It sound like Jazzy has what my dog Holly has. She had a hairball cough and I took her to the vet for x rays and they found pneumonia. She has been on Baytril for 4 weeks. We went for a second x ray and the pneumonia is gone but she still has the hacking cough. The x ray also found a partially collapsed trachea. After doing alot of online research and from all the info from this forum I found out that that hairball cough is part of the trachea problem. Supposedly they are clearing their airway by doing that. Mind you before the hacking up the cough begins with rapid goose honk sound then she will run from wherever she is to the corner of the room and try and hack something up. This happens about six times a day. Being that she is clear of pneumonia I figure this cough will be here forever. But I will definitely ask my vet for different types of cough suppressants and anti inflammatorys. Don't let this forum scare you or worry you in any way. There are alot of Yorkie owners in the same boat. The only thing you can do is learn about the disease and treat it in the best available way. My wife and I where scared out of our minds until we found this forum. It has helped immensely. |