Diseases & Threats

Know the enemy: the diseases that haunt kennels, clinics, and catteries — how they spread, how long they survive, and how to shut them out.

Canine Coronavirus: Parvo's Opening Act

Canine coronavirus causes GI outbreaks on its own — and softens puppies up for parvovirus. How it moves through kennels, and why its fragile envelope makes it very beatable.

Canine Distemper: The Old Killer That Never Left

Distemper still burns through shelters and unvaccinated populations. How it spreads, why puppies are its favorite victims, and where surface disinfection fits in the defense.

Canine Influenza: When Dog Flu Hits a Full Boarding Calendar

H3N8 dog flu moves fast through group settings because almost no dog has immunity. The outbreak pattern, the surface protocol, and the operational moves that contain it.

Feline Calicivirus: The Sneeze That Tours the Whole Cattery

Calicivirus is tough, contagious, and everywhere cats gather. Why it defeats weak disinfectants, and the labeled protocol that actually stops the tour.

Kennel Cough: The Disease That Books a Room in Every Boarding Facility

How Bordetella spreads through kennels and daycares, why one cough can close a business for two weeks, and the surface protocol that breaks the chain.

Ringworm: The Six-Week Problem That Starts With One Spot

Not a worm — a fungus that sheds infectious spores on every hair. Why ringworm haunts grooming salons and catteries, and the surface-plus-laundry protocol that ends it.