Can unvaccinated puppies get sick from using hand me down dog items such as a metal training/exercise pen?
I bought a second hand one from ebay and I am worried my new puppy might get parvo and other dog diseases from using another dog's old pen. Can such diseases transfer like this? Will ordinary disinfectant get rid of anything that might be there?
Just mix up some strong bleach water, take the pen in the back yard, bleach it, and let it dry. Bleach kills parvo and just about any other disease or bacteria known to man. As long as you clean it well you won't have any problems.
If you are lucky enough to have an enclosed yard for your dog, you may want to take a few more steps to make it safer and more pleasent for your pet. You can start by picking up any debris in the yard and start checking the 
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It is obviously a supplement and will help the dog learn that hands don't drop good and thus shouldn't be used as a chew toy. Lastly, crates or exercise pens can be worn if a dog becomes too wild and nippy. An overly excitable dog can be placed in a and more »
By Warren Cooper/Somerset Dispatch-rider-Gazette K-9 Dano and Captain Tim Pino of the Somerset County Sheriff's Establishment K-9 Unit conduct an "outside sniff" during a training exercise on Jan. 25. As they have hundreds of times in the former, the pair correctly
