Hi I've never heard of lungworm before, so I looked on dogpages.org.uk and that was a bit informative. My Lucy loves to bring snails into the house - if she can sneak past me with it. It makes me cringe when she crunches it her fav thing is to come close to me and let me know that she has something in her mouth and then run off. When I let her out in the garden for her bedtime wee she usually goes snail hunting then as well.
Please don't let Lucy pick up or "crunch" snails!
My vet has recently had to pts a young dog who contracted lungworm from snails. It can be fatal!
The snails carry the lungworm parasite and dogs (particularly young ones) can be infected from the trail of mucus in some cases.
The symptoms range from breathing difficulties, poor blood clotting, vomitting, tiredness etc etc.
I believe some areas of the UK are more prone to this than others, but is spreading due the warm and wet climate.
I am quite vigilant in removing any I see from the garden even though Baxter has no interest in them