What great news, Robyn!!! I'm so, so happy for you and the family and especially Dale Now you can all start to enjoy your new home! And I'm so glad you happened upon a great vet, albeit an emergency one Hugs to the recovering patient.

And you're so right Robyn. Those sorts of bacterial, protozan infections, lepto, et. al are caused by water, usually still standing ponds, contaminated with infected urine from wildlife. You're so lucky Dale was not more seriously infected I've known of a few pups who died from drinking "contaminated" water.