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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a super anxious parent with a super high risk kid and a dog.  Our dog was living separately from us during COVID, for complex reasons, and then we moved him to another relative who is quaranteaming with us (we only see them and they only see us) so that we could visit.

We talked to various people about the risk, and the impression I got was that the risk of the dog having covid and giving it to us is nill, but his fur could be a fomite, so we left the dog in the backyard for a few hours between houses, and then washed him well outside with someone wearing a mask and gloves.  But we didn't make him quarantine 14 days like a human.

In this case, I'd do the thing where you pull up, tie the dog to something outside, and then get back in your car so they can pick it up contactless.  Then do it in reverse, and make sure the dog is fastened in the backseat or back area of the van.  After, I'd either spray Lysol, or just not use that car for a while if that's an option (for us with adults working at home, and no school for the kids right now we really only need 1 car, so we could just not use the contaminated one for a few weeks).

If you have a fenced yard, I'd leave him there for a few hours and then wash him. I think at that point the risk would be nill.  And like I said, I am very very anxious about covid with a very very high risk child.  [/quote]

OP here, I so appreciate this. My dog is a pom, and she is easy to wash, so I think the contactless pickup since she is so small is easy,  she can be put in a kennel,  and we too dont use the car so leaving the car to decontaminate is not an issue either.

It would appear that the risk of animal (dog in particular) to human is so far not documented. It seems the only possible evidence of animal to human transmission so far is from minks on a mink farm to humans.

https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/covid-19/sars-cov-2-animals-including-pets[/quote]

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