Her Majesty Dogmad Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I have a dog that I rescued a couple of years ago, she was in an appalling condition, one of the worst the vet had ever seen. She's most likely a Dachshund cross, she has a very thick coat that requires grooming. She has dry eye and a thyroid condition but was in good health otherwise. Due to her issues, she wasn't easy to rehome and a friend of mine loves her and looks after her for me, she's much happier there. She runs around and springs on all 4 legs at mealtimes, she appears to be very healthy. However, she's had a sort of cough when she gets up in the mornings, I didn't have that when she was here for 8 months. My friend is on acreage and she's been there for 18 months. We recently took her to the vet due to this coughing, to get her heart checked. Nothing was found so she was prescribed 2 weeks' worth of antibiotics in case of it being a chest infection. 2 weeks on, she is still coughing in the mornings. Has anyone else experienced this? If it's not a heart condition or chest infection, what else could it be? I've had a dog with a collapsing trachea and he coughed if he ate or drank and reverse sneezed a lot, this dog only coughs when getting up in the mornigns it seems. We are preparing for more investigations but I wanted to find out if anyone else had had this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavsRcute Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 My Cavalier used to get something similar and she had endsocopies etc and it was found that she had some sort of allergic "thing" going on in her nose and throat, she had her tonsila out and is now on an inhaler....seems to be doing better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancinbcs Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Get a chest x-ray asap. The only symptom of lung cancer is sometimes an intermittent cough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifecta Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Get her lungs checked out. A friend of mine had a dog which was diagnosed & treated for pneumonia. Unfortunately the pneumonia turned out to be a grass seed abscess on the lungs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her Majesty Dogmad Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 I lost my beloved old Keeshond cross to lung cancer last Christmas, it was awful but this girl presents in a different way entirely. The next step is likely to be xrays I imagine. I just wondered if anyone had come across the symptoms before where it hadn't been heart disease and the dog appeared to be extremely healthy in every other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappie Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) Chest radiographs would be the next step. It could be mild chronic bronchitis or there could be a mass or something causing compression of the airways (including a heart, but I would guess if the heart is normal that there is no murmur?). Edit to add: It's also probably a good idea to know this dog's heartworm status. Edited November 9, 2011 by Rappie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furkidsforever Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Chest radiographs would be the next step. It could be mild chronic bronchitis or there could be a mass or something causing compression of the airways (including a heart, but I would guess if the heart is normal that there is no murmur?). We had a Golden who had this problem, and he had cancer in his throat. Get a check on this possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra777 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I had one who coughed only in the morning and was VERY healthy and happy - she had a tumor in the chest wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her Majesty Dogmad Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 no heartworm - was tested and has had monthly protection for 2 yrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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