My new rescue dog has worms. Is my other dog at risk of infection?

Most intestinal parasites in dogs are transmitted by fecal-oral transmission. This means that your other dog would have to ingest infected stool from Lenny. I would recommend making sure you are picking up Lenny's stool in the yard and making sure you are washing your hands afterwards. There are a few intestinal parasites that can be transmitted to people so good hygiene, like hand washing, is important. You can always ask your vet to deworm your other dog when they are deworming Lenny just as precaution. If your other dog is already on monthly heart worm prevention (which is important for both dogs' overall health) you may already be covered as many of the heart worm preventions are also dewormers and treat common intestinal parasites. I would talk to your vet about heart worm prevention for Lenny and your other dog if they are not already on it. We generally start puppies on heart worm prevention monthly when they come in for their first set of vaccines.

Worms can be transmitted from dog to dog, although generally the eggs have to be present in the stool for a couple of days before they can infect another dog. I would recommend taking the puppy to your veterinarian so they can determine what type of worm it is. If Shaka is on heartworm prevention there might not be any other treatment required, but your vet might want to check a stool sample or start a dewormer for Shaka if there are eggs in his stool as well. Not all dogs will pass recognizable worms in their stool, but if there are worms in the intestinal tract there should be eggs on a stool analysis.

I recommend worming Jefferson every 2 weeks for 2 treatments then monthly until 6months. I would also recommend worming the two older dogs twice, 1 month apart and also to obtain a human worm dose for all people in the house from your pharmacist or drug store as some worms are potentially contagious. Be sure to collect all stools as soon as possible and dispose of carefully to limit potential contamination of the yard etc

There are intestinal parasites that are contagious to humans. These are hookworms and roundworms. They are contagious via fecal oral contact. Cleaning with regular cleaning products should take care of the problem. And also washing your hands before you eat. I have been in the veterinary profession for 16 years and have never gotten parasites myself. More than likely as long as you're cleaning regularly and washing your hands, you should be OK. Good luck!

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! i would walk to new dog in a separate area to poop than George. Immediately pick up her stool. You should do this until she has had a negative stool sample. Most intestinal parasites are transmitted by a dog eating infected stool. So if George doesn't eat her stool he should be fine. Revolution doesn't provide any intestinal parasite coverage, so that won't help. The other oral heart worm preventatives do though. I wish you the best!

Thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach with your question about Jasper. Congrats on your new dog! That is a roundworm. You will need to deworm him. I would get Panacur from the vet to treat the worms. It's a three day course of treatment, and you will need to give a second course two weeks after the first one finishes to kill all the worms. He should then be dewormed every three months. I hope this helps!

As long as Freya has no direct contact with your puppy's stool, she should be fine. A dewormer can be, and likely was, administered by your veterinarian. This should be repeated in 2 weeks and maybe 4 weeks. The heartworm preventive, if it has medication for intestinal parasites, should keep your pup free from worms afterwards as long as you give it every month.