NYC Dog Named Buddy, 1st Pet Pup in U.S. to Be Diagnosed With COVID, Dies at Age 7 – NBC New York

A Staten Island dog named Buddy, the first dog to be diagnosed with COVID in the United States, has died, National Geographic first reported Wednesday.
The German Shepherd started to have trouble breathing in mid-April, at the height of the coronavirus crisis in New York. He was 6 years old, about to turn 7. A month and a half later, he tested positive for COVID-19, the first known dog in America to do so. He died July 11, National Geographic said.
Buddy had lymphoma, lab results confirmed the…

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