What should I do??

[NatNatt]

Maybe that's what it is because he was fine before he got his 3 shots.

[megooego]

Originally Posted by OlivesMommy

My puppy just got that at 14 weeks, so I don't think hers would have it yet. It did give her cold like symptoms for a day or two.

Well her puppy got vaccines very early.. so it is a possibility.

When I brought home Marshall, he had an upper respiratory infection (kennel cough) and he gave it to my boy Jimi, too. It is fairly easy to treat w/ meds from the vet, but if it goes untreated then it can develop into pneumonia. Please take him to the vet as soon as you can.

[OlivesMommy]

Originally Posted by megooego

Well her puppy got vaccines very early.. so it is a possibility.

When I brought home Marshall, he had an upper respiratory infection (kennel cough) and he gave it to my boy Jimi, too. It is fairly easy to treat w/ meds from the vet, but if it goes untreated then it can develop into pneumonia. Please take him to the vet as soon as you can.

Oh, I didn't realize he got his shots so early... Then you're absolutely right.

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by megooego

Well her puppy got vaccines very early.. so it is a possibility.

When I brought home Marshall, he had an upper respiratory infection (kennel cough) and he gave it to my boy Jimi, too. It is fairly easy to treat w/ meds from the vet, but if it goes untreated then it can develop into pneumonia. Please take him to the vet as soon as you can.

I agree you do not want him getting pneumonia that is no fun

[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!

[Mardelin]

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!

Yorkies are expensive, so are vet bills. With a tiny such as this, without his mother's immunities, having had his innoculations at a too young age....I don't think you'd want to take a chance. A cold at his age could very well turn into Pneumonia. Money shouldn't be a deciding factor. These little guys can go down so fast and I don't think you could live with the guilt if you didn't err on the side of caution.

[chestermama]

he is very young, he needs to go to the vet

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Yorkies are expensive, so are vet bills. With a tiny such as this, without his mother's immunities, having had his innoculations at a too young age....I don't think you'd want to take a chance. A cold at his age could very well turn into Pneumonia. Money shouldn't be a deciding factor. These little guys can go down so fast and I don't think you could live with the guilt if you didn't err on the side of caution.

Great post!

Remember that vets don't give antibiotics unless they think there's a problem, so your vet was playing it safe. I've seen people let it go too long, and the vet bill was closer to $1000. You should always think of safety first, we had to go to the emergency room twice with Joey in the first year, toy breeds are expensive; the price of the dog is the least expensive part. You did the right thing!

[NatNatt]

I hope these antibiotics work because if not I got to go back and spend another 150$. Would insurance take care of this stuff If I got it for him?

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Yorkies are expensive, so are vet bills. With a tiny such as this, without his mother's immunities, having had his innoculations at a too young age....I don't think you'd want to take a chance. A cold at his age could very well turn into Pneumonia. Money shouldn't be a deciding factor. These little guys can go down so fast and I don't think you could live with the guilt if you didn't err on the side of caution.

i agree trust me i have spent a fortune lolll but you do not want to mess around with a toy breed. They are small and things can turn bad quickly - you may want to get insurance if you think this might help you better pre-plan for vet bills or set up a separate savings account for vet costs and save monthly

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Great post!

Remember that vets don't give antibiotics unless they think there's a problem, so your vet was playing it safe. I've seen people let it go too long, and the vet bill was closer to $1000. You should always think of safety first, we had to go to the emergency room twice with Joey in the first year, toy breeds are expensive; the price of the dog is the least expensive part. You did the right thing!

lol isn't that the truth lolll the cost of the dog is the cheap part

[kjc]

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...

[kjc]

Originally Posted by NatNatt

I hope these antibiotics work because if not I got to go back and spend another 150$. Would insurance take care of this stuff If I got it for him?

Most will not cover this incident... they do not cover preexisting conditions...at least the ones I researched won't. There'a a sticky somewhere that evalutes insurances for pets...

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by NatNatt

I hope these antibiotics work because if not I got to go back and spend another 150$. Would insurance take care of this stuff If I got it for him?

Insurance will cover illness, anual check-ups, teeth cleaning, spay/nueter. The down side is that the coverage is about 80%, and you still have to prepay, file papers to be reimbursed.

The best option that is offered by some vets is to set aside a savings account for emergencies.....

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by chestermama

he is very young, he needs to go to the vet

She's taken him to a vet and is being treated.