Border Collie with severe asthmatic attack.?
Recently rescued a border/collie, he had kennel cough. Was treated for it in the pound, and wasn’t getting better. Took him back to a vet 5 days later, with no improvement. Perscribed Antibiotics and cough tabs. No improvement in 3 days. Took him to a new vet, He said this dog was full of pnemonia. persc. more antibiotics, gave shot, and cough meds. No improvement, 2 days later, admitted him to last vets an. hosp. for 3 days. IV drugs and fluids. Brough home, no energy, was understandable. Then stopped eating & drinking. Finally, with syrynge, fed him pedialyte, brought some life back to him. Then, he started having trouble breathing. It was progressively getting worse over last 5 days. Yest. back to vet on emer. call. His tongue purple, gasping for air. Gave prednisone, albuterol, more antibiotics, had me take him home. LONG Rough night, returned to vet a 9am, they saw improvement, took Xray, same course of treatment. ? Has anyone ever had a dog do all this before? He’s only 5-6 month
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The dog could have had Kennel Cough and pnemonia, in which case one thing complicates the other. The prednisone is to reduce inflammation, and will probably help – as long as the antibiotics are getting rid of the source infection.
Hang in there – the dog is so lucky to have you! Just imagine how grateful he will be when he is better. I just rescued a Border Collie, too. She isn’t a year old, and had tapeworms and a bad spay job. I’ve had her 3 weeks, and she still tires easily, but we are doing what we can and hoping for the best.
Good luck.
It sounds like he just has a bad case of pneumonia, and it may take months for him to recover. You may need to take him to a local veterinary school and have him put in a oxygen chamber (if your vet doesn’t have one). It really helps them breath and their lungs to heal. I hope your puppy gets better.