I adopted my 4 month old shepard mix from the shelter on 9/18. He had been in the shelter about 8 days prior to adoption. He was healthy and active until 9/22 when he started to show symptoms of Kennel cough. Hacking up mucous, but was still very active and had a healthy appetite and drinking plenty of fluids. I took him into the vet on 9/24 and was given antibiotica and a cough syrup. On the 26th he began to lose his appetite Ithough possibly due to meds. By the 27th he was lethargic and not eating, had become suddenly thin and had a bloody bowel movement of diahrea. I took him into the vet and he was diagnosed with parvo and had a white blood cell count of 2200 and temp of 106 degrees. The vet said that with intensive treatment he only had a 10% cahnce of survival. We opted to put down and while waiting for the euthanization he died in front of us. Based on my research I do not understand how he could have died so quickly after showing signs. Is is possible the symptoms may have been mistaken for kennel cough and were really parvo symptoms? Or is it possible he contractyed parvo at the vet visit on 9/24 and it hit him hard? based on timelines for incubation had no symptoms before initial vet visit it seems hard to beleive that he contracted parvo in the shelter if he had been there over a week.
Please help.
Devastated

I have adopted this 9 months old half German Shephard mutt from the street and it’s been 1 month since I’ve done so.
Today,in the morning,I saw him snorting,dry coughing and clearing the grate.I guess the problem is about his throat mostly and his nose.I couldn’t see anything wrong with the lungs yet.
I’ve looked up in wikipedia for kennel cough and the symptoms kinda resembles with his.
Could you please give me a broader information about kennel cough,the symptoms,how serious a desease it is and the treatment?Is it deadly?
Can it be something else?Another desease?Can it be allergy?
I’m feeling so down pls help me.
Hey I’m smart enough to take my dog the the VET . But it’s not possible for the next few days.Pls stop giving me false advice!!!

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"I am posting this (and it is long) because I think our society needs a huge ‘Wake-up’ call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all…a view from the inside if you will. First off, this is a forum to for adoption and/or rehoming as clearly stated in the rules. All of you breeders/sellers on craigslist should not only be flagged (and I hope the good people on craigslist will continue to do so with blind fury), but you should be made to work in the ‘back’ of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don’t even know, that puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it’s not a cute little puppy anymore.

So how would you feel if you knew that there’s about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs that are ‘owner surrenders’ or ’strays’, that come into my shelter are purebred dogs. The most common excuses I hear are; ‘We are moving and we can’t take our dog (or cat).’ Really? Where are you moving to that doesn’t allow pets? Or they say ‘The dog got bigger than we thought it would’. How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? ‘We don’t have time for her’. Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! ‘She’s tearing up our yard’. How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me, ‘We just don’t want to have to stress about finding a place for her, we know she’ll get adopted, she’s a good dog’. Odds are your pet won’t get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off, sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn’t full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy; if it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don’t, your pet won’t get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the ‘Bully’ breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don’t get adopted. If your dog doesn’t get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn’t full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed, it may get a stay of execution, not for long though. Most get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression, even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles, chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don’t have the funds to pay for even a 0 treatment.

Here’s a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being ‘put-down’. First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash, they always look like they think they are going for a walk, happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to ‘The Room’, every one of them freaks out and puts on the breaks when we get to the door; it must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it’s strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process, they will find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the ‘pink stuff’. Hopefully your pet doesn’t panic from being restrained and jerk. I’ve seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don’t just ‘go to sleep’, sometimes spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed, waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You’ll never know and it probably won’t even cross your mind, it was just an animal and you can always buy another one right?

I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out and can’t get the pictures out of your head. I do everyday on the way home from work. I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter. Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes.

My point to all of this: DON’T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE!

Hate me or flag me if you want to, the truth hurts and reality is what it is. I just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter and say ‘I saw this thing on craigslist and it made me want adopt,’ that would make it all worth it."

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I’ve read some on-line articles about his symptoms and have about 12 different possibilities so I’m hoping someone may have a similar situation. I’m new to the dog owner thing and so I’m not sure how serious his coughing is.

