Bordetella When I got Winston he had kennel cough. We got an antibiotic that cleared it up. When he got the Bordetella vaccination it was administered in his nose. He sneezed, stuff came flying out, and he kept on shaking his head as if he was trying to clear it. He made a hacking noise in the vet's, but did not show any kennel cough symptoms when we got him home. He also had other vaccinations that day, so he was lethargic and "out of it" that night, but didn't have the same kennel cough symptoms (looked and sounded like a cat hacking up a hair ball) that he had when we first got him. |