"Should I shoot myself in the butt with it? ;~D"
Ouch!!! Not yet, wait until you start foaming at the mouth and trying to bite anything within sight. Just kidding, but I heard that an advanced stage of rabies is not a pretty sight. The movie, "Old Yeller" comes to mind.
I haven't seen Old Yeller in years, but wasn't there a twist at the end, where after they shot the poor growling dog, it turned out that there was some animal he was growling at, and he may not have at rabies at all?