Got bitten by my puppies

I checked your profile and saw that your from Philippines, I have dogs as well. You don't have to pay expensive anti rabies vaccine, just go to your municipal city hall and ask for the office of city vet. You can get your puppies vaccinated for anti rabies with no fee. All of my dogs are vaccinated at our municipal city vet. They only offer free anti rabies vaccine for dogs.

Everybody is right. Your life is more importand than the money you need to spend for that shot. But you try to analize the situation. Did your puppies come in contact with other dogs or wild animals? Was there any chance for them to get the rabies? If both your puppies and their mother didn't leave your yard and didn't have any contact with another animal, they may not have rabies. Here's an article about how rabies is transmited: http://rabies.emedtv.com/rabies/rabies-transmission.html Here's a quote from the same article: [i]Is an Animal Contagious During the Rabies Incubation Period? During the rabies incubation period, a bite by the infected animal does not carry a risk of rabies because the virus is not yet in the saliva. Only late in the disease, after the rabies virus has reached the brain and multiplied there to cause encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), does the virus move from the brain to the salivary glands and saliva.[/i] You judge the situation. I don't say not to get that shot, but you know your puppies better and you may judge according to that.

I don't think you need a shot... Especially if your dog is perfectly healthy. But quite often animal bites easily get infected. And that can cause a lot of problems for you! I work with animals and have been bitten before... You just go to the doctor and they give you some antibiotics. The sooner you do this the better!!!! Infected animal bites are not fun at all!!!!!!

I have to agree with everyone on this one that your life is more important. I have read above that you have to help pay for your sisters college, but I am sure your life is more important as well. How would your family feel if you were no longer around. Anyways, all that put aside, yes it is best to go ahead and observe your puppy like in a cage. You should keep her isolated from the others. Just in case if she does have rabies, then she will not spread and attack the other dogs. Another question that I would like to ask, when your puppy bit you, did she break the skin, was it like a hard bite or was it just a nip. If she broke the skin then you should be concerned and get to a doctor as soon as possible for your shot and if not then really shouldn't worry about it and maybe you could wait a bit and visit a doctor later, for just in case.

Yes, Most people would say get a shot right away, but I hear you would have to put the dog that bit you under observation and if that dog starts to go weak and just lays down the entire day then you better go to a doctor and get that shot I mean fast because that dog could definitely be rabid, and rabies can kill.