A few days ago he was just sneezing a whole lot. Now it’s gotten worse and he sort of does this goofy inhaling thing that is really loud and sounds almost like a motor starting up. His eyes have been very gummy, I have to clean out the corner of them 3 or 4 times a day due to the pile of eye boogers in there.

He mostly does it outside, so my first thought was allergies and I still think that is most probable. But we had him neutered at the humane society last week so I’m wondering if he didn’t pick up something there too, like a kennel cough. He is up to date on shots but maybe they didn’t have time to "set in" before he went there (got the shots about 9 days before he went to be neutered).

Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful. The vet can’t fit him in for another 7 days so I really want to pin this thing down to make sure I don’t have to take him to a doggie ER to get quicker treatment.

Thanks!

I I rescued a HW+ dog from a shelter in GA. He also tested positive for erlichia. He was fostered for a week in a woman’s home with four other BC’s- she said he was fine while he was there and coughed only occasionally.

He was brought here via three volunteer pilots. He arrived yesterday, extremely thin, with a hacking cough. Occasionally he coughs up mucus out of his mouth and nose. The woman who fostered him took him to the vet three times- once for the initial shots and HW test, once for x-rays and bloodwork for heartworm treatment, and once for a cold that she said he had developed (was having problems with diarrhea and vomiting).

I have not had him vomit yet, but he still has diarrhea. The part that is worrying me most is the coughing- he can’t move much without coughing. When the vet looked at his x-rays, she said he clearly had a bit of asthma. I can only assume that this is heartworm related. I know heartworm also causes coughing (and that would probably explain why he is so thin).

He is seeing a vet at four today. I am wondering though if anyone might have any other ideas about what could be wrong with him. He seems to smell like pus when he coughs- could this be a URI? Possibly kennel cough as a result of receiving the Bordetella shot?

Is there anything else I should be paying attention to?
The dog is a Border Collie, about two or three years of age. He was running loose for two months.
Blunt object- I’m not sure where I’m putting a dog’s needs before a human’s needs….perhaps you could clarify?

I pulled this dog from a shelter. How could I know he had any disease? I’m not going to just throw him off to the side. I intend on keeping him- that is why I am willing to spend the money to help him. I have a responsibility for this dog now. Had I been some other person asking an ignorant question about "what is wrong with my dog" you would have told me to take him to a vet- which I am doing. Make up your mind.
Suzie- The dog hasn’t been treated yet. I only got him yesterday. He was pulled from the shelter a week ago.

This was posted in the "Best of Craiglist" It was not written by me.

"I am posting this (and it is long) because I think our society needs a huge ‘Wake-up’ call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all…a view from the inside if you will. First off, this is a forum to for adoption and/or rehoming as clearly stated in the rules. All of you breeders/sellers on craigslist should not only be flagged (and I hope the good people on craigslist will continue to do so with blind fury), but you should be made to work in the ‘back’ of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don’t even know, that puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it’s not a cute little puppy anymore.

So how would you feel if you knew that there’s about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs that are ‘owner surrenders’ or ’strays’, that come into my shelter are purebred dogs. The most common excuses I hear are; ‘We are moving and we can’t take our dog (or cat).’ Really? Where are you moving to that doesn’t allow pets? Or they say ‘The dog got bigger than we thought it would’. How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? ‘We don’t have time for her’. Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! ‘She’s tearing up our yard’. How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me, ‘We just don’t want to have to stress about finding a place for her, we know she’ll get adopted, she’s a good dog’. Odds are your pet won’t get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off, sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn’t full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy; if it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don’t, your pet won’t get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the ‘Bully’ breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don’t get adopted. If your dog doesn’t get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn’t full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed, it may get a stay of execution, not for long though. Most get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression, even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles, chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don’t have the funds to pay for even a 0 treatment.

Here’s a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being ‘put-down’. First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash, they always look like they think they are going for a walk, happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to ‘The Room’, every one of them freaks out and puts on the breaks when we get to the door; it must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it’s strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process, they will find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the ‘pink stuff’. Hopefully your pet doesn’t panic from being restrained and jerk. I’ve seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don’t just ‘go to sleep’, sometimes spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves. When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed, waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You’ll never know and it probably won’t even cross your mind, it was just an animal and you can always buy another one right?

