Can my other dog catch a UTI from my dog who has an infection?

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Can dogs pass on UTI’s to each other? If so how can I prevent my other dog from catching it. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

Under normal circumstances this does not happen. The only way I can think of that they could pass a UTI to one another would be if the healthy dog squatted to pee exactly over where the other dog just urinated, so that some of the contaminated urine touches the vulva of the healthy one. Then bacteria would have to travel up the healthy dog's urethra. This is a very unlikely scenario. So I would not worry about one dog passing it to the other.

Can my other dog catch a UTI from my dog who has an infection?

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