Before I knew the dangers of vaccines I had a two lb toy poodle puppy who was given a rabies shot. He ended up having a reaction to the shot. His ears puffed up, scabbed over and it was like someone put stitches around both ears. The within a week later the fur fell off around his vaccine site and never returned.

Bc it was rabies I had him vaxxed one more time in the same site the following year but had the vet give him a shot of Benadryl before his rabies vax. And I waited in the office for an hour just in case he had a bad reaction such as throat closing up. He didn’t but he did have the same reaction with his ears and fur. Just not as bad. After that he was vaccine exempt.

The hard part was finding a groomer for him who would groom him without a rabies shot. He grew up to only 6 lbs.

When we moved south I had a vet tell me he could be put down by a man animal control officer or be held in Quarantine at their discretion if he ever bit anyone. The area had rabies break out on occasion unlike the other areas. Since my dog could get snappy if hurt I ended up taking him to a holistic vet. He gave him a small dose (1/3rd) of a different rabies vax so he could give him a rabies certificate. He even said the state and local governments mandate size of vaccine regardless of the size of a dog making it harder on toy dogs. They have the most problems with the rabies vax.

We did this until he reached a certain age. My dog lived to 16 years old ended up with congestive heart failure. But I often wonder how old he would have made it to if he never had been vaxxed at all