kennel cough

[FranMan]

A co-worker is dealing with this right now. He says his dog is really down. Like he just wants to sleep and do nothing else. Anyone dealt with this have any tips?

[judgemenot]

Just that they should go to the vet if they havnt yet. Whenever you have to kennel a dog or take it to a new place while your going away, its a good idea to vacinate the dog for this. Its reatively inexpensive and worth not having to deal with the vet bill later. Always get the vacine more than 10 days before taking your dog around other dogs as its a live vaccine and makes your dog the dog giving it instead of getting it. Make sure any kennels you use requires that the dog be givin it and at least 10 days before boarding. Unless the seperate the dog from the rest of the population.

[Birddog]

Just that they should go to the vet if they havnt yet. Whenever you have to kennel a dog or take it to a new place while your going away, its a good idea to vacinate the dog for this. Its reatively inexpensive and worth not having to deal with the vet bill later. Always get the vacine more than 10 days before taking your dog around other dogs as its a live vaccine and makes your dog the dog giving it instead of getting it. Make sure any kennels you use requires that the dog be givin it and at least 10 days before boarding. Unless the seperate the dog from the rest of the population.

Agreed!

We had 2 that we thought had it, before we went to the vet we did a bunch of research on it. It's weird to see the different opinions/arguements and "facts" presented on it.. One Vet equated it to a human head cold..

Definitely get to a Vet, to get it checked out and avoid other dogs!

Ours turned out to be coughing from drywall dust from where they were working on their escape hatch..

[FranMan]

Agreed!

We had 2 that we thought had it, before we went to the vet we did a bunch of research on it. It's weird to see the different opinions/arguements and "facts" presented on it.. One Vet equated it to a human head cold..

Definitely get to a Vet, to get it checked out and avoid other dogs!

Ours turned out to be coughing from drywall dust from where they were working on their escape hatch..


The guy took the dog twice now to the vet. It has been a week and his puppy is still slacking around.