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I am going to take him to vet, but wondering what this might be? The weather is horrible windy and wet but he will be an inside dog. He was neutered 4 days ago.
I adopted him from the city animal shelter, he is probably about 1 year old
Talked to the shelter, they also think he might have allergies, Thanks for the answer!
Talked to the shelter, they also think he might have allergies, Thanks for the answer!

We have a small Pomeranian who is having symptoms of kennel cough for almost a month. We put her on Clavamox antibiotics for about 1 week, and it seems to get better. Now that we ran out of Clavamox, he is showing symptoms again. Do you think this is Kennel Cough? Why isn’t it getting better?

I just bought a Bred English Bulldog who is due March 18th and she just started having light green snots coming out of her nose. No cough just boogies, she is not drinking much nor eating much offer her chicken and she will eat it but not interested in her original dog food she is used to??? Any ideas on what this might be? She is going to vet at 1 today to get checked out just wondering if any one has had these symptoms and the diagnoses? Thanks

Vets are stymied at what they thought was Kennel Cough but did not respond to antibiotic medication. Symptoms are dry cough, low-grade fever, nasal discharge varying from clear to thick and occasional conjunctivitis, a few developed Pneumonia! Canine Influenza was ruled out by testing and it has not been found to mutate. The long shot test is for H1N1. So far no deaths have occured! 75% of the dogs had spent time at a local doggie daycare facility. veterinarynews.dvm360.com

Hi guys,

I think my dog has kennel cough – he was at the vet two weeks ago and last week (both on Thursday’s) however since last Thursday (the day she came back from the vet) she has been getting a very bad cough.

We first thought she may have ate a bone however I have now come across that it may be kennel cough.

Whenever she is coughing, she is shaking her head very violently and often produces a white foam. She isn’t having any problems breathing, it just seems as if she is trying to get something out of her system.

I am very worried as it has got worse today as the cough is the worst it has ever been and she keeps throwing up white foam.

What should I do? Does anyone know if this shaking is a symptom of kennel cough? The dog’s breed is a pedigree kerry blue.

Thanks so much.

Jack

I adopted an 8m old puppy from the pound a few months ago. A few days before she was due for her 2nd round of shots, she developed a runny nose and an occasional cough. I researched and it sounded like she had a mild case of kennel cough. I read that it could pass but mucus can linger. Her cough was gone in 2 days but she still had a snotty nose. She was fine up until a few days ago, I noticed a sore spot on her foot and then I noticed her leg started having muscle spasms. I watched her for a day and today when the spasms and limping didn’t stop, I took her to the vet. He said that he has seen a number of dogs within the past week with the same symptoms that were adopted from our pound and he was pretty sure it was distemper. He sent off bloodwork and I wont know anything for sure until Friday and then after that, depending on the results we will decide the next steps, but until then, is there anything I can do for her to make her more comfortable? She is perfectly fine, other than the constant spasms in her arm and it makes it hard for her to get comfortable and sleep. Would a heating pad help? I just want her to be comfortable during this time while we wait to find out.
No bullet jokes please, would you like for me to put a bullet in your head when you get sick?

And no, I didn’t think to ask the vet while I was trying not to cry in front of my kids getting the bad news, I was focusing more on talking with him about the disease and what we would have to do about it.

If you aren’t going to give real answers, don’t waste my time people!
Chichi, I would assume he would have told me about them, but I will call and ask tomorrow, thank you for your real response.

My 6 Year Old Rottweiler has a couple symptoms that have me worrying.
* Constant coughing/hacking (Kennel cough possibly.Had his Heart worm shot already)
* Bump on his hind leg
* Cut and Rashes on both hind legs
If you can help me out, please answer.
Thankyou

I have a two and a half year old Shepherd who for the past two days has been coughing and hacking, but nothing comes up. Theres no discharge, vomiting, diarrhea, listless, nothing. He’s perfectly happy and healthy, but has a cough. I’m pretty sure it’s kennel cough. I foster puppies through a rescue, and I had one here for about two weeks, who was vaccinated but still exposed to another dog that had kennel cough. The puppy did not have any symptoms, but I’m beginning to think he was a host. My dog is fully vaccinated and had his Bordatella vaccine in July 2010. Now what? I can’t really afford a 0 vet visit at the moment, although if that is absolutely what needs to be done and he doesn’t get any better in the next few days, I’ll have to do it. Any suggestions for home remedies? I don’t understand why if he was vaccinated he still got sick! How long does the vaccine last?

