Can my dog get pink eye, and is it contagious to other pets and people?

We get that question a lot. It depends on what you call pink eye. Before these questions, I Googled what most people would be looking for with pink eye, because the majority of people are thinking of a specific contagious type of pink eye that you see in humans. But their definition of pinkeye is just a red inflamed eye, so it's conjunctivitis. We can all get conjunctivitis; dogs, cats, anything that has an eye can get it. There are infectious as well as non-infectious conjunctivitis. The majority of the ones we see in dogs and cats are not contagious. There're very few, I won't say none, but few situations where we are sharing eye diseases with our dogs. It is always a good idea to wash your hands anytime you do a treatment or play with your dog. That would prevent any possible contagion.

Dogs can get pink eye, also known as conjunctivitis. If the conjunctivitis is caused by an upper respiratory tract infection, it can be contagious to other dogs but is usually not contagious to people. There are different types of conjunctivitis: allergic, viral, and bacterial. But the main thing is that it's just inflammation of the pink part or the fleshy part of the eye.

Yes, dogs can get pink eye, which is a bacterial infection. We tend to see it from pet to pet in daycares where they play and are in close contact, but it's not highly contagious from dog to dog, and it's not contagious to humans. It causes a red, inflamed eye and usually a green mucoid discharge.