<div>This is based on something that happened to me yesterday at work. I won't go into the details because it makes me look like the total idiot that I was, and I prefer that people think of me as astute and alert and with a brain. However, it involved a Basset Buppy. One that I picked up and cuddled without thinking about why it might be there at the Animal Hospital instead of playing happily at home. It was being treated for something that I could spread to other dogs. (Not Parvo, altho it could have been.)</div>
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<div>So this is just a little Caveat. When you are in public, especially at the Vet's, and you see a cutie pie pup, be thoughtful before you put your hands all over it. Not all Vetspital personnel stop to think that they are carrying a little bundle of pathogens. This puppy was from a pet shop. He could easily have had anything from sarcoptic mange to Parvo, distemper or kennel cough. He didn't, but I did scrub my hands and change my shirt. (I work with grooming dogs-- I don't want to transmit anything to these dogs or my own.)</div>
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<div>So think before you touch, especially at the Vet's.</div>
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<div>Embarrassed MomPerson who has known better for 20 years.</div>