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My dog was sneezed on by a stray cat. Is he at risk of disease?

Updated on September 23, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Chow Chow | Male | neutered | 4 years and 7 months old | 32 lbs

If a sick cat from the street sneezes in the face of my dog, what should I do to protect him from any disease? * I don't know what diseases it are experiencing.....I’m worry about him

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Answered By C. Rathjens, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 14, 2019

Well it depends what the cat was sick with. I'm going to assume the cat was sick with an upper respiratory infection and there isn't anything I would be particularly worried about here. There aren't many contagious diseases we worry about crossing between dogs and cats. I would recommend watching for general signs of disease (lethargy, poor appetite, nasal discharge, coughing/sneezing, vomiting, and diarrhea) in the next week or two just to be safe, but there isn't anything you need to do at this point and a very low likelihood of anything coming from this encounter.

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