kennel cough

[Guest world.hunters]

went to vets today for his first lot of jabs but he has been coughing abit yesterday and more today. i explain to the vets and he told me it was kennel cough and game me a weeks worth of tablets. i then got a bill for 45quid 20+ just for looking at the dog

 

what is peoples experiance with kennel cough and how long will it last he seems totally fine eats the same shits the same plays the same. the vet said i should see an improvement in 2 - 3 days

 

is there anythink i can do to help my pup

 

 

cheers lads

[Simoman 110]

I was always told to give the dogs benylin and put tcp in the water????

[Guest Dale]

I was always told to give the dogs benylin and put tcp in the water????

 

yes childrens cough medcine is what the kennels gave me when i rescued a dog before , it worked fine ,

 

Dale

[Guest world.hunters]

can kennel cough be serious???

[Simoman 110]

can kennel cough be serious???

 

Only if your dogs a smoker....

[Guest world.hunters]

can kennel cough be serious???

 

Only if your dogs a smoker....

 

:thumbs-up:

[Guest Dale]

just keep your dog away from other dogs matey , will just circulate ect and it will never go , just get passed dog to dog all the time ,

 

Dale

[Dawn B 212]

YES Kennel cough can kill dogs! It can develop into Pneumonia especially in young puppies and old dogs, usually though the dogs are ok in themselves and get over it fairly quickly. You should keep your dog away from others untill well after its stopped coughing and finish the course of tabs. Best of luck.

Dawn.

[Guest world.hunters]

cheers

 

although i do not think my gsd has it or had it etc i have already made the decision to keep them seperated until pup has got over this and a few weeks after the first set of jabs that the pup will have on saturday

[Dawn B 212]

Its not worth seperating your own dogs mate. it can be spread on clothes etc.. its an airborne virus. There is a fair chance your other dog wont get it anyway, i have had one with it and not the others, and 3 with it and not the other! Its really indescriminate.

Dawn.

[Guest world.hunters]

ok thanks dawn

[blackpack 70]

my 5 dogs had it, gave them childs cough medicine, took 4 weeks to clear then the dogs seemed to have no energy for weeks later, (beagles knows how my dogs caught this) :whistle:

[pilgrim1982 0]

My dogs had it, it wasn't the most pleasant experience particularly when they are in the house coughing all night. Its a nasty rasping type cough as well. The vet said not to give them cough medicine as this can slow their recovery by not letting them clear their lungs as well. He just gave me some antibiotics which initially helped alot but after i stopped giving them the antibiotics the cough came back and took about a week for it to clear up. The still seemed active with the cough and would still run around even if they ended up coughing though i tried to restrict their activities. The antibiotics are just to prevent pneumonea and anything more serious setting in.

[Guest world.hunters]

well from what i have read up on the tinternet my dog must only have a mild case of it as they can be coughing every few minutes and my pup is coughing more or less every hour or so.

[socks 32,253]

get a bottle of kids cough mixture and a bottle of tcp poure half the cough mixture out and and fil up with tcp ... give a table spoon in the morning and one in the night .... also if you get big red spanish onions and cut them in half and hang them in the dogs kennel it will help eradicate the spores and speed up the healing process ...........