Robert and Allison Mahoney are pictured in their backyard with their 13-year-old daughter, Julianna and 10-month-old German shepherd, Duke.
They say they were frustrated public officials didnÕt seem more interested in learning from BuddyÕs case. (Kho NEW YORK - Buddy the German Shepherd and the first dog in the United States to test positive for coronavirus has died.The dog became infected in mid-April just before his seventh birthday.
Six weeks later, on July 11, he was dead, according to National Geographic.The Mahoney family of Staten Island tells the publication that bloodwork showed Buddy had lymphoma.