Coughing

[motherhen]

We got a pup a while back - Janurary 23rd - and after she had been here for about 2 hours we noticed she had a cough. {She didn't cough at the airport or on the 1 hour drive home!} The vet put here on antibiotic thinking it was kennel cough. It didn'thelp her at all. Waited the two weeks, then contacted Revival and got a different antibiotic for her -- didn't help. Finally, after about a month, it just went away, but then one of our other pups got it. It seems like 2½ weeks, is when the next one will get it. The second one, is done with it now, but then a third one has it now!!! I don't have any idea what is going on -- so ANY ideas would really help. We are to get Yuki in about 2 weeks, and I do not want him to get it also. It's not just when they play & run, or are excited -- it has woke them up out of a sound sleep several times. Thanks for any and all help with this.

[JeanieK]

It sounds like Kennel cough. Antibiotics do not cure kennel cough they only prevent it from turning into pneumonia.

He most likely caught it on the plane. My Levi did the same thing. A couple of days after we picked him up from the airport he started coughing. a few of the others caught it, but not all of them.

It is not usually serious. they still eat and sleep and play like normal, they just have a cough, usually at night, and it can last up to 3 weeks.

If the cough is real bad you can give them cough syrup, you'd have to ask your vet what kind and how much.

[motherhen]

Originally Posted by JeanieK

It sounds like Kennel cough. Antibiotics do not cure kennel cough they only prevent it from turning into pneumonia.

He most likely caught it on the plane. My Levi did the same thing. A couple of days after we picked him up from the airport he started coughing. a few of the others caught it, but not all of them.

It is not usually serious. they still eat and sleep and play like normal, they just have a cough, usually at night, and it can last up to 3 weeks.

If the cough is real bad you can give them cough syrup, you'd have to ask your vet what kind and how much.

Hey Jeanie, how is my favorite information lady? Thanks for the advice, because even though I looked it up, I didn't get much out of what I read. {Brain fog going on here with the Lupus and Fibro.} I am very happy to hear that it's not usually serious. The first little girl, would kind of fall over for a bit a couple of times, but the other two have never got that bad. So during that 3 week time, is when the others will get it? Hopefully by the time we get Yuki, they will all be done, and he won't get it. Thanks again for the help with this -- I know I can always count on you for good advice.

[motherhen]

Originally Posted by JeanieK

It sounds like Kennel cough. Antibiotics do not cure kennel cough they only prevent it from turning into pneumonia.

He most likely caught it on the plane. My Levi did the same thing. A couple of days after we picked him up from the airport he started coughing. a few of the others caught it, but not all of them.

It is not usually serious. they still eat and sleep and play like normal, they just have a cough, usually at night, and it can last up to 3 weeks.

If the cough is real bad you can give them cough syrup, you'd have to ask your vet what kind and how much.

I finally checked with my vet about cough syrup. She said baby/child cough syrup is toxic to these little dogs!!! Only thing she would say was that I could use Benedryl, but it would only help a cough from allergies, not kennel cough.

[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by motherhen

I finally checked with my vet about cough syrup. She said baby/child cough syrup is toxic to these little dogs!!! Only thing she would say was that I could use Benedryl, but it would only help a cough from allergies, not kennel cough.

That's good to know.

I had not heard that. In fact every website I have gone to, concerning kennel cough says it can be used. It does not specify the size of the dog.

Has anyone else had experince with giving cough syrup to yorkies?