> I'm actually debating keeping our vaccinations up-to-date going forward - I think the booster vaccine, while still uncovered by my medical insurance plan, is relatively low cost and incidences of rabid animal encounters seems to be steadily rising in my home state.

You can get a rabies titer to see if you need the vaccine booster.

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/specific_groups/doctors/serology....