Your pet can spread the diseases, it is significant the pets owners are no more likely to be in bad health than non-pets owner. As in any potentially hazardous situation, common sense and good hygiene will protect the health of you and your family as well as the health of your pets.
The pets should be kept healthy; sleeping boxes, mats and litter trays should be kept clean and regularly changed after meals using a washing cloth ot brush that is kept just for this purpose and not used for the family plated. Water, which should always be left out for the animals, should be kept fresh.
Even short-haired dogs and cats benefit from a bruch now and then, and this is an ideal way of spotting cuts, infections or any other problems your animal may have. One of the first signs that an animal is sick is the lack of a lustre to its coat, so if you make a habit of brushing your pet you will then be able to see if and when this occurs.
Many injuries from animals can be avoided by using common sense, and by teaching not only the pet to behave well but also teaching yourself and your children to treat the animal well. Pets love to play, but you must learn to interpret the signs that your pet will show if play becomes too rough ot if it has had enough. Only a very sick animal will attack without warning, and you should have noted and treated the illness before it has become severe enough to cause this type of behavior.
