Luckily, dogs and cats can not infect each other or humans with heartworm, and they can not get it by
sniffing feces of infected dogs or being around them in the dog park.
All too often, puppies do not receive the last
of their booster shots because the owners
of new puppies, who are so filled with the joy
of having a healthy, happy, well socialized puppy, innocently do not realize that they must protect their puppies from being exposed to the dreaded Parvo virus that is often contracted from
sniffing the
feces of other
infected dogs in such places as public parks.