Am I being cruel to my dog?

I have a year old boxer boy and a 8 week old boxer puppy. The 8 week old girl is still in the process of having vaccinations against parvo etc. I have not been taking my boxer male out for walks in the past week as there has been an outbreak of parvo just up the road on the pens. I dread my boy bringing it back on his feet and me not cleaning them properly and the puppy dying. The pup has her second injection tomorrow and we have a large fenced off back garden for dogs to play football in (which my boxer boy loves) what do you think? he really wants to go running .

 

I have a year old boxer boy and a 8 week old boxer puppy. The 8 week old girl is still in the process of having vaccinations against parvo etc. I have not been taking my boxer male out for walks in the past week as there has been an outbreak of parvo just up the road on the pens. I dread my boy bringing it back on his feet and me not cleaning them properly and the puppy dying. The pup has her second injection tomorrow and we have a large fenced off back garden for dogs to play football in (which my boxer boy loves) what do you think? he really wants to go running

 

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I see what you are saying. But, remember, Parvo can just as easily be tracked in on your shoes. Or transferred to your yard by another animal. You are smart to be fearful, but you are also keeping both your dogs from being socialized and exercised. Can you bring the dogs to another neighborhood to walk them?

 

 

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