- Is It Safe to Walk My Shih Tzu Outside?
For concise details on safety guidelines for Corona Virus and your dog in your particular city or town, check with your city and the official state list of guidelines that should be posted on their public websites.
As far as walking in the neighbourhood is concerned, in general, even with the ‘stay at home’ or ‘shelter in place’ instructions, it is considered safe to take dogs for their daily walks.
In fact, some cities encourage it, like exercise, fresh air and sunshine are so valuable to both physical and mental health. Of course, social distancing needs to be carried out, at least for now.
You may want to follow the previous steps to stay healthy, like wiping the coat and washing the paws outside.
As far as dog parks are concerned, in many areas with ‘stay at home’ or ‘shelter in place’ instructions, many dog parks are temporarily closed.
This makes sense, as it may be difficult to maintain social distances at these locations. Again, check with city officials; this information may be posted on their public websites.
The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) says that “while this virus seems to have emerged from an animal source, it is now spreading from person-to-person.”
The CDC recommends that people travelling to China avoid animals both alive and dead, “but there is no reason to think that any animals or pets in the United States might be a source of infection with this novel coronavirus.”
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