When I go on holiday, I board my cat at a cat kennel. At Christmas, he caught a Feline URI. Appetite wasn’t down, and he coughed and sneezed for a week, then it went away.

He went back for another week and he’s sick again. Same symptoms, except he’s snorting weirdly too… Not sure if it’s a sneeze. No noticeable runny eyes or nose. Still drinking and eating fine, although not eating as quickly. Pooping and peeing like usual. Same energy level.

When should I take him to a vet? What symptoms are an emergency?

I put my 2 Beagles in a kennel for 8 days, They were GREAT when I left them, I picked them up and 1 dog seems to be sick. Cough,sneeze & wheezing is all he does. He will eat, drink & has a raspy bark once in a while, but they are hounds and is known for the noise. His activity is VERY low, he just lays on the floor and won’t play as much with his brother.( Brother is fine) The kennel won’t take ownership he got sick in their care & basically blew me off. One dog had poo stuck to his bum and their teeth were disgusting. They are house dogs only and this is the first time I ever left them. They never been w/ other animals and even got ear mites in their care. They got a series of shots as well and I thought his reaction to the shots may be the cause of his symptoms…HELP ME PLEASE.. I don’t know what I can do at home until I can pay for another vet.

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Lately my dog has been wheezing, coughing and sneezing. I had her boarded 2 weekends ago, but she is up to date on all of her shots and bordatella, and she’s not acting sick otherwise, so I doubt that that has anything to do with it. This is her first spring (she was born in March 07, but kenneled until I got her at 12 weeks old). Are these symptoms of dog allergies? Is it common for dogs to get allergies in the spring. Also, she is a beagle boston terrier mix, if that helps. Thanks!

My dog had diarrhea this morning and threw up a little.

Her stool was normal yesterday, and she’s showing no other symptoms. She eats, sleeps, and plays normally, and I haven’t taken her to any dog parks or dog kennels. There’s no discharge, no coughing, etc.

Is it possible that she just ate something weird off the ground and has an upset stomach? I’d appreciate any advice, I don’t think it’s anything serious enough to take her to the vet.

I have a wonderful 13 year old female beagle/cocker mix-spayed. Only pet in house. Pampered.
Over the past 2 months I noticed she was gaining some weight, panting more and the breathing through her nose became noisy – almost pig like.

Vet put her on Prednisone and also said she had Kennel Cough (no sneezing or coughing) since palpating her throat elicited something. Doxycycline got rid of the Kennel Cough. Prednisone has run its course, but nasal breathing issues still exist.

I suspected Cushings (I am not a vet) or perhaps Stenotic nares (narrowing of nasal passage). Vet ran some blood and one value was 5000 instead of below 500. This blood test was run while she was on prednisone, therefore another blood test will be run in a week to test for Cushings and then further tests for Cushings via blood and injection if that blood test warrants it.

This vet practice has 29 people there and about 9 vets so I am confident of their abilities. I still am concerned about her breathing through the nose being somewhat noisy and labored.
They can take an xray of Sadie and can scope her throat looking for excess skin and such that may cause the nasal noise.

They do not have the tools to scope her nose and to do so would require me taking her to a more highly specialized animal hospital, getting a CT scan and so on. Sure this may cost me over k but I am trying to first rule out Cushings and other things.

There is no nasal discharge from her nose and she does not sneeze.

I assume the structure of a dogs nose has 2 passage ways like ours. So I covered one nostril with my finger and she still could breathe although a little restricted. Covered other nostril and she pulled away from me (tried a few times) and I believe this other nostril is more restricted (just like me-her father).

I know this dog has had allergies (just like me) in the past, no changes to environment except some food changes I tried as I was on RX food and vet said it was unnecessary so I switched-but I really see no pattern to this breathing issue.

Sure she drinks more water and pees more due to the prednisone and the breathing. She is more tired but also has gained more weight even b4 prednisone. But she is 13 and tires out easily. She has gained about 3-4 pounds over the past year. Her weight was about 27 and is now 31lbs.

