You generally can’t get rabies from being scratched by a healthy dog, but how to be sure the dog is healthy is a problem. This is because rabies has a certain incubation period, usually 1-3 months. It is generally not known whether a dog that appears healthy on the surface is a potentially rabies-infected dog that may develop the disease a month later. It is still recommended that if you are scratched by a dog that has not been vaccinated against rabies, especially if the skin is broken, you need to go to the nearest vaccination station for rabies vaccination. Rabies is a malignant infectious disease that can be prevented but not treated. Therefore, if you are scratched by an unvaccinated dog, it is recommended that you go to the nearest vaccination center within 24 hours to get a rabies vaccination.