# A Dog Named Rabies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588 "2004-12-01T22:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/1 "2004-12-01T22:40:25Z")
I can remember seeing some movie/TV show where a kid had a dog named “Rabies,” but I’ve no idea what it was. Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/2 "2004-12-01T23:17:43Z")
Hmmm…any chance you might be thinking of a comic strip? IIRC correctly, in very, very early _Bloom County_ comics Milo has a dog named Rabies. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/3 "2004-12-01T23:24:48Z")
Seems like a bad idea in real life. You accidentally drop the leash, the dog starts running towards someone, and you start yelling Rabies! Rabies! ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/4 "2004-12-01T23:41:41Z")
[Steven Wright] I named my dog Stay So I can say, come here Stay Come here Stay [/Steven Wright] And yes, Milo did have a dog named Rabies, but he didn’t show up after the first year or so. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/5 "2004-12-01T23:54:20Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Hmmm…any chance you might be thinking of a comic strip? IIRC correctly, in very, very early _Bloom County_ comics Milo has a dog named Rabies. Doubtful. I can distinctly remember a scene with two kids sitting outside, talking, and one of them explaining how Rabies got his/her name. Seems when the dog showed up in the neighborhood, everyone thought it had rabies, and the name just kind of stuck. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/6 "2004-12-02T08:56:33Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Hmmm…any chance you might be thinking of a comic strip? IIRC correctly, in very, very early _Bloom County_ comics Milo has a dog named Rabies. Yes, yes you do recall correctly. He’s from back in the pre-Opus days. > [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Doubtful. I can distinctly remember a scene with two kids sitting outside, talking, and one of them explaining how Rabies got his/her name. Seems when the dog showed up in the neighborhood, everyone thought it had rabies, and the name just kind of stuck. Doesn’t sound like _Bloom County_ to me. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/7 "2004-12-02T15:12:15Z")
Any chance the dog was named [“Smallpox”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037342/combined), instead of “Rabies”? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/8 "2004-12-02T21:59:13Z")
No, I never really watched many of the “Our Gang” films, and IIRC this was in color that I saw, while the film you link to was in black and white. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/9 "2004-12-02T22:45:59Z")
Wasn’t there a dog named Rabbis in **Yentl**? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-named-rabies/277588/10 "2004-12-02T22:51:34Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Wasn’t there a dog named Rabbis in **Yentl**? Dunno, never saw that movie. Refuse to watch anything with “Babs” in it, unless she’s terrorizing a small, Colorado town.