Dog flu has hit the noses of pets nationwide. What
is dog flu? Dog flu is an anti-viral viral infection of the upper-lower
respiratory and digestive system that gives your canine companion
"Dog Flu, Pe-ew!" says Sue Romescu from
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "As if we didn't have enough trouble
with Katrina, now this dog flu is making our pets get the shittles
and propel themselves like little rockets across our yards."
What Romescu is referring to is the property of dog flu to also
act as propellant similar to lighting a methane blow torch, which
will send a flatulating dog rocketing up to 100 feet depending upon
the size of the dog, what it had to eat and the severity of the
Hounds, howlers, bird dogs and show dogs alike have all been infected
with the dog flu. It has to be noted that the word 'dog flu' does
not have the same origins of the other types of influenza outbreaks.
Dog flu actually comes from Asia but is not related to the avian
flu. Pet owners would notice their canines had the sniffles then
would suddenly jettison across the yards. They would yell out, "Dog
fly! Dog fly!" Of course, in the past tense this term changed
to "Dog flew!" and over time and etymological changes
the term became known as 'dog flu'.