pneumonia
 

Has anyone ever had their yorkie get pneumonia?
it's so strange?
cody was at a day care center about 3 weeks ago, the week before labor day, and then labor day weekend he had a friend over for the long weeken. after his friend left he was a sad and hacking a little, about a week or so later i got very worried because he looked like he was still sad, and was hacking a little more. i took him to the vet and they took xrays and says that he has pneumonia? how did this happen?
my friends dog is perfectly fine.
and cody has totally changed from the friendliest playful dog to this sick sad puppy ...it's heart wretching.

Aw, poor Cody:( I don't have any experience with pneumonia but I will pray for your baby and hope he gets better quickly.

Poor little guy!! How old is he? Hopefully someone who has dealt with this can give you some advice.

I've never dealt with it either, but I will pray for him and you.

Bella hasn't had pneumonia either, but I'm sure someone on here will have some good advice. I am so sorry that your baby isn't feeling well and will pray for a speedy recovery!

Hope little Cody is ok. Did the vet say if it was life threatening? What did the vet give you for a prescription?

My previous dog, Manya, had an acute aspiration pneumonia and died in three days from that. You have to understand that it is VERY serious. You puppy has to be put on antibiotics right away. You have to have a vet that supervises his progress. What is his white blood cell count? Has the x-ray showed pneumonia in one or two lungs? He might need to be put on oxygen in case his oxygenation level is low. Your doctor has to check this out along with his blood and chest x-rays. He can't be left home alone because nobody knows what might happen.

all our thoughts and prayers are on the way to you and Cody ... I hope this can be cleared up with antibiotics ...

sending love ...:love:

{My previous dog, Manya, had an acute aspiration pneumonia and died in three days from that. You have to understand that it is VERY serious. You puppy has to be put on antibiotics right away. You have to have a vet that supervises his progress. What is his white blood cell count? Has the x-ray showed pneumonia in one or two lungs? He might need to be put on oxygen in case his oxygenation level is low. Your doctor has to check this out along with his blood and chest x-rays. He can't be left home alone because nobody knows what might happen.}

omg, you're freaking me out.....

he had xrays last week and is a little better, been on antibiotics, and he's goig back to the vet on thursday. the doc didn't do blood tests just xrays, so i don't know what his blood counts are.

he's playful but obviously not as much as usual, when i give him his ball he is so happy, but i only paly with him for a little bit cause he'll start hacking.

Prayer's coming for your little guy to have a complete recovery.

So sorry to hear about your little guy. He probably picked it up at the doggy daycare. Your vet has him on antibiotics and if he doesn't appear to be getting worse he should be coming out of it. I know it takes quite a while to recover from such a serious illness so just be patient, go to your follow-up vet appt. and give him tons of love.

Ask your vet about him running around and playing. I think with pneumonia rest is what Cody needs. I don't think the extra hacking is good for him. But it sure sounds like he's getting a lot better. Way to fight Cody!

Hope Cody gets better soon. Sorry he is so ill.

thank you all for your prayers and kind works, i think cody had a break through last night, he is still hacking but not as much, and he seems like he's almost back to normal, his playfullness is coming back and he's eating his food normally again. i took him outside yeterday for the first time in a week, and he was so happy to be outside, of course i kept him away from the other dogs. we're going back to the vet tomorrow to get another set of xrays to make sure the chest is clear, but everything looks promising.

thanks again.

Way to take care of Cody. Your a good mommie! Glad he's on the mend.

You should not freak out but just be mindful that it is a very serious disease. My dog was an absolute princess, spoiled rotten, from a very reputable breeder, champion sired - all nine yards. Yet, she had it in one day and died in three. Her diagnosis was an acute aspiration pneumonia, which means that it started out of nowhere. After doing a fair amount of research, I realized that an aspiration pneumonia is usually related to chocking on food or other substance. I wonder if your x-ray showed a presence of any foreign substance in his stomach that he could have chocked on.

When bacteria enters the lungs, the inflamation of the lungs causes pneumonia. The antibiotics should help your dog to get rid of this bacteria. I am surprised that your vet has not done blood work and has not checked upon your dog's oxygenation level. The increase in the white blood cell count signals a presence of infection in the lungs. The count also signals the severity of the infection and whether or not it is under control. How does your doctor know that the antibiotics are helping your dog? He needs to measure his white blood cell count against what it was before. Ideally, antibiotics have to bring it back to normal. Since pneumonia causes the swelling of lungs due to the infection, it affects the amount of oxygent that your dog's blood receives. That' s why he had to check his oxygenation level to make sure that he is getting enough oxygen. Otherwise, the dog should be put on oxygen if it is not enough.

Also, I would not recommend you to play very physically with your dog since it affects his breathing.

Are you sure that your doctor diagnosed your dog with pneumonia? It sounds like he treats him more for bronchitis. If he did diagnose him with pneumonia, did he say what kind (there are multiple kinds and there are multiple corresponding antibiotics) and did he say whether it affected one or two lungs?

aspiration pneumonia
 

Aspiration pneumonia is the worst kind of pneumonia to recover from and many dogs die from it within days. If his pneumonia was diagnosed soon and he is on antibiotics he will probably be fine in a few days. He should get extra rest as some other stated here though. It doesn't sound like he had aspiration pneumonia

yorkie pneumonia
 

my Mia was perfectly fine 2 days ago. In 1 day she started a cough...threw up...trouble breathing. Called vet..they saw her next morning and told me she would most likely die. SHOCKING. They gave her a shot of antibiotic and a can of protein food supplement and recomended the vet hospital. I was reluctant to go there...extremely expensive...but after watching her struggle to breath, went. They put her on oxygen and pretty much said the same thing...I could keep her there. Approx bill over $5,000 and 50/50 chance she could pull through. She is only a 3lb., 4 month old.

We took her home...is on 2 different antibiotics. Are giving her a syringe of water/pedialite a bit of nutracal and protien food suppliment about every 1 to 2 hours. Have also put her in a steam tent (boiling pot of water and towel) for 10 minutes...did that with my kids so thought I would try it.
Got through last night...she looks slightly better today but the breathing is sooo labored and she is exhausted.

Pray for her...my whole family is distraut and on watch...we took shifts through the night.

She was going to her new home today...of course the family is soo sad. If we can pull her through we feel we must keep her.

Any other suggestions are eagerly wanted...