09/30/2026
🐾 **A little rabies reminder from your concerned groomers ❤️**
Lately, we’ve received a concerning number of calls from owners who are choosing not to vaccinate their dogs against rabies. We completely understand that people have different feelings about vaccines — but rabies is the one vaccine we feel especially strongly about requiring and it is STATE MANDATED.
In New Jersey, rabies vaccination is required for dog licensing (unless a veterinarian provides a medical exemption), and for good reason. Rabies is a **fatal disease in animals and people once symptoms develop.** It can also be carried by wildlife, meaning even an indoor or well-supervised dog can potentially be exposed.
And here’s the part we really want owners to understand:
If an unvaccinated dog were to bite a groomer, client, or another animal and rabies became a concern, **you cannot simply do a blood test or swab the dog to rule it out.** There is currently no approved antemortem (before euthanization) rabies test for animals. Definitive testing requires the animal to be euthanized and brain tissue examined. 🧠
That is an incredibly heartbreaking situation for everyone involved — and one that vaccination can help prevent.
We love your dogs like they’re our own, and our rabies requirement isn't about judging anyone's personal choices. ❤️ **It's about protecting your dog, our groomers, our clients, and the community from a disease that is preventable and almost always fatal once clinical illness develops.**
Please keep those rabies certificates current. We do accept Titer testing if you wish to not over-vaccinate. 🐶💉❤️
