Think of the virus like a tick. Just waiting there, waving it’s little arms around begging for a ride. We probably don’t want this virus around livestock, since it came about zoologically to begin with. Stop them. Tell them the puppies can’t be petted and cuddled until they have their next shots.
or, how do you feel about having to shampoo all the dogs and every animal in the barn each time the dogs are petted...what do you want to risk, in the name of being ‘nice’? I don’t mean to sound harsh, but we don’t know yet if this ‘airborne’ virus can transfer back to livestock. We do know that dogs can carry it in their nose at least for a time, and dogs touch animals with..their nose. This virus sucks.
Yeah, fortunately I don’t think this is an ongoing thing, I see my neighbors maybe once a month. They were petting the pups through the fence. I will just use gloves to handle the dogs for a while. Sadly, I was encouraging them to pet the pups in January so they wouldn’t bark at them all the time.
If it happens again problem, I will say something. For now, I will just be super careful. Like I would the mail.