Yes, and dog can get it if in contact with a coon. But like I said, only certain ones get it. The dog I currently have that has survived it, had been on hundreds of coon before the one that got him. There where 12 coons in the place he got it from, and none of the other 3 dogs got it. 2 of the other dogs got severely damaged and he barely got beat up.
There is no way to determine if a coon has it or if your dog will get it. I have always gotten CHP in winter usually a week after a blizzard or extremely cold snap, like -20 below for a week previous. I haven't heard of any dogs getting it in the summer, but in areas where the coons don't den up together, like down south, they still get it.
