Yes, dogs can get coronaviruses, but there's no evidence they can spread it to humans. This consensus is based on 3 experts answers from this question: Can dogs get coronavirus?

We love our dogs. With ~471million dogs, pet owners worldwide are worried, as it was reported that a Pomeranian in Hong Kong tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The dog’s owner was positive for the virus and the dog was taken to a nearby animal quarantine facility. We asked Professor John Brownlie, a veterinary pathologist from the Royal Veterinary College in London who studies viruses in dogs. Here are his answers:

Can dogs get coronavirus?

Yes, they can get coronaviruses. They can become infected with an alpha coronavirus which causes diarrhoea (a vaccine is commercially available) and, in 2003, we discovered a new coronavirus, a beta coronavirus, that we named Canine respiratory Coronavirus (CRCoV). It caused severe respiratory disease in dogs and was rapidly transmitted between dogs in kennels. We have also made a vaccine that is yet to be released. It is similar to both SARS virus and COVID-19 virus but NOT the same virus. There has been no indications, as yet, that this is transmissible to humans, even amongst kennel staff amid the canine infectious respiratory disease (CURD) outbreak. (Full answer here)

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Can coronavirus in dogs spread to humans?

In our experience, this has, and does, NOT happen. Thus dogs should not be culled in the face of human beta-coronavirus outbreaks (like COVID-19).

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Coronavirus in Cats?

We asked Dr Farina Mustaffa Kamal, a researcher who studies cat coronaviruses:

Yes, cats can get coronavirus, but it is the different coronavirus from the ongoing outbreak and this feline coronavirus is species-specific. There is no evidence that the feline coronavirus can jump to human or other species. As for the newly-emerging SARS-CoV2, there is no reports on cats can contract the virus from human. Even if they do, it is doubtful that the virus can replicate efficiently as the receptor is species-specific.

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Should we avoid our pets?

You are more likely to give your pet SARS-CoV2 than the other way around - so take the same precautions as you for human interaction as we wrote earlier here. For bats on the other hand - stay away says Dr Leyi Wang, a veterinary virus expert from University of Illinois:

In terms of other animals, since the COVID-19 coronavirus is very similar to bat coronavirus, it is better to avoid contact with bats. Bats are also reservoir for rabies virus, that is another reason to avoid them.

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