A local veterinarian is giving dog owners a warning about an exposure of the deadly and contagious parvovirus at Seattle’s Magnuson Park, one of the more popular dog parks in western Washington.
Around July 10, one of Dr. Liz Spencer’s puppy patients tested positive for the disease. The puppy was likely exposed at the Magnuson Park off-leash dog area, so Spencer put up signs at the entrances.
“It just seemed like the easiest way to kind of get the heads up to the community that we had had a patient that tested positive that probably had some level of exposure in the area.” Spencer said, “So a good time to just circle back in, make sure that they were taking care of business, getting their vaccines up to date.”
Magnuson is popular in the summer because of its water access to Lake Washington, with hundreds of dogs coming every day…