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Originally Posted by lilgidget  I'm not getting the vaccination for Gidget. We don't go to dog parks and we're not around other dogs. I take her for walks here at the apartment complex so she's not exposed to other dogs. When I take her to the groomer, she's usually the only one there. I've stopped taking her to PetSmart for training classes and have started ordering her food on Chewy. I'm leery of taking her to places like PetSmart because you never know if the dogs you encounter are up-to-date on any of their shots. Better safe than sorry. |
I think you'll probably be safe, providing your groomer uses disinfectant to clean the grooming table in between grooms and takes other appropriate sanitation precautions like hand washing, etc. From
http://vet.uga.edu/images/uploads/ho...enza_Facts.pdf Quote:
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Like other respiratory illnesses, canine influenza spreads through respiratory secretions — droplets of mucus, from sneezing or coughing, that cling to both the air and surfaces. The virus does not live long in the environment, and it can be easily killed by common disinfectants. Canine influenza lives up to two days on surfaces in a climate-controlled environment, a shorter time outside in the sun and heat, and it may survive up to a day on unwashed skin.
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