20/06/2020
COVID-19 with regards to Pet Safety.
This is just some basic information with regards to COVID-19 and the requirement/advice with regards to you and your pet safety until further notice. I am considering each individual situation and how to safeguard the human at this particular time. In addition, when walking a shielded person’s dog, it is especially important to protect their already possibly compromised health.
I am continuing to walk my furry friends, but my pick-up and hand-over time may be a little slower if I am personally handing to a human and if this is the case and if at all possible, and if it is safe to do so, any handovers should be done outside.
Let’s be clear though, there remains no evidence that pets are implicated in the transmission of Coronavirus to people and infection of the pet is unlikely, but that there is some risk of the virus being carried by pets and their belongings via a surface such as a dog’s fur, collar and lead. So, on our return, your dog’s fur coat, including paws, lead/leash/harness will be wiped with a disposable pet-safe wipe or clean, damp cloth to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to the owner.
Dogs from coronavirus infected or self-isolating households may still and will continue be walked but if doing so they may be walked after dogs from all other households. Dogs from different households may be walked together as long as dogs from infected or self-isolating households are not mixed with others from non-infected households.
