my dog has kennel cough and gave it to the neighbors dog?
Hi, I have a 3 month old rottweiler mix and we brought him from the pound over 2 weeks ago. We rent a back house and the owner’s have a 3 year old boxer in the backyard. Before we brought our dog, their dog wasn’t sick. A few days later, my dog started with a cough and it sounded like he had kennel cough. I took her to the vet a week later because she got better in a few days. She gave her antibiotics and she is been taking them for 3 days now. The boxer also has that since my dog gave it to her (we feel so bad about that). Her symptoms are worse than my dog, she is been puking white foam and all the food she eats, today it looked like her vomit had some blood on it. We are very worried, the neighbors are mad at us and are also giving her medicine but it’s been 3 days already and it looks like she is not getting better. Is this how the medicine works? Is she supposed to be coughing even if she is taking the medicine? Because my dog is not coughing anymore. Also, my dog ate some of the boxer’s puke, is this going to affect her more? I appreciate any answers. Thanks.
also, when I took my dog to the vet, she was worried and told me it might be distemper, she told me took out for other signs and if she is not getting better in a week to take her back. why would she have distemper? I already love her to much to see her go.
a vet came to their house on sunday and they said that he gave her a shot with antibiotics and left medicine for her (cough syrup). I really think they should take her to another vet since her symptoms are not getting better, they say they love their dog but since we moved in here we noticed that they never take her out for walks, she lives in the backyard 24/7 and now that my dog came I was taking both of them for walks, she loved it. We feel very bad about her being sick because if she doesn’t get better, it would be our fault.
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your doing whts best just make sure you take you puppy
to make sure tht nothing is wrong has your neibor tooker her dog
tell her to take hima nd get more help
You have done the right things, you took your puppy to vet and got treatment and presumably your puppy is now recovered?
You did not know the puppy was incubating Kennel Cough so your neighbours cannot blame you for their dog getting it, it is just unfortunate, and it is their resposnibility to get veterinary care for their own dog now.
If your vet suspecting your puppy had distemper she should have got her blood checked to be sure !
Yes, she could have caught distemper, and dogs confined in kennels/pounds are more likely to catch it, but as you imply your puppy is better, then stop worrying.
Did thy take the other dog to the vet to check if she is ok?
If not thy must do that and fast!
First, more info on kennel cough will help you. Go to:
http://www.thepetcenter.com/gen/kenc.html
Kennel Cough in dogs will stimulate a coarse, dry, hacking cough about three to seven days after the dog is initially infected. It sounds as if the dog needs to "clear it’s throat" and the cough will be triggered by any extra activity. Many dogs that acquire Kennel Cough will cough every few minutes, all day long. Their general state of health and alertness will be unaffected, they usually have no rise in temperature, and do not lose their appetite. The signs of Canine Cough usually will last from 7 to 21 days and can be very annoying for the dog and the dog’s owners. Life threatening cases of Kennel Cough are extremely rare and a vast majority of dogs that acquire the infection will recover on their own with no medication. Cough suppressants and occasionally antibiotics are the usual treatment selections. as for distemper, go to: http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_canine_distemper.html
The typical distemper suspect is a rescue or pet store dog or puppy, usually with questionable vaccination history or an as yet incomplete vaccination series. The dog or puppy has been housed with other rescue dogs. Symptoms begin with:
Gooey eye and nose discharge
Fever (which often comes and goes unnoticed)
Poor Appetite
Coughing and the development of pneumonia
The virus is attacking interfaces of the body with the environment (the “mucous membranes”) and starts with the respiratory tract, hence the pneumonia, but it does not stop there. The virus moves on to produce:
Vomiting and Diarrhea
Callusing of the nose and foot pads (hence one of the old names for distemper – “hard pad disease”)
After completing what is called the “mucosal phase” of infection where environmental interfaces are attacked (as described by the above GI and respiratory disease), the virus proceeds to the central nervous system for its “neurologic phase” leading to:
Seizures (classically starting with snapping or tremoring of the jaws which progress to convulsions of the whole body. This distemper classic sign is called a “chewing gum fit.”) Seizures are not the only distemper sign by any means. Tremors, imbalance, and limb weakness all may occur. Signs may progress to death or may become non-progressive and permanent. Recovery is also possible.
This means that the dog appears to recover only to break with neurologic disease 1-3 weeks later. Younger puppies or individuals with weak immunity oft
when your dog had this would it just lay about and have no energy and if it did get up be all wobbly on its legs. The vet says that is what my dog has but im not sure it is.
Well kennel cough is air borne, and can clearly take a week or more to recover from. It is odd that the older dog got it, assuming that it had been up on its shots, and kennel cough. I didn’t think it was fatal, but I am not a vet, and you are right, there could be other issues there like distemper to deal with. It would be a kind gesture for you to pay their vet bills, but that is only if you thought it was the right thing to do.