yeah I've heard of this just recently. It started on the east coast. It's in Iowa already?
I was actually wondering if this is what Gunther had. I had contributed his illness to just a really bad case of kennel cough, but the symptoms are similar. Of course there are no cases in CA yet, but you never know.......... ....
I've heard that just like the human flu, the elderly and very young are the most susceptible. It originated in horses and somehow transferred to dogs. I actually read they weren't sure if it started with greyhounds or not, but since greyhounds are routinely checked by vets, it was noticed there first. And since house pets have more contact with horses than greyhounds it may have originated with them first, but went unnoticed b/c was though of just a bad case of kennel cough.
I think there is another thread around here somewhere talking about it too.