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Old 11-08-2009, 06:29 AM   #12
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Hi and welcome and YT.

I went through this with Roxie when I first got her. We went to the vet several times ourselves. She would cough and cough and gag and it always sounded like something should have been laying in a pile on the floor, but nothing ever was. She did the antibiotics too and that's good because I'm sure it kept it from turning into full blown pneumonia. Once they get these sort of upper respiratory infections it can just take awhile for the irritation to go away. My vet said that she had known of another case with another dog where the dog was better but the cough just took a long time to subside. This was Roxie too. It took her months to get past that cough. Her bark is now very hoarse sounding and almost doesn't exist. I think all of that coughing scarred her vocal chords. Does your little one seem ok in spite of the coughing, and have a good appetite and is running around playing? If so I'd say your on the mend it's just going to take time for the cough. To help soothe the cough you could take her into the bathroom and run a hot steamy shower and just let her breathe the steam in. Another thing you can do is tap on each side of the rip cage gently with 2 fingers (about where the lungs are) several times a day. When we first went through it Roxie was so sick I thought she was going to die in my hands. I was very scared. Even though the cough lasted a long time I knew she was much better then when we had first got her. If it makes you feel better to get a second opinion from another vet then by all means do so. Sometimes these kinds of things just take time to get over and as long as your little one seems like she's doing better that's a good thing. Hope this helps a little.

Roxie and Lori
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