I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out and can’t get the pictures out of your head. I do everyday on the way home from work. I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter. Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes.

My point to all of this: DON’T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE!

Hate me or flag me if you want to, the truth hurts and reality is what it is. I just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter and say ‘I saw this thing on craigslist and it made me want adopt,’ that would make it all worth it."
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So… it’s not an "emergency" but I am calling our vet ASAP tomorrow morning to find out WHAT THE HECK is wrong with my dog… we have a 6 year old female yellow lab. About 4 weeks ago (give or take) she began hacking, was in the pound (long story) for only 20 hours, so we got her on meds for kennel cough. Well, she never quite got over the cough after the apx 2 or so week treatment for the KC, and now she is pooping (which is runny). She in on Natural Balance Duck and Potato allergen formula (she began having loose stool after switching her food, so I am switching her to Solid Gold in hopes that will stop)… HOWEVER, she pooped a lot today.
Anyone have any experience with this? Our puppy is flying in in less than 2 weeks so I’m concerned over this… oy. It seems like our poor lab always has something come up (allergies, yeast infections in her ears, etc)…
Thank you.
Sorry… in my attempt to summarize it came out pretty stupid (re reading my question)…
She is still hacking even after the treatment. Could she need a stronger medication for kennel cough OR could it be something else?
Her having runny stool. Could it be her food or could it coincide with her coughing? Stupid because really, nobody will know until the vet looks at her, but I’m more or less looking for people’s experiences, if any…
Thanks.
Thanks you two… I’m hoping they can get her "issues" resolved. She is so prone to problems that maybe it is just the food (CROSSES FINGERS!)…
I’m just so thankful that our vet is dedicated beyond dedicated to the well being of our pets. They will keep your dog, cat, whatever until they KNOW what is wrong… here’s hoping!
Thanks Jo! I will definately suppliment her feeding for a bit and see if that doesn’t help (chicken and rice…)

OH, can plain, non fat (organic) yogurt cause intenstinal problems?
Yeah… I think it’s time for another heartworm test… she goes in at 3:20 (that’s the soonest I could get since I needed a babysitter)…
THANK YOU EVERYONE! And just because I am a natural worrier, I am anticipating, not hoping for, but anticipating the worst and a gigantic vet bill… oy vey. Ok, now I’m officially getting stressed…
I really do appreciate everyone’s input and I’ll update after she gets seen…
PRAISE GOD! So… she is on Metronidazole for the next 10 days for something that starts with a C… believe it or not, it does not say on the bottle and due to my memory I can only give the first letter. Anyways, she is also on a strict white rice and low fat cottage cheese diet for FIVE DAYS (NO meat). Then gradually introduce her food back into her diet.
She was heartworm negative so I refilled her meds and got her interceptor this time… I’m so glad that nothing major is wrong.
Any ideas on what could start with "C" that warrants Metronidazole? And it is not coccidea.

My family and I just got our first foster dog and I have a few questions…

She has Kennel Cough but has been on anti-biotics for 3 days already. Is she still contagious?

AND… She has heart worm, too… She’s already had her first treatment and I know I have to keep her quiet but she REALLY smells like shelter (ew). Would it be too much for her if we bathed her? Or took her to a place to be groomed (We’d probably just bathe her ourselves depending on the kennel cough answers.)? We just got her and I don’t know how she reacts to water and I don’t want her to get too excited… Please help? (plus any fostering tips would be helpful too )

i have an 11 wk old male lhasa, he has kennel cough at the moment and is under treatment and its getting better but he doesnt seem to be playful with people he plays alone with his toys and he also doesnt seem to be happy and playful when he sees people the doctor says that health wise besides the kennel cough hes fine so im guessing its his personality? could that be true? and also at what age should i start parting his fur so it can stay i part it but he shakes and it gets messy again any tips?? thanx alot and any other lhasa advise/information would be helpful

We see it here all the time … somebody asks, "What is wrong with my dog"? Then the inquisitor describes the symptoms. That’s when the fun begins.

