What should You do About your Pet and COVID-19?

What happened to the first pet to get Coronavirus?

Some people have never thought of this, but what if our pets get Coronavirus? Well, the very first dog to test positive for the virus in China has died recently. It was a 17-year-old Pomeranian. The dog belonged to a 60-year-old woman and died three days after returning home from quarantine. However, another dog living in the same home consistently tested negative during the quarantine.

Therefore, pets such as cats and dogs can get COVID-19. However, there should not be a reason to panic. The Pomeranian was an older dog and had traveled recently. Not to mention the test was a weak positive.

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Can your pet give you COVID-19?

“No. I think the idea that we’re going to give this virus to our pets or we’re going to get it from them is just nonsense,” said Dr. John Williams, chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Another thing said was by Schaffner. They said “We don’t have to worry about pets — this virus now likes humans but data show it’s not spreading among pets or farm animals,”

Both these quotes prove that our pets cannot spread the disease to us, and we cannot spread the disease to them. The only reason why people started worrying about this in the first place was that the very first known dog in Hong Kong got diagnosed with it.

After the dog tested positive, they tested several other dogs and cats for the virus and found that there were no positive results in any of the pets. So, therefore, the likelihood of dogs and cats contracting this is extremely low, as of right now.

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What should Pet Parents Do About All This?

Embrace your pets. They can’t give you the virus, so “hug away” experts say. After all, pets play a vital psychological role for their owners, especially now because everyone is feeling so isolated and alone inside their homes.

This is definitely the best time to hold your pet close to you. Since you can’t go and hang out with any of your human friends, you can at least have fun with your animal friend

At least now you can be entertained at home with your pet. Especially if you’ve been busy recently. Your pet will love and appreciate you putting in the time and effort to bond with them more. Let’s keep our distance from our human loved ones just so we can be safe. But, if you need something to hug, go ahead and love on your dog, cat, bird, etc.

With everyone stuck at home, we may as well sit back and relax with our pet. Your pet will enjoy it as well, so why not? Plus, pets can reduce stress and anxiety. So just taking a break to play fetch with your dog, or sitting down to read with your cat asleep on your lap, or even watching your pet fish swim around. It can be very relaxing for you to watch.

Even if you are still going crazy with being indoors all day, as long as you keep your distance, you can take your dog on a walk around the neighborhood. Or take your dog out in the backyard to play with a ball.

In conclusion, we shouldn’t be worried about our pets spreading the disease to us. Instead, we should hold them close to us and spend as much time as we can with them since we can’t be near our other loved ones.

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