# Can a dog get people head lice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-dog-get-people-head-lice/257206>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-dog-get-people-head-lice/257206 "2004-07-28T01:54:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-dog-get-people-head-lice/257206/1 "2004-07-28T01:54:43Z")

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I have just found out the child my dog played with yesterday has head lice. (Ick, I have been scratching with the heebie jeebies since the news ). So can my dog get these? Sasser is on the Advantage program but it is mid-month for treatment.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-dog-get-people-head-lice/257206/2 "2004-07-28T02:00:11Z")

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[Don’t worry.](http://www.healthcaresouth.com/pages/askthedoctor/headlice.htm)

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> Lice live only on humans and are not carried by other animals - so you do not need to worry about the dog.