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01-02-2007, 08:47 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Can Yorkies Catch Our Colds? I have had a sore throat for a week, and now have laryngitis. Now, I feel like I am catching a cold. Can Yorkies catch our colds? I don't think so, but wanted to make sure. Thanks. Kate
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01-02-2007, 09:01 PM | #2 |
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| Gooood question. I've always wanted to know this too. They get stomache bugs and infections like us, so why wouldn't they catch a cold? |
01-02-2007, 10:35 PM | #3 |
I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member | Yep, they sure can. They can catch ours, and we can catch theirs. Just be careful not to let your little one kiss you in the mouth or vice versa
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01-02-2007, 11:03 PM | #4 | |
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Thanks. Kate
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01-02-2007, 11:25 PM | #5 | |
I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member | Quote:
I know the feeling I hated having to keep my distance from Sted when he was a baby and I had a terrible cold. But really, I think HE is the one that gave it to me in the first place - lol I guess we passed it back and forth
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01-03-2007, 01:10 AM | #6 |
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| I think so, I've even heard mines sneeze and I said bless you.
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01-03-2007, 02:26 AM | #7 |
My2Pearls Chelsey & Chanel YT Donator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: N
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| Yes they can. My son had bronchitis, a week later, my Chelsey started coughing badly during the night, i took her to the vet the next day, and she asked me if anyone in our family had bronchitis, at first i thought she was joking, but she said seriously, they can get it from us, and we can get it from them. A week later i had bronchitis. I also heard the same can happen with tonsillitis. |
01-03-2007, 04:37 AM | #8 |
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| That's weird, Starr's vet said no. But then again, he wasn't the best either.
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01-03-2007, 05:48 AM | #9 | |
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that is why the avian flu (bird flu) got so much press, it is transmittable between humans and animals through the environment (ie, no fluid transfer neccessary like rabies), a very rare and unique circumstance. | |
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