A: Aglets, the little plastic or metal sleeves at the end of shoelaces, are near impossible to buy nowadays. Plastic aglets are generally molded directly onto the shoelace, while metal aglets need to be crimped onto the shoelace with a press that's carefully matched to both the aglet and the shoelace thickness.
Confidence votes 17. Dogs can carry a variety of germs that can make people sick. Some of these germs are common and some are quite rare. Puppies/dogs may pass the bacteriums Campylobacter, Salmonella, and E. Coli in their feces - All of which carry the possibiity of transmission and human illness. Puppies/dogs can also carry parasites which have the ability to cause a variety of illnesses.
Rickettsial diseases, caused by organisms in the genera Ehrlichia and Anaplasma, cause mild to severe loss of platelets in dogs. Infection may include short- and longterm changes in the number of platelets and other blood cells. Ticks are the usual carriers of the infection. Infected dogs may have nosebleeds, bleeding into the bowels (resulting in black stools), bleeding of the gums, and prolonged bleeding after vaccination or surgery.