Kennel Cough

[Ranger Rick]

Has anyone out there in UPH land had experience with kennel cough? My setter is going through it for the second year in a row. Last year it cleared up quickly enough. This year after a course of anti-biotics it was waning, but just won't go away. If he gets excited he starts coughing and yacking. Throws up yellow bile once in a while. The blastomycosis test came back negative [I lost my last dog at 5 years to blasto], so did tests for lung parasites. He's not running a fever, is pretty much his pain-in-the-ass self, has gained a few pounds as expected after the hunting season, but the cough persists. The Vet is saying if it's a virus we just wait to let it run it's course, but it's been 5-6 weeks now.

 

[Gatzby]

All three of my dogs had it in mid October. All three were mostly cleared up in 3-4 days of anti biotics. It probably took 7-10 days for it to be fully cleared up. I can see what was prescribed if you want. I know the vet wanted to use Doxy but price and availability made that impossible. I was never able to determin where we contracted it???

FYI Target pharmacys can fill many K9 prescriptions

 

[FCSpringer]

All mine got it on the road last year at the national, all ok in a week of anti. Can look up what brand, wanna say clavamox, could be wrong. Do you do the bordetela shot? Normaaly do, but I did not last year when I should have. Thanks for the reminder, Needs doin right now. Shot seems to work for most strains.:thumbsup: