DOG FLU INFORMATION

IF YOUR DOG IS COUGHING - WE DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO PANIC WE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE PREPARED.

REMEMBER THAT CANINE INFLUENZA IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.  A TWENTY FOOT RADIUS AROUND THE HOST CAN BE AFFECTED BY ONE COUGH.  THE VIRUS WILL LAST TWENTY FOUR TO FORTY EIGHT HOURS ON SURFACES WITHOUT TREATMENT. 

WHEN YOU CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT WE ARE GOING TO EXPLAIN THE RISKS TO THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL.

WE WILL ADVISE YOU THAT YOU ARE ALSO A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF THE SPREAD OF VIRUS, SINCE IT CAN LIVE ON YOUR CLOTHING FOR TWENTY FOUR TO FORTY EIGHT HOURS.

WE WILL ASK THAT YOU AND YOUR PET WILL NOT ENTER THE BUILDING AND NOT TO WALK AROUND THE HOSPITAL.  WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU TO PARK AT THE END OF THE PARKING LOT AT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING AND REMAIN IN THE YOUR CAR WITH YOUR DOG.  

WE HAVE A TABLE SET UP AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, THIS IS WHERE YOU AND YOUR PET WILL BE SEEN INITIALLY.  ONCE WE HAVE EXAMINED THE  DOG AND DETERMINED THAT YOUR PET IS NOT INFECTED WE CAN THEN BRING THEM INTO AN EXAM ROOM.  PLEASE CALL US ON YOUR CELL 540-347-0964 TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ARRIVED.

YOUR DOG SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WALK IN THE PARKING LOT AND HAVE LIMITED CONTACT WITH THE GROUNDS UNTIL EXAMINED.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE VETERINARIAN WILL BE IN FULL ISOLATION GEAR INCLUDING A CAP AND MASK.