Worried please help - Page 2

Heart problems can cause this sort of coughing. This is probably well beyond what a regular vet can handle. The dog needs to see an internal medicine specialist or a cardiologist. If it were my dog, I'd get a chest X-ray and echocardiogram as soon as possible. Good luck with him.

I haven't noticed cases of kennel cough that last more than a week typically.   My dogs have rarely coughed more than a couple of days.  It doesn't seem like it would be a secondary infection if the dog was put on antibiotics?  I would be concerned that this is something else and probably want a second opinion also...

will you keep us posted and update if anything new happens with vet visits, etc?

I thought i would let you all know my boy is at the vets now having exray,s done, Vet said if his heart and lungs are clear they will look down his wind pipe today.

Fingers crossed for good news, i will let you all know later.

Thanks again for helping.

Spoke to vet and got my boy home his chest xray looks clear but when he looked into his throat there is inflamation and alot of mucus he did a scrape and took sample of mucus to send away for analyses i get results next week also put him on marbocyl antibiotics ( strong ones ).

I wont know anything until then.

Eileen

I am curious, Ellen. Did he have a kennel cough shot or one of the intra nasal vaccinations and when did he receive it?

I'm sure the cultures and sensitivities  your vet is doing is the right way to diagnoss your dog. All he needs is the right antibiotic or, if it's a virus, it will just take time. Good luck with him.

Blitzen

He had the nasal one at the end of April.

Thanks for your concern i just hope its good news when the results come back.

Thanks for that information. If this were my dog, I'd not give him another intra nasal vaccine.  My first GSD developed a chronic sinus problem after he received one. Since your dog had that vac way back in April it probably didn't have anything to do with the current problem, but I'd still not allow him to have another. In fact, I don't vaccinate against kennel cough at all anymore. If it turns out that your dog has a viral infection, it could mean that he will now be immune to some of the viruses that can cause kennel cough. Also, no one vaccine prevents all varities of this disease and the vaccinations are not effective for much longer than 6 months.

What about a fungal infection? Some of them affect the lungs and create upper respiratory type symptoms. Best of luck, please let us know how he does.

any update?

Tigermouse

No update until i get results back end of next wk he is on strong antibiotics at the moment, kept me awake most of the night now he wants a walk so i will see how he goes, As soon as i know anything i will keep you all posted.

Thanks again for all your advice.

Eileen