Sounds like Cushings by Google reading but I am nt a vet and this will not be tested. Am more concerned about the pig like sounds during her inhale of breathing through her nose

She never was a dog to breathe through her mouth except to pant.

There is n loss of hair (Cushings symptom)..

So I am doing my best to try to get to the bottom of this. Next vet appt 8/29 to test for Cushings (we are waiting a week for prednisone to get out of her system completely. And if next values indicate possible Cushings, then more specific tests will be run. But not sure the Cushings would cause the noisy nasal breathing issue as opposed to an obstruction, narrowing of nasal passage, etc..

I am at a loss and need some advice….

She has been on Rimadyl for years due to arthritis.

Thanks so much for input. Apologize for the long message. Wanted a complete history.

Sincerely
Peter
Charlotte NC

Symptom’s are LARTHARGIC, LOSS OF APPETITE/DRINKING, HARD BELLY, COUGHING up PHLEM/MUCUS, some DIARREA & SLIGHT FEVER. I had at the vet yesterday 0 later we have no diagnosis. Xray’s were peformed & show the real beginning onset of pneumonia. He was put on antibiotic’s but hasn’t changed. Can anyone PLEASE help in diagnosis?
i am thinking maybe KENNEL Cough ??????
PLEASE HELP……… THANK YOU !!!

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Symptom’s are LARTHARGIC, LOSS OF APPETITE/DRINKING, HARD BELLY, COUGHING up PHLEM/MUCUS, some DIARREA & SLIGHT FEVER. I had at the vet yesterday 0 later we have no diagnosis. Xray’s were peformed & show the real beginning onset of pneumonia. He also got a parvo & giardia test (see below).He was put on antibiotic’s but hasn’t changed. Can anyone PLEASE help in diagnosis?
i am thinking maybe KENNEL Cough ??????
PLEASE HELP……… THANK YOU !!!
He also received a shot for GIARDIA & ironically 5 day’s later is showing POSITIVE for GIARDIA. ummm…. Can anyone answer this…. WHY/HOW did this happen after getting the shot????????

I noticed my dog was starting to act a little funny always fluffing the hair around his face with his paws and not letting me touch his front paws anymore. We thought it was allergies but then he started to urinate almost every night at 4 am when he never had this problem before. We took him to the vet- allergies they said so we put him on Benadryl. Then he got these red spots all over, took him back to the vet, now he has staph. They put him on amoxicillin for 2 weeks which cleared up the red spots but then he broke up with bumps all over his back. Meanwhile the urinating every night at 4 am still was happening. Finally I took him back to the vet and saw a different vet and they put him on Simplocef?- a differnet antibiotic. He started taking it and miracle- no peeing at 4 am! The folliculitis cleared up nicely as well except one bump he still has. Well he has been off it for 4 days now as he completed his course and the peeing every night at 4 am has started again. He is more lovey than normal and follows me all around the house and he never really used to. No temperature, eating normal, lots of energy. This morning he goes outside comes in and throws up white foam. What in the heck is going on with my dog? I am quite sick of the vet at this point- he has been there 3 times in the last 2 months. Are they missing something? My dog is a 5 lb yorkie and is up to date on shots and just had his kennel cough shot about 3 months ago when he went in for a teeth cleaning. All this started happening after the teeth cleaning…. then I thought maybe it was leptospirosis since we take him to the lake often and have a pond out back but he isn’t really exhibiting the signs and it’s been 2-3 months since we went to the lake and we have 3 other dogs who would have it as well if that was the case. I am just confused… I don’t mind taking him back to the vet again but it seems pointless since his symptoms always come back. A different vet we took him to a year ago told us he had a small bladder but why has the 4 am peeing happened just in the last few months when he started w/ the itching? Any ideas I can take to the vet w/ me?

he had the wheezing problem that started a few months ago after I got him neutered at the SPCA. I took him to the vet after and she diagnosed him with Kennel cough. He was treated with antibiotics and it got better.

But for the last couple of weeks the wheezing has started again, almost daily and he breathes real hard through his nose. Also he has been shaking his head alot like there is something in his ear.

I tried ear drops, and I tried cleaning his ears but I see no wax buildup and don’t smell any odor. I made an appointment with the vet tomorrow.

But I was just curious if anyone else experienced these symptoms with their pets and or what you think could be the problem?