Osborne Animal Clinic

Today is Morgan County Rabies Vaccination Day.

Our team is at Osborne Animal Clinic from 8:00 AM–12:00 PM providing discounted rabies vaccinations for dogs and cats 3 months and older.

📍 914 Beltline Road SW, Decatur
💲 $15 per animal
💵 Cash or check only

Please follow the traffic flow around Lucky Dog Daycare when entering the parking lot.

See flyer for other locations and times today throughout the county. This is a rain or shine event.

Questions? Call 256-353-4339 or visit Osborne Animal Clinic

Tomorrow is Rabies Vaccination Day.

If your dog or cat is due for a rabies vaccine, we’ll see you Saturday morning at Osborne Animal Clinic from 8:00 AM–12:00 PM.

Rabies prevention is part of responsible pet ownership and an important step in protecting public health across Morgan County.

📍 914 Beltline Road SW, Decatur
💲 $15 per animal
💵 Cash or check only

Please follow the traffic circle around Lucky Dog Daycare to help traffic move safely and efficiently.

See flyer below for other locations

Vaccination Day.

Vaccines are one of the most important parts of preventive veterinary care. Staying current helps reduce the risk of deadly diseases and supports long-term health for dogs and cats.

We’ll be providing discounted rabies vaccinations Saturday morning from 8:00 AM–12:00 PM at Osborne Animal Clinic.

📍 914 Beltline Road SW, Decatur 💲 $15 per animal 💵 Cash or check only

Questions? Give us a call at 256-353-4339.

Three days until Rabies Vaccination Day.

Summer travel, boarding, daycare, and outdoor activities are picking up across North Alabama. Keeping vaccines current helps protect pets anywhere they go. Osborne Animal Clinic recommends staying consistent with preventive care and annual vaccinations to help avoid serious illness.

📅 Saturday, June 6
⏰ 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
📍 Osborne Animal Clinic and locations throughout the County.

$15 per animal
💵 Cash or check only

Please follow the traffic flow around Lucky Dog Daycare when arriving.

Rabies vaccination protects more than pets. It protects families, neighbors, and the entire community. Alabama law requires dogs and cats 3 months and older to stay current on rabies vaccines because the disease remains a serious public health concern.

Join us Saturday, June 6, from 8:00 AM–12:00 PM at Osborne Animal Clinic of at these locations throughout the county.

914 Beltline Road SW, Decatur
$15 per animal
💵 Cash or check only

Questions? Call 256-353-4339.

Only 5 days until Morgan County Rabies Vaccination Day.

Keeping your pet current on rabies vaccines is one of the simplest ways to protect their health. Rabies is fatal once symptoms appear, which is why prevention matters every year.

📍 Osborne Animal Clinic
📅 Saturday, June 6
⏰ 8:00 AM–12:00 PM

💲 $15 per animal
💵 Cash or check only

Walk-ups are welcome. We look forward to seeing you Saturday morning.

Morgan County Rabies Vaccination Day is almost here.

Join us Saturday, June 6, from 8:00 AM–12:00 PM at Osborne Animal Clinic for discounted rabies vaccinations in our parking lot at 914 Beltline Road SW in Decatur.

Rabies vaccines are required for dogs and cats 3 months and older, but they also protect your pet, your family, and the community from a deadly disease.

💲 $15 per animal
💵 Cash or check only

Please follow the traffic circle around Lucky Dog Daycare to help traffic move smoothly.

See flyer for other locations throughout the county.

Questions? Call 256-353-4339 or visit Osborne Animal Clinic

Discounted rabies vaccines will be available next Saturday throughout Morgan County, helping pet owners meet the state law requiring all cats and dogs three months of age or older to be vaccinated against the deadly disease.

“It doesn’t concern you as much until … you have a dog that was positive and everybody has to have shots because that dog didn’t have vaccinations,” said owner of Osborne Animal Clinic and Morgan County Rabies Inspector Dr. Steve Osborne. “It’s easy to be complacent about it until you have a problem, and then it’s too late.”

Next Saturday, the annual Morgan County Rabies Clinic will take place. Veterinarians will go out into the county to inoculate animals against rabies at a discounted rate.

“The (rabies) clinic is just a way to make it easier for people to be compliant,” Osborne said. “It’s a thing that communities have been doing since the 1940s — back when rabies was much more common — to try to build a barrier between wildlife and humans.”
Osborne said any mammal can get rabies and transmit it, and most of the animals that contract rabies are wild animals. In Alabama, the most common wild animals to carry the disease are bats, skunks, raccoons and foxes. He said cows are the most common animal to transfer rabies to humans.

“You probably don’t go to the woods that often, but if you’ve got a dog, he may,” Osborne said. “If there’s a raccoon hiding behind your house 100 yards away or whatever, you may not see it, but your dog is going to go over there and see it. They need to be vaccinated so they don’t get it, come back from the woods, and transmit it to us.”
There are two types of rabies, Osborne said, “furious” and “dumb.”

“The animals act different than normal,” he said. “So, in wild animals, they act calm and friendly, which, as you can imagine, leads to exposures for people that are not thinking. In other animals that may be domesticated, they act wild and crazy, which also enhances their ability to transmit to humans.”

Alicia Carpenter lives in unincorporated Lawrence County on a large farm. Because of this, she said she always stays up to date on her one cat’s and three dogs’ rabies vaccinations. Carpenter said she had a Boston terrier named Shaggy who died in February.

“Shaggy was 100% fearless,” she said. “One night he got into a bad scrap with a raccoon, and it almost killed him. I cleaned up his wounds externally, and then he took doxycycline to make sure everything healed up alright. But he would have definitely gotten rabies from the way those injuries were (had he not been vaccinated). It was apparent that the raccoon had taken his hands and tried to pull (Shaggy’s) ears off. They never stood up again after that.

“But he lived another three years.”
Carpenter said getting your animals vaccinated for rabies is simple and inexpensive.

“It’s so cheap; it’s not like it’s expensive,” she said. “Everybody dreads going to the vet because you think, ‘Oh, I’m not going to walk out of there without spending at least $150.’ But that’s not true. You just say, ‘I want a rabies shot.’ They’ll give you a rabies shot. … You don’t have to have an exam or anything to get a rabies shot.

“All veterinarians want to make sure your animal is vaccinated.”

Special thanks to The Decatur Daily for this educational article.

Maintaining dental health is essential to prevent severe illnesses. Accumulation of tartar can result in bacteria entering the bloodstream, thereby adversely affecting the heart, kidneys, and liver.

Dental diseases can also cause discomfort; while your dog may not overtly display pain, symptoms such as halitosis, difficulties in eating, or behavioral alterations often indicate underlying issues.

Our facility offers expert veterinary dental services, including professional cleanings, tooth extractions, and treatments for gingivitis and periodontal disease. Routine professional dental care serves as a preventive measure.

Morgan County Rabies Vaccination Day is Saturday, June 6, and Osborne Animal Clinic will host vaccinations from 8:00 AM–12:00 PM at 914 Beltline Road SW in Decatur and will be at locations throughout Morgan County.

Rabies vaccines are required for dogs and cats 3 months and older and help protect both pets and families from a deadly disease.

💲 $15 per animal
💵 Cash or check only

Please follow the traffic circle around Lucky Dog Daycare to help traffic move smoothly.

Questions? Call 256-353-4339 or visit Osborne Animal Clinic