Dogs cough?
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
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I m sure you have done your research online,but i found this with a quick google search….
"The examining veterinarian will determine the best treatment for the dog, since many medications are available. Most often, however, kennel cough can be treated by antibiotics, which destroy any bacteria that are causing infections in the respiratory system. An antibiotic will not kill a virus, but it will kill the bacterial infections that may occur alone or secondary to the virus. Although not recommended for dogs that have a productive cough, cough suppressants are often very beneficial to dogs that have a persistent, dry, hacking cough and are not trying to cough up mucus and fluid. In addition, vaporizers can promote healing by keeping the dog’s respiratory tissues moist. Dogs with kennel cough should drink plenty of water to help prevent dehydration. Restriction of exercise will help decrease the irritation of the airways."
Sounds like your dog was close to healing, but it takes awhile. Also, i m pretty sure there is a multitude of kennel cough strains, and just because your dog has been immunized doesn t mean it cant get it. This article didn’t mention it, but maybe ask your vet about some kind of immune booster, specifically protein. ( My GFs cat has a persistent cough, but she grinds up lysine in its food which helps alot).
dunno, sounds like kennel cough to me, but since he’s been immunized for that, I suggest going to a different vet, as the one your using isn’t worth a crap. Get a second oppiono
He might have an allergy, check with your vet, sometimes animals can have them as bad as people. The steroid injection is like an anti-inflamatory that is going to reduce the swelling which makes it easier for him to breathe which makes the cough go away, it’s like the cough is his sign of trying to catch his breath. He might have to stay on a low dose of steroid tablet? Like prednisone or lower.
My sweet dog Jack recently died and he had a cough. He was put on multiple drugs to try and fix it, an xray to see if anything internal was wrong and nothing helped. One night he got really sick and we rushed him to the vet – he died in my husbands arms of heart failure! Yes apparently a cough can mean their is heart problems but we had no idea until he died – he was 5 years old so not an old dog.
Ask your vet about this as I would hate for you to have the same pain as me – i have lost a piece of me with him gone
xo