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10-06-2008, 02:58 PM | #16 | |
Currently Suspended! Join Date: May 2008 Location: indiana
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| Kennel cough Quote:
I have cleaned the areas were I keep my dogs, with multiple things, make sure they have dried before letting your dogs go back in areas where you have cleaned. There noses are sensitive and moist areas seem to irritate them more. Keep dogs who actively are coughing separate from your other dogs. Now I have treated my dogs with clavamox to Cepha drops. It has taken any where from 2-6 weeks to completely clear this up. Actually I have noticed Bordetella did not exaserbate the symptoms, if anything it helped clear it up. Exposure to the bacteria or virus from another dog was actually what caused the cough. Your dog may not show symptoms the same day they are exposed it could take 1-3 days to 1-2 weeks before showing signs of kennel cough. It all depends on the immunity level of your dog and its ability to fight off these offenses. good luck and keep on giving them the medicine. A warm moist vaporizer helps decrease the irritation and a cough suppressant without alcohol, just a little advice Robitusin works but they hate the taste. | |
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10-07-2008, 06:15 PM | #17 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Missouri City, TX
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| Daisy was sick for 4 weeks. She is not coughing at all anymore however she has started to show some new symptoms. I had posted this question on another area of this forum regarding cloudy eyes. We noticed her eyes were getting cloudy and didn't remember them being that way. She also has a very small nervous tic (that is the best way I can describe it) where she kind of shudders her little head back and forth for a second or two. That has become more frequent. I just took her to the vet today and he thinks she could possibly have distemper. Evidently distemper manifests itself with the respiratory symptoms, and also can attack the GI system (she has had some diahrea but I thought it was due to her constantly trying to eat everything outside). It also can affect the eyes -- after examination by my vet he determined that she has inflammation in both eyes and we started some steriod eye drops. But lastly it can affect the nervous system which could be the cause of the tic that is getting more frequent. We are watching her closely and I am taking her back to my vet on Friday. Everything I have read about Distemper is very scary so I am praying that this is just a series of coincidences and that she in fact does not have distemper. I hope your little guy gets better soon. If he is also experiencing any GI symptoms, changes in his eyes, or perhaps you notice some odd muscle twitches, it might be worth your while to ask your Vet about the possibility of distemper. |
02-21-2009, 07:32 AM | #18 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Teague, Tx.
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| Hello everyone, I just read what you all said and I came here to look for answers to my baby's horrible "snorting, runny nose, weird breathing problems" and this sounds just like it. It all just started one day and when it happens he has a runny nose, he makes awful snorting noises as he's breathing in and it just sounds awful. He's having a hard time breathing. He is around 9 to 10 years old but he has always been at home. I have three other inside dogs but he is the only one with this problem. I've taken him to the vet three or four times and each time he's had some antibiotics and some breathing medicine and has gotten better for a week or so then it starts back up again. It's weird - when I take him out of the house all of the symptoms stop. He never does the snorting at the vets - ever - except that one time I was smoking while holding him cause I wanted the vet to hear what he does, Lol - I know, I'm awful but I was at my wits end and needed the vet to see what he was doing. My house is VERY dusty. I live in a little lake cabin with NO insulation and the dust gathers in giant balls behind EVERYTHING. I used to be diligent about cleaning it but the more I dust the worse he gets. Also after I smoke and he licks my face that will set him off too. The other morning he started up and the only thing I could think of is that it was cold outside. I don't know what to do anymore. Could it be kennel cough? I don't take him outside because he's allergic to EVERYTHING - literally. The grass makes him choke down and he gets this awful rash and it's much worse when he eats the grass which he always tries to do. He loves outside but everytime I've ever taken him out he has had to get a shot from the vet. Any help would be much appreciated. Could this be kennel cough? Allergies? Some weird yorkie disease - the poor things seem like they have more problems than your average mut. Or what? It's driving me crazy, he's getting old and I fret about losing him to this. He's my best friend and I can't imagine my world without him. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you all. |
02-21-2009, 07:37 AM | #19 | |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Teague, Tx.
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02-23-2009, 11:49 AM | #20 | |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 10
| Don't smoke around your Yorkie! Quote:
Clean your house and keep it clean. My Yorkie also develops some snortiness when the house is less clean than it should be. And, don't ever smoke around your pets. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but it seems completely obvious to me that is what's going on, especially since you say he is totally fine when you go outside in the fresh air! | |
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