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anjsmiles · 12-03-2008, 08:47 AM

I put this up in another section but I am posting it here as well as I am thinking my dog has kennel cough rather than collapsed trachea.

Reggie has had a [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]cough[/COLOR][/COLOR] going on 4 weeks now that has been somewhat worrisome to me. He never has a fever at the vets and he only coughs sporadically as if he is gagging. It seems worse in the mornings and evenings and when he drinks water. His cough sounds a little like a hack and often he acts as if he has phlegm in his throat. I don't really hear what sounds like "honking" although it has been a bit more hacking at times. 3 weeks ago when he got shots they tried massaging his throat to see if it would make him cough like it often does with Kennel Cough but he didn't cough at all. I had him back to the vet yesterday for puppy shots and mentioned the coughing again. The vet said yesterday that even though he didn't seem to be coughing as bad as a dog with kennel cough (he has never coughed at the vet's) that she wanted to give him a round of [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]antibiotics[/COLOR][/COLOR] in case it is that. He has had 1 kennel cough [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]vaccine[/COLOR][/COLOR] 3 weeks ago in the shot form and is due for the other one in 1 week but he was already coughing some before he got the vaccine so it could be kennel cough. The thing that worried me was that she said if the antibiotic doesn't clear it up we may need to get an X-ray to see if he has a collapsed trachea. I have been reading up on this and nothing I read about it is reassuring as many sites I found talked about folk's dog dying with this. I am feeling a bit better to read here that some of you have had dogs live productive lives with this.

Also, today Reggie had an episode of diarrhea. We are not sure if it is the antibiotic he is on or the ProDerma [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]supplement[/COLOR][/COLOR] they also started him on for his [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]dry [COLOR=green ! important]skin[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/l...rey_loader.gif
. I called the vet and they said it could be either one. I am leaving the ProDerma off today and watching to see if he has diarrhea again and if so I will take him back to the vet so they can check him. His coughing is not better either. In fact, he seemed to cough more this morning than usual. It is the same gagging type coughing. I am wondering if the antibiotic is making everything worse.

12-03-2008, 08:47 AM	#21
anjsmiles Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Watkinsville, Ga USA Posts: 155	My dog may have kennel cough too I put this up in another section but I am posting it here as well as I am thinking my dog has kennel cough rather than collapsed trachea. Reggie has had a [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]cough[/COLOR][/COLOR] going on 4 weeks now that has been somewhat worrisome to me. He never has a fever at the vets and he only coughs sporadically as if he is gagging. It seems worse in the mornings and evenings and when he drinks water. His cough sounds a little like a hack and often he acts as if he has phlegm in his throat. I don't really hear what sounds like "honking" although it has been a bit more hacking at times. 3 weeks ago when he got shots they tried massaging his throat to see if it would make him cough like it often does with Kennel Cough but he didn't cough at all. I had him back to the vet yesterday for puppy shots and mentioned the coughing again. The vet said yesterday that even though he didn't seem to be coughing as bad as a dog with kennel cough (he has never coughed at the vet's) that she wanted to give him a round of [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]antibiotics[/COLOR][/COLOR] in case it is that. He has had 1 kennel cough [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]vaccine[/COLOR][/COLOR] 3 weeks ago in the shot form and is due for the other one in 1 week but he was already coughing some before he got the vaccine so it could be kennel cough. The thing that worried me was that she said if the antibiotic doesn't clear it up we may need to get an X-ray to see if he has a collapsed trachea. I have been reading up on this and nothing I read about it is reassuring as many sites I found talked about folk's dog dying with this. I am feeling a bit better to read here that some of you have had dogs live productive lives with this. Also, today Reggie had an episode of diarrhea. We are not sure if it is the antibiotic he is on or the ProDerma [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]supplement[/COLOR][/COLOR] they also started him on for his [COLOR=green ! important][COLOR=green ! important]dry [COLOR=green ! important]skin[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/l...rey_loader.gif . I called the vet and they said it could be either one. I am leaving the ProDerma off today and watching to see if he has diarrhea again and if so I will take him back to the vet so they can check him. His coughing is not better either. In fact, he seemed to cough more this morning than usual. It is the same gagging type coughing. I am wondering if the antibiotic is making everything worse.