[Michelle]

Are worms contagious from one dog to another?

 

[Barbs2Ks]

No expert, but I believe that some are contagious.

 

[Michelle]

A friend of mine just got 2 boxer puppies.  We were planning a play date tonight, but I just got an email that one of her puppies has worms and has to go to the vet and get on some medication.  I do not plan on bringing Tyson over there anymore, but I was still just wondering.

 

[Kate]

Yes, worms are transmitted via stools of other infected dogs or cats, and heartworms are transmitted from mosquitos.

 

[Bellasmomma]

Yeah I think they are.  When Bella had worms I wormed the other dogs also.

 

[sharonL]

They will spread from one to another.....all except tapeworms and heartworms....

 

[Bellasmomma]

I thought heartworms were contagious?

 

[sharonL]

I thought heartworms were contagious?

They are not contagious in the way that one dog can give them/pass them to another. It is contracted by a mosquito and it must bite an infected dog and then bite the other dog to infect them.