Ridgway Animal Hospital is advising its clients to check whether their dogs need a vaccine booster after a dog in Ouray County recently tested positive for leptospirosis.

Leptospirosis in dogs is a bacterial infection that spreads through the blood stream. Dogs can get leptospirosis from puddles or bodies of water containing urine from infected wildlife. The virus is more common in warm climates and areas with high annual rainfall, but it can occur anywhere, according to the American Veterinary M...