Just read on one of the trial secretaries website www.pawprinttrials.com that there is an outbreak of kennel cough going around at trials and people are being asked not bring other dogs that aren't competing.If they do they will be asked to leave.
Kennel Cough at Agility Trials
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corbinam
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That hit around here last month--so many dogs were sick without knowing it, then went to trials and it just got passed around for a few weeks.
Mine somehow made it through without catching it, but many dogs we know were sick.
Mine somehow made it through without catching it, but many dogs we know were sick.
take4roll10
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Oh no! ::knock on wood:: 
I haven't heard anything about my area yet.
I do recall last year around this time we had a kennel cough outbreak.
Weird, because for some reason I always thought kennel cough would be more associated with the colder months.
I guess people take their dogs out more in the spring & summer, so it spreads to more dogs.
I haven't heard anything about my area yet.I do recall last year around this time we had a kennel cough outbreak.
Weird, because for some reason I always thought kennel cough would be more associated with the colder months.
I guess people take their dogs out more in the spring & summer, so it spreads to more dogs.
Last year a breeder brought her dogs who had kennel cough to a very popular conformation trial in our area. One of the competitors said to her "it sounds like your dog has kennel cough." She replied, "Yes, but they don't refund my money for Kennel cough, so we're competing!". An incredible amount of dogs became sick after that weekend, and because our dog community is small, it spread through the other dogsports over the course of the next few months well.
3 months later, my friend had to pull her dog out of an agility trial because of kennel cough (her dog's breeder had been at the conformation show - it went through her dogs, and despite taking precautions was eventually passed on to Maverick as well). Unfortunately, the agility trial here doesn't refund money if your dog has kennel cough - thank goodness she had the common sense to pull her dog out of the trial, unlike the lady at the conformation trial.
3 months later, my friend had to pull her dog out of an agility trial because of kennel cough (her dog's breeder had been at the conformation show - it went through her dogs, and despite taking precautions was eventually passed on to Maverick as well). Unfortunately, the agility trial here doesn't refund money if your dog has kennel cough - thank goodness she had the common sense to pull her dog out of the trial, unlike the lady at the conformation trial.