Flu and dogs

[seedcorn]

as I lay here fighting flu, why don't dogs get it? Food poisoning they get (had a spaniel eat some bad fish I threw away in trash-she left trash alone after that) but while flu will go through household, dogs seem immune to it.

 

[catjac1975]

They get their own deadly viruses.

 

[thistlebloom]

I don't know why your dogs didn't catch your flu Seed. Maybe it's because they drank their garlic tea?

 

[AMKuska]

Dogs and humans only have a few diseases that cross over. Lepto and Rabies being the only two off the top of my head.

They do have their own version of a doggie cold -- Kennel Cough.

 

[Nyboy]

Feel better soon. My dad just got over the flu, I don't think his dog left his bed the whole time.

 

[so lucky]

For you who have had the flu this season; how long is it lasting? My son and his two little girls all got the flu within a two day span. He took one to ER with a very high fever, and they confirmed Influenza A. Tamiflu was prescribed, but since it would cost $600 for the three of them, the pharmacist said he couldn't in good conscience fill the script. He just recommended meds to treat the symptoms. By the 5th day all were feeling fine, so I would say it only lasts about 4 days for them. I guess I just thought it usually lasts longer. Heck, a bad cold can last two weeks. Of course, I know the flu can be much more serious.

 

[bobm]

My doozy of a flu and / or really bad cold lasted over 3 weeks.

 

[so lucky]

There does seem to be some kind of bad bronchial infection going around, that last forever, and makes you sound like a fog horn. Was that you we heard honking away, bobm?
(Hope you are feeling much better now)

 

[Smart Red]

There does seem to be some kind of bad bronchial infection going around, that last forever, and makes you sound like a fog horn. Was that you we heard honking away, bobm?
(Hope you are feeling much better now)

Not, bobm. It was probably me you heard. About 4 weeks of (painful) coughing, sore throat, etc. Thanksgiving past Christmas. Fever for a much shorter time.

 

[Carol Dee]

@SweetMissDaisy is just getting over the flu (or really bad cough) seems it has been a bad LONG two weeks worth. Right ?