All the "licensed veterinarians" on YA are quick to chime in with an array of specific illnesses, as well as treatments for the afflictions. The only thing I haven’t seen yet on YA is a valid prescription!
It’s one thing when someone replys, "My dog has (had) ____, and these are my experiences …". But folks here are quick to diagnose parvovirus, kennel cough, hip dysplasia et al, as well as treatments for these afflictions.
If I was a licensed veterinarian (I’m not), I would do a thorough hands on exam and possibly lab tests before I ever diagnosed a pet. You can’t do that online!
So here’s my question: What’s worse … people asking for veterinary advice (especially when it’s obvious they should be at the vet), or folks offering veterinary advice (especially when they’re not qualified)?
Hi DPowers – I don’t believe it would be easy to spot parvo just because your dog had it. Remember … we’re online, not hands on. Also, are you so sure that there aren’t other diseases with similar symptoms?
Armchair vets … I like that one!
Hi M L – I’d rather see people say, "you dimwit" rather than something like, "OMG! Your dog has parvo! Get to the vet ASAP!"
Hi TickToc: Thumbs up for your comment on my avatar – my boy Bailey (7yrs old)
Hi mtpkt74: If people on YA didn’t ask health questions about their dog, what would they talk about? I can think of a few things: nutrition, training, grooming, equipment, breeding etc. Heck, I’d love to read somebody chime in with a brag of something they accomplished with their dog! That would be refreshing.
Hi st.lady: You make an interesting point. I’d take Torbay Newfs dog advice over many of the top contributors on YA.

She is sick. She keeps couching and then she gags herself. I took her to the vet and they said that it was bronchitis. They gave her a two week treatment. The two weeks are up and she still doing it. It has not gotten any better. She does not have Kennel cough and theres no fluid in her lungs. Any body have any ideas to what could be wrong with her. Please any suggestions would be helpful.

The puppy developed seizures after being sick with Kennel Cough, the vet prescribed lasix ( a non potassium sparing ) fluid remover for the dog. He got lasix for three days, now he has seizures grand mal lasting about 5 seconds every 36 hours. He appears fine after its over.

we adopted a little chihuahua from the local shelter I volunteer at the end of October and I noticed when we got her she had a hairless spot on the underside of her neck but figured it was just natural or had rubbed off some how but now it seems to be getting worse all of a sudden and spreading to her right front paw she hasn’t lost hair anywhere else and im wondering if its mange but it doesn’t really seem to fit the symptoms as ive had to deal with mange in dogs brought to this shelter but never bring my clothes home. when we got her she also had a very bad cough that was never cured even from two treatments of kennel cough only recently did she stop coughing when I started fostering another chihuahua and we kept them separated until both got a clean bill of health as nothing could be explained about the coughing except it was just a cough and both dogs began playing together. the other dog does not have any hair loss or any other symptoms but my dog has also been eating science diet since she was at the shelter and since we brought her home but before I was mixing her food with samples such as evo and canidae to see which one she liked because I wanted to switch her from science diet but her condition worsened when I took her off the samples could this be a food allergy or mange.

Are there any laws protecting people adopting animals?

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My friend adopted a dog from a local pound. They told her that he was de-wormed, up to date on his shots and heart worm negative. She noticed over the course of a week that he coughed, sneezed and gagged alot so she took him to the vet. They said that he had kennel cough. He hadn’t been around any other animals in that short time so we knew it had come from the shelter. She brought the dog to my house where I have my own. He pottied on the floor and we noticed a worm in poop. To make sure we checked when he went to the bathroom later. Again we found a worm. She has a 9 month old daughter that was always touching the dog and he had been around my dog that whole night and day. We knew nothing about the disease and feared for both my dog and her baby. We asked advice and were told to take the dog to the pound and drop him off. He had a microchip so they were able to locate her and now are issuing her a citation for abandoment. The reason we took him was because she had already paid for his treatment of the kennel cough. and couldn’t afford to get him treated for something else. At this point he hadn’t had his vaccines or tests done because she had spent all of the money put aside for those treatments. We wanted the dog to have a chance and could think of nothing else but to give him back and hope someone could help him. She is now facing ,000 fine and 1 to 2 years in jail. We had no other choice, she has a baby. In the contract she signed it said that they do not guaruntee a healthy animal. When she signed they gave her a brief summary of the contract and never mentioned that. I am a witness to the gentleman sayin he was up to date and that all he needed was his rabies. We never got paperwork. There has to be a law out there protecting people from these shelters adopting out sick dogs or cats. I feel so bad for these poor animals and even worse for any animals they may come in contact with once rehomed. If they don’t tell you there is no guarantee how are you supposed to know? We asked the questions we believed were necessary, is he sick? are his shots up to date? Heart worm? But they never said anything. I think it should be against the law for these shelters to give out animals without checking them for sicknesses. It makes things worse for not only these families but the animals they may expose these diseases to. Please someone help I don’t want to see her go to jail because she tried to help this dog, she has a baby..

