If I’m volunteering at an animal shelter and I have a dog at home, should I get him vaccinated for the dog flu? Is there any chance that I can bring it home to him?
I know that I physically can not get the dog flu, I’m just wondering if I can carry the dog flu home to my dog. Thanks 
he is up to date on his yearly vaccinations, we just didn’t get him a flu shot, I just wanted to know if I could bring it home to him by it being on my clothes or something.
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March 31st, 2010 at 2:40 am
No only dogs can get the dog flu humans get the flu or the h1n1 flu
March 31st, 2010 at 3:02 am
NO
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March 31st, 2010 at 3:38 am
Its possible to carry the flu germs from one dog to another but no, a dog can not catch the flu from you, say if you have h1n1 (has it ever occured o you how much that looks like hini?)
March 31st, 2010 at 3:58 am
Yes, Yes and yes.
Your dog should have Dhpp shots as well as rabies.
Parvo influenza is in the stools and vomit of dogs. If it was not completely washed up and then sanitized with a very strong solution of bleach, you can get it on your clothes etc.
The airborn diseases like Kennel Cough are not carried like this. Your dog needs to inhale that while it is still airborn so needs to be in the vacinity of the dog with it.
If a bird flies to an area where a dog or coyote had a bowel movement and has parvo, the bird can step in it and then fly to your yard and infect your yard so if your dog has not had shots, even if you do not go near the shelter, you are taking chances if it does not have it’s Dhpp shots.
March 31st, 2010 at 4:49 am
Depends on what exactly you mean by `carry ` If you mean in the same way some people are described as `carriers `of .say tuberculosis, then no. 40 years of experience has shown NO cases of people carrying dog flu,, However if a person has contact with a sick-with-flu dog and gets the virus on them.. and THEN has a contact with another dog soon after, it is certainly plausible that the 2nd dog could get the virus. This is why vets are very scrupulous about hand cleanliness, just like human doctors.