authority, perceived licensing loss by that of the vet via the government etc. And you're right, I'm not going to lament about it, but I am curious as to why my judgment was clouded that day. Thank you for your kindness! 💛

Lori's avatar
Jan 11Edited

A caption from 12/17/2025 from the AVMA Animal Smart Brief.

They specifically name Dr. Morgan and Dr. Tenpenny in the article as disinformationists.

And don't forget, the CFIA is the Canadian govt entity that murdered the ostriches in Canada with guns in the middle of the night. Judy Morgan is a vet and Dr. Tenpenny is a medical doctor.

"Social media influencers spread disinformation about modern rabies vaccine

Veterinarians in the US and Canada say a Merck rabies vaccine that uses self-amplifying RNA particle technology has been thoroughly tested and is designed to cause fewer side effects than other vaccines. The vaccine, not yet available in the US but released in Canada in June, has been effective and safe, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Influencers on social media with no veterinary or immunology training have spread false information about the new vaccine."

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

Wow, I’d not seen that article, Lori. Link please? “No veterinary or immunology training?” Huh? 🤔

beth's avatar

Oh the same playbook, Safe and Effective repeated over and over...Oh but no proof and no testing.

DEB WARNER's avatar

My state has a 3 yr law for rabies shots. I titer my fur baby at her annual exams and she hasn't had any vaccines since the full complement at the shelter where I rescued her, except for rabies due to that law. Her third year is up again this year, and I'm certain her titer will indicate another rabies shot will not be necessary, but how can I get around that law?

Will Falconer, DVM's avatar

My clients in Austin used to just ignore the notices of “due.” And often never registered/licensed, so they effectively flew under the radar. I’d test it where ever you live, and quietly ignore it. I had a client in El Paso who went to court in the end, argued her case, lost, paid a fine for her 4 “out of date” dogs, and never re-vac’d nor heard from the officials again.

While that could be expensive, it’s nothing compared to the cost of chronic disease or worse: acute autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

beth's avatar

Each state is different. Here if you adopt a pet, they mail a postcard saying you must get the annual shot by 365 days of the last shot or they will fine you $100 a day that will be enforced and you will be sued by the county, go in front of a judge, very aggressive threatening postcard. Most are so scared, they just bow and obey subserviently. Some acquaintances call the phone number on the postcard and tell local county animal control they have moved out of the county or out of the state, to please take them off the mailing list. They never get another postcard and no fines. Others call and say said pet passed away so to take them off the mailing list. No fines and they never hear from the local county animal control again. Or they tell animal control they gave the pet away on craigslist, etc and they didn't keep the name of who they gave the pet to. You will have to be creative, there were lots of tips many commenters used, I remember when I took that free rabies course here at vitalanimal. I took the puppy classes without any of the poisons, creatively, because she needed to build up her immune system around other puppies. I did give her the natural protections over several weeks before the classes, the rabies nosodes, parvo nosodes, distemper nosodes, and I did get nosodes for all the common dog diseases as in the poison shots and all the feline nosodes for all the common cat diseases. So all pets are protected. If you have to go to a vet for a diagnosis or emergency. I try if possible to go to one in a different county, regardless of where I live. Because the vet records are only viewed or reported to the local animal control, and in the past, animal control does not bother reading pet records if the pet is in a different county. Or if I must go to a local vet in my county, I go to realtor com and find a real address in another county next to my county and give that as my address. But recently went to a new vet, as vet hopping helps too. On the form I never wrote in my address and they never asked for my address. That was an independent vet. I myself went to an independent cash medical doctor as cannot afford health insurance, and I prepaid $50 cash to see the doctor and never had to show any id. So look for independent vets, not owned by corporations. Each vet is different. But this has worked so far. But with computers, things are getting harder so have to be even more creative. I do it because I must protect my pets from being poisoned after what happened to my first puppy. I know better so I must do better to protect my pets from harm

Joy Metcalf's avatar

Just refuse. The vet has no legal liability to report you, and DON'T LICENSE. If the town comes after you, tell them you no longer have the dog, or that the dog belongs to someone else, or that you're not going to get your dog the shot, period, and then go to court and pay the fine. And bring your proof of titers.