I'm in Houston, so I've been hearing all about it. There is good news too though. Even if you are bit by a mosquito carrying the disease, you only have a 1 in 100 chance of getting West Nile. And many people who have it never even know that is what they had.

I checked with our vet, because I was worried about the dogs. He has the vaccination for horses, but not for dogs. He said it is extremely rare that a dog would get West Nile, and so there is no need to vaccinate.

We are definitely very cautious about mosquitos around here though -- lots of Off and Citronella!!!