Dear welcome to hcm and thanks for choosing us. I share your concerns. Yes, there s chance of getting rabies in this way. Generally we have minor cuts in our body specially hands. So rabies from dog s saliva can enter your blood through these minute cuts. Morever every dog is considered to be infected with rabies. Because it is a common infection in dogs. Morever there s no cure for rabies, so it is better to consider that dog had rabies virus in saliva and you got virus of rabies. So I would strongly recommend you to go for a vaccination against the rabies. I hope my reply will help you. Please write to us for more questions. I wish you good luck and health. Kindly rate this reply. Thanks