Help please

[roseylovestosho]

Hi everyone,
I took Teddy to a new vet today to ask about his sneezing/sniffling/coughing. Apparently, Teddy has bronchitis! He also told me that they do not vaccinate for Lepto in his office, he disagreed and said that it is not a problem in our area! Anyways, he seemed to not think it was a big deal, he assigned an antibiotic and robitussin dm for ten days.

[yorkieusa]

Poor lil guy. You must have had a gut feeling that something was not right. It's good to listen to those feelings. Glad you're getting to the bottom of his problems and getting them handled. He certainly has had a time of it. Did you get him from a breeder in your town? Did he have any of these problems when you brought him home? Anyway, I'm glad you're such a good mom and getting him the medical care he needs.

[roseylovestosho]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

Poor lil guy. You must have had a gut feeling that something was not right. It's good to listen to those feelings. Glad you're getting to the bottom of his problems and getting them handled. He certainly has had a time of it. Did you get him from a breeder in your town? Did he have any of these problems when you brought him home? Anyway, I'm glad you're such a good mom and getting him the medical care he needs.

Honestly, in the entire time he's been with me I did not notice anything of the sort until just recently. He never sneezed, coughed or gagged until I first noticed the tapeworms in his stool about a week and a half ago. Although (and this might be me being paranoid again) the vet did not do an xray or anything like that for his diagnosis. He massaged his trachea and he noticed that it was sensitive. He listened to his breathing and checked his lungs too and said that they were normal. Is this a general way to diagnose bronchitis? He didn't make a big deal about it, but I thought bronchitis is something you cannot completely cure?

[107barney]

I thought of you and Teddy today when I passed the chinese restaurant. How is he doing?

[roseylovestosho]

Originally Posted by 107barney

I thought of you and Teddy today when I passed the chinese restaurant. How is he doing?

First of all... on the chinese restaurant...
Second, I went to a new vet today and he diagnosed him with bronchitis The vet prescribed him amoxycillin for the next ten days...the vet didn't make a big deal about the diagnosis, but I thought bronchitis wasn't something that's curable? So, I'm not sure how to take the news.

[107barney]

Originally Posted by roseylovestosho

First of all... on the chinese restaurant...
Second, I went to a new vet today and he diagnosed him with bronchitis The vet prescribed him amoxycillin for the next ten days...the vet didn't make a big deal about the diagnosis, but I thought bronchitis wasn't something that's curable? So, I'm not sure how to take the news.

Yes it's curable. So, Teddy came home with worms, and with a cough, and I think you should take this up with his breeder. That aside, I'm glad you are fixing him up and he is lucky to have you. Also finally I'm glad you went with the new vet, did you like the vet?

[roseylovestosho]

Originally Posted by 107barney

Yes it's curable. So, Teddy came home with worms, and with a cough, and I think you should take this up with his breeder. That aside, I'm glad you are fixing him up and he is lucky to have you. Also finally I'm glad you went with the new vet, did you like the vet?

I'm not sure if he came with it or not because he only started the coughing/sneezing and worms a week ago? Yes I really did like the new vet, he agreed about the Lepto vaccine not being necessary and that it was not prevalent in our area.

[yorkieusa]

It depends if you are dealing with chronic bronchitis or allergic bronchitis. In a puppy, I would think you would be dealing with allergic bronchitis. I wonder if it could be kennel cough? I think chronic bronchitis is usually found in older dogs.

[107barney]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

It depends if you are dealing with chronic bronchitis or allergic bronchitis. In a puppy, I would think you would be dealing with allergic bronchitis. I wonder if it could be kennel cough? I think chronic bronchitis is usually found in older dogs.

I was thinking kennel cough as well.

[roseylovestosho]

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

It depends if you are dealing with chronic bronchitis or allergic bronchitis. In a puppy, I would think you would be dealing with allergic bronchitis. I wonder if it could be kennel cough? I think chronic bronchitis is usually found in older dogs.

I thought it might be allergic bronchitis too, just don't know what he might be allergic too? As I've mentioned, the symptoms arose after the vaccines, but yet again just because there's correlation that does not mean causation. I only heard him cough once and it seemed like he was going to vomit, but he didn't. I thought it might be kennel cough too, but I watched the videos in the YT library that showed the difference between kennel cough, reverse sneeze, and collapsed trachea and none of them seemed to match what Teddy was doing (but then again, I couldn't tell the difference between a tapeworm and a roundworm in Teddy's stool so I don't think I'm good at discerning things lol!) But, the vet didn't even think that it might be kennel cough. He didn't even mention it. I even told him about my incident with the benadryl and that I was afraid he aspirated it, but he assured me that he did not. The only thing that is new in my household is that I'm spraying bitter apple spray on furniture, but I doubt that he's allergic to that? He spends A LOT of time around the house sniffing the carpet, I vacuum it constantly, but maybe its dust??

[roseylovestosho]

I just read this article How to Treat Kennel Cough | eHow.com

and it mentions that kennel cough is "bronchitis"

[yorkieusa]

I just thought of something. Did you use regular benedryl or the flavored kind? I am not saying it is related to bronchitis. I know some have had reactions to the flavored kind.

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by roseylovestosho

I just read this article How to Treat Kennel Cough | eHow.com

and it mentions that kennel cough is "bronchitis"

Well, I sort of knew they are related, but I didn't really think they were the same. I've never had to deal with either/or. Chronic bronchitis would be kennel cough, but if it's the allergic bronchitis, then I would think not? I'm just guessing here. Hold on. I'll look for something.

[roseylovestosho]

Just read this too...

More often than not, kennel cough is merely a symptom of another, much worse disease that your pet is suffering from. Kennel cough may be a result of underlying health concerns such as heart disease, periodontal disease, heartworm, parasites, throat growths, pneumonia, irritations, and allergies.

Kennel Cough - Dog Kennel Cough Information - Kennel Cough In Dogs Treatments

[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by roseylovestosho

Just read this too...

More often than not, kennel cough is merely a symptom of another, much worse disease that your pet is suffering from. Kennel cough may be a result of underlying health concerns such as heart disease, periodontal disease, heartworm, parasites, throat growths, pneumonia, irritations, and allergies.

Kennel Cough - Dog Kennel Cough Information - Kennel Cough In Dogs Treatments

That makes sense. The worms weakening his system.

This is about bronchitis. I'm going to read your article now.

http://www.webvets.com/PDF/Bronchitis.pdf