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Originally Posted by Maximo  What kind of precautions can be taken? We avoid standing water, even puddles, but my boys do go in the grass where cats, rodents, opossum, and other critters may have eliminated. The Lepto can enter through the eyes or a scraped paw. How can that be avoided? |
I avoid standing water, esp puddles, letting my pups sniff everything they want, light rains... only go out after a hard rain to wash the roads and avoid the puddles, not allowed to eat anything they find... etc.
Also in the process of training them to wear boots and shoes on wet or damp days.
In the yard, I made a section for the dogs that I can spray with a bleach solution, and alternate with vinegar (lepto prefers alkaline conditions), and I put up additional fencing to keep out most wildlife.
I don't feed the birds, bc that attracts mice and squirrels and others to the yard.
Mine are on leash all the time, except in their yard, where I watch them. Not 100%, but I try. If my pup had an open wound, he's in boots or inside till it heals. And may start testing for it yearly like heartworm...
http://www.2ndchance.info/leptospirosis.htm