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Originally Posted by NatNatt  I just took him and he is fine...he just has a little bit of a cold but its nothing serious. Now I am 140$ broke because of the visit. They just gave me benedryl and antibiotic to just to clear his nose up. I wonder if it would of just cleard up by itself and he would of been fine because taking him is not cheap at all! |
That's exactly what you want, preventative treatment before it developes into something serious. Pups and dogs with runny or stuffed up noses can stop eating because they get to a point when they cannot smell their food. As that progresses, they get weaker and weaker, until it's uncertain that treatment will even have any effect. It's always best to catch things early. If it was nothing, the vet never would have prescribed medication.
Would it have cleared up itself? Maybe, maybe not. Taking your pup's history into consideration, it is more likely to have progressed and developed into pneumonia, due to his age, lack of maternal antibodies, and incomplete vaccine regimen. Cold-like symptoms should
never be ignored in young puppies nor in older dogs. Pneumonia very frequently ends in the death of the dog. The stories you hear of dogs/puppies recovering from it are true miracles.
Here is one:
Please do not assume that because your pet is vaccinated, it will not get sick. I learned the hard way. My new rescue Yorkie developed a runny nose 2 days after I brought her home. Ten days later, my 12 year old showed the same symptoms, except the amount of discharge from his nose made him stop eating. Then between Vet visits, it turned into
pneumonia (secondary bacterial infection), and he came extremely close to dying. The 1st antibiotic he was on did not help him, there was no improvement in his condition 24-48 hours after the initial dose. His clear runny became cloudy, his fever went up to 105.0. I laid him on the table on top of 2 bags of frozen veges trying to get the fever to break. It went to 104.9, I temped him again every 15 minutes, and it was 105.6. We went quickly to the nearest Vet, got xrayed, nebulized (inhalant antibiotic) and sent home on different antibiotics. His record and take- home instructions stated
" owner is aware that Pneumonia=death in many dogs" He took his last pill today and is doing great. After researching online, I believe he contracted Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which is a strain of Corona virus found in places where many dogs are kept: kennels, humane societies, puppy mills, etc.
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Also, he should continually show improvement. If, one day, he seems worse, get him back to the vet immediately.
And, keep us posted... Hope he gets through this with no complications...