Can you get poison ivy from a dog's coat?

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Yes. If your dog rolled around in poison ivy and then you pet the dog, you will get the oils from poison ivy on your skin. It is the oils that cause the reaction.

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Not sure but you can get mange or even exzema from dogs that are not clean or properly maintained.

yes - if the dog has the oils from the poison ivy on it's coat, you may get it that way.
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got is BAD from my cat that way once - had to go on pills for it.

Yes. Your dog's coat could pick up the chemical in the plant that causes the reaction and later pass it along to you.
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http://www.letterboxing.info/articles/00000005.php

Yes if your dog has walked through it and it's on their coat. yes you can get it, believe me it's happened to me before.

call your local humane society, they've always been pretty straight w/me when it comes solving those kinds of dilemmas

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