dr. jill chase joins with us brutus. i have buttercup. ese are the cutist little dogs i have ever seen. they are siblings. so let's talk, dr. jill, what are your main pet peeves when it comes to pets? >> well, this segment was prompt by the fact that we had a viewer write in talking about the fact that she was concerned about when people drive in a car with their small dogs in their lapse so i thought, okay, we'll talk about my pet peeves. my pet peeves there are four of them. i listed three but four of them are, first of all, if you are going to ride your bike with your dog, try to remember that if the dog is not staying with you, you need to slow way down. nothing drives me crazy more than watching somebody ride their bike and the dog is struggling to keep up. the other thing is owners don't think about it but when you're in the crosswalk and walking the dogs, the drivers will see you but not see you dog so if you have and expando leash and the dogs are ahead or behind, you run the risk of a driver running over your dog. so be careful wi

dr. jill chase us with my dog [ non-english language ] i have to admit, he is very cute. >> very photogenic. we're talking about canine influenza because it's fairly new in the virus world for dogs so it's not a core vaccine. and it's been around but not in northern california until very recently. it just showed up in san jose and so we know that it will ultimately come here to san francisco east bay and the north bay so the san francisco veterinarian medical association is now recommending we vaccinate dogs to live in san francisco and the north bay and the east bay to protect our pets and hopefully slow down the spread of the disease. it's a nasty virus that causes very high temperatures which in and of themselves can kill pets. it causes respiratory signs, coughing, sneezing but mostly if it gets bad it can produce a very thick mucous discharge and it's hard for them to breathe and doesn't respond to antibiotics. hopefully they can build up an immunity. they almost always require serious hospitalization, some pass away and there's a financial consideration. vaccinate them twice, then 10