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Smile 100% YES, get jabbed
I may as well put in my 2cents worth'...yes indeed, you'd be crazy not to get the 'vaccine'

That is some seriously valuable time it can buy you, especially in SA where you can be days away from a doc and a shot. That's 1 cent's worth

My other cents' worth of comments is about what I believe is the over-hype about attacks or illnesses from animals. 10 years on the road continuously...never ONE incident/disease caught from an animal, and trust me, I pat them ALL

HUMANS, on the other hand, now those are the ones we should get vaccinated against. man have I caught some nasty crap from other people ))
Just a thought. Risk is minimal but always best prepared.
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That area in eastern turkey was the worst, we rode at night and the crazy dogs kept coming out of the darkness. They were almost certainly sheep dogs over there. The best tactic is to keep moving, do NOT stop. Jeff got bit because we were rolling up to a Russian police checkpoint north of vladikavkaz & the cops motioned us to stop. We were attacked by 3 psychotic dogs & the police could not keep them away. We gunned it out of there but when we checked him down the road his leg had some nasty teeth punctures. Fortunately Russian hospitals though crappy, know exactly what rabies is. Needless to say after that I really steer clear of strange animals.

Then...we got to Bangkok and met up with a friend. He told us he had just gotten treated with rabies shots there (which in Thailand is VERY expensive unlike Russia which was always free). He was patting the pet dog of an American embassy worker and it bit him. He wisely took no chances and got the shots.

All y'all animal lovers want to pet anything cute but you can't trust those animals to be disease free. Please be careful. Even if you get the rabies vaccine you still MUST get treated swiftly!
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HUMANS, on the other hand, now those are the ones we should get vaccinated against. man have I caught some nasty crap from other people ))
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This is what happens if you go about 'patting' humans on your travels
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Well I'm in no doubt about my thoughts on this topic now after seeing the references to Eastern Turkey, where the wife and I will be this year.

As well as getting jabbed up, I plan to issue my pillion with spare sausages. These will be deployed when attack dogs are detected in a random pattern from the rear of the bike. Rather like America's "Air-force-One" would deploy ant-missile decoys. Hopefully that will allow safe escape. Now...............? do I cook them first or not?

However...........I'm sure there are far more people pass these snarling dog packs without injury, illness or indeed worse,
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Thanks all for all the info, I will be getting the shots now,

Bertrand The money was never an issue, was just putting it up there for people to know how much it was. I just wanted peoples opinion on what they had done and came across on there travels, as you say how much do you value your life.


@ noel di pietro - very insightful info there, thanks.

@Laura73 - Yes, totally agree there,
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Rabies - yes or no
No question - rabies is a killer, and motorcyclists are an easy target for aggresive dogs, even if they don't have rabies.
I too have been attacked on the Dogbayazit road, it's no joke to have large dogs after you.
Almost any mammal can carry rabies, you will find your owen level of trust by observation, but you must assume the worst case first, the shots are a relativly cheap insurance.

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I too have been attacked on the Dogbayazit road, it's no joke to have large dogs after you.
First I was chased by dogs in east Turkey, but that was easy on a lonely road, just accelerate and they could not follow....... but maybe 3-4 times, the dog(s) entered the road ahead of us, and run towards us, with their teeth exposed, now that was a totally different ballgame..... maybe someone needs to develop some sort of ´Sausage Thrower´ for this purpose
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My two pesos worth. I'm an animal lover, write books about animals (one about street dogs in Latin America), pet them, get along well with them. Never bothered with the jab for the Americas. I've never heard of a case of rabies here. However in Asia, Africa, the incidence of rabies is much higher! Getting a vaccination is tough on your body. Choose wisely!
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Thanks especially Lorraine I agree never heard of dog rabies in South America but in eastern Turkey 2 years ago we were warned. I encountered a rabid bull in Costa Rica.

Anyone know how many years the preventive injections are good for? In 1966 I had a series of rabies injections in my stomach as mandated for Peace Corps volunteers serving in Costa Rica.

High boots and good throttle have avoided all incoming thus far... I like the flinging of meat aft by pillion. Need a deployment system for those of us who fly solo.
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Rabies VERY nasty, I have had the inoculations, and would really recommend you get them, it's not just dogs that can give it to you:

foxes, bats, skunks and coyotes. Wolves, weasels, badgers, mountain lions and other mammals can also have rabies. (even bears but the is extremely rare)

Fish, birds and reptiles aren’t mammals, so they can’t carry the disease.
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Rabies VERY nasty, I have had the inoculations, and would really recommend you get them, it's not just dogs that can give it to you:

foxes, bats, skunks and coyotes. Wolves, weasels, badgers, mountain lions and other mammals can also have rabies. (even bears but the is extremely rare)

Fish, birds and reptiles aren’t mammals, so they can’t carry the disease.
Not to forget cats and monkeys. Woun't pet a badger or wolf easily but domesticated monkeys and cats can be tempting. And infected animals are not alsways crazy with rage, they can also become very docile and affectionate! Simpel rule to follow is; never touch any mammals dead or alive.
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yep the monkeys at the Monkey Temple in Kathmandu have a taste for blood!
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I took the vaccin when I went to eastern Turkey, Armenia and Georgia in 2010. Don't take the risk, you will encounter dogs (not necessary with rabies).
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Had my first jab yesterday, in the arm, Next is in 7 days time and then 28 days after that.
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Had my first jab yesterday, in the arm, Next is in 7 days time and then 28 days after that.
Remember to get the booster 12 months (+/- week) after the first one. As it then will last for 5 years.



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