When my sister was about 7 she was bitten by a neighbor's dog that she was playing with. The neighbors had the dog put to sleep that afternoon. For whatever reason the dog was not tested for rabies before it was put down. So my sister had to have the rabies shots in her stomach. After about 4 or 5 of them she developed an allergic reaction and my parents had to make the decision of whether to continue with the shots. They probably figured that a neighborhood dog kept behind a fence had a small chance of having rabies, so they stopped the injections. Thankfully they made the right decision.