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My dog jumped in a dirty canal. Should I worry about diseases?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Lhasa Apso | Male | neutered | 1 year and 4 months old | 18 lbs

My dog jumped into a canal today I’m just wondering if I should be worried about him catching any disease as I know canals are not clean

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on May 27th, 2018

He will probably be ok. You can give him a bath to make sure all the dirt from the canal is gone. If he does this more often, it may be a good idea to have Frank vaccinated against leptospirosis, if he has not been vaccinated against it yet.

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