I just got a dog on saturday, and she’s the cutest thing. At first, we though she had kennel cough, and the kennel’s vet said it was nothing to worry about. Well, she stopped coughing, but she’s still not eating and looking sickly. She has diarreah, and yesterday I noticed something that looked like fettucini sticking out of her butt. It went back in, she didnt drop it. I think it’s tapeworm. We’re taking her to the vet today, but I wanted to prepare myself beforehand. How much should the treatment for tapeworm cost?

My dog has had a cough for months, we took him to the vets twice over the months hes had it and at first he was put on antibiotics and had a steroid injection and it calmed the cough down but it came back so we took him again for the same treatment she checked his heartbeat breathing etc and all was fine and the antibiotics and steroid injection instanly cleared the cough.
Then my husband took him out after we had purposely kept him in for a few weeks and suddenly the cough was there again i was gutted, he is a husky so he does pull on the collar which i dont think helps we got him a harness to wear, he coughs in the house mostly when he gets excited or sometimes when he drinks or sometimes when hes asleep and not even doing anything, the cough isnt severe its more like a gagging then a few drops of water will come out! but i just wandered if there was anyone else with this problem and is there anything i can do.
p.s he was immunised for kennel cough whenever hes been boarded

My puppy had kennel cough and was treated w/ antibiotics…our vet told us the cough can linger for a fe months even after treatment but I notice he wheezes now…what does this mean?

What is the average age a dog will get heart worm??? I have a 2 yr old dog that is very HYPER and happy but he has a cough that sounds like a cat with a fur ball. He went to the vet last weekend to get kennel cough treatment( 2 injections and antibiotics) but he is still coughing. He had his heart worm tablets 3 months ago and is due to get more but should i give him the tablets if he might possibly have heart worm…Please dont say go to the vet as atm i cant afford it and was wondering if i can give the heart worm treatment now and he wont die of a heart attack if he actually has heartworm. I dont think he does because at the moment he is very active like normal and he only has a cough that occurs about once every two days so its not often he has it. He only recently got this cough and do you think that this might be because of the change in season ( its spring in australia ) thanks !!! will deffinetly choose best helpful and not rude answer!!!
I give my dogs REVOLUTION and you give it every 3 months

I have toy poodle girl , 5 months old. It’s been around 3-4 weeks, sometimes she would suddenly not be able to breath. NOT when she is running or getting excited, as most people were asking, but when she was laying on the couch, or just sitting there. She sounds like smoker, back sneezing for a few seconds, then sounds like she finally gets something in her throat out, but nothing really came out, then she would catch up her breath. But when she was back sneezing like that, it’s really scary to me. She does this a few times a day. Does anyone know what this could be? What should be proper treatment?

Thank you in advance.
Thank you guys for trying to help.

Truckergirl, I do appreciate your answer and I think what you mentioned about after taking a nap or rest is exactly what happened to my puppy. I got her when she was 8 weeks old, from a breeder, not a pet store. So I’ve had her for about 3 months. I dont remember clearly whether she had the problem when we just got her, but it’s been regular in most recent 3-4 weeks. Also, I tried to put a little pressure on her throat, she looked fine and did not cough. Her gums do look dark color though, I noticed it recently and asked vet about it last week, but she said it’s fine and a lot of puppies have that dark/black gums.

Люби того кем сердце дышит, Кем зняты твои мечты. Кого глаза по всюду ищат……. Кого забыть не всилах ты………