Fecal-contaminated communal water bowls can make a welcoming home for many intestinal worm parasites like roundworms, hookworks, and whipworms. These intestinal worm parasites can cause anything from irritation to serious illness.
Can dogs get worms from water?
Giardia is a single-celled parasite that lives in your dog's intestine. It infects older dogs but more frequently infects puppies. Dogs become infected when they swallow Giardia that may be present in water or other substances that have been soiled with feces.
Can dogs get hookworm from sharing water?
The infective eggs of common canine intestinal worm parasites such as roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms, can be found in fecal-contaminated water bowls.
Can dogs pass worms through saliva?
While worms do not pass through canine saliva, other conditions do. One virus that spreads through dog saliva is rabies.
Can my dog get worms from drinking after another dog?
NO! People may think because dogs do pick up tapeworms after too much contact with an infected dog, that they can directly get tapeworm from other dogs. However, tapeworms need an intermediary host, like a flea! A flea ingests tapeworm eggs from an infected dog.
