Ranger Rick
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My 3-1/2 year old setter has a cough, bronchitis. This is the third time he's had it. Nov 2012 after being boarded for a week. Nov 2013 after returning from Iowa pheasant hunting. Now July into August 2014.
Nov 2012 treated with antibiotics for kennel cough. Nov 2013 same treatment, but it seemed to linger into the winter. Now this.
No blastomycosis. No tick borne diseases. Bronchial wash did not show any bacterial infections.
My vet figures allergies, but my breeders and their vet doubt allergies. Vet put the Pup is on prednisone and it went away, but in weaning him off of them the cough came back. Now back on the prednisone and added an antibiotics he hasn't been on before.
Bottom line, I figure once the drugs are run through he'll be back coughing again. My vet doesn't have a clue what else to do. The breeders vet thinks possible damage to trachea while hunting, or something he never really got over from the first go round. He agrees with steps my vet has taken, but I've not had much encouragement that we're on course to nip this for good.
Has anyone else ever experienced something like this with their dogs?
Nov 2012 treated with antibiotics for kennel cough. Nov 2013 same treatment, but it seemed to linger into the winter. Now this.
No blastomycosis. No tick borne diseases. Bronchial wash did not show any bacterial infections.
My vet figures allergies, but my breeders and their vet doubt allergies. Vet put the Pup is on prednisone and it went away, but in weaning him off of them the cough came back. Now back on the prednisone and added an antibiotics he hasn't been on before.
Bottom line, I figure once the drugs are run through he'll be back coughing again. My vet doesn't have a clue what else to do. The breeders vet thinks possible damage to trachea while hunting, or something he never really got over from the first go round. He agrees with steps my vet has taken, but I've not had much encouragement that we're on course to nip this for good.
Has anyone else ever experienced something like this with their dogs?