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yorkieK9trainer · 09-09-2007, 07:56 PM

Giving dogs the Bordetella (Kennel cough) vaccine through the nasal cavity as a spray gets processed into their systems faster than via injection.

I personally prefer the injection for my own reasons and I give it to my dogs myself, but intranasal is fine too.

Your girl may be sneezing and coughing slightly because she was just given the vaccine days before being transported to you and she may still be irritated from it and that's causing nasal drainage which would account for you symptoms. Ask your vet.

Also, giving this vaccine is only a preventative. As w/ any virus, they mutate and she can still get Bordetella, it's just unlikely so long as she's current on the vaccine.

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09-09-2007, 07:56 PM	#13
yorkieK9trainer YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North eastern Illinois Suburbs Posts: 1,669	Giving dogs the Bordetella (Kennel cough) vaccine through the nasal cavity as a spray gets processed into their systems faster than via injection. I personally prefer the injection for my own reasons and I give it to my dogs myself, but intranasal is fine too. Your girl may be sneezing and coughing slightly because she was just given the vaccine days before being transported to you and she may still be irritated from it and that's causing nasal drainage which would account for you symptoms. Ask your vet. Also, giving this vaccine is only a preventative. As w/ any virus, they mutate and she can still get Bordetella, it's just unlikely so long as she's current on the vaccine. jm2c, WELCOME TO YT! __________________ "Big things come in small packages" http://www.myspace.com/yorkiek9trainer Last edited by yorkieK9trainer; 09-09-2007 at 07:58 PM.