Kennel Cough

[Flaves]

Poor Rinse! KC is no fun, i had 3 at my place in december with it when my foster bought it home.

We did the a/biotics and kept them quiet. I will be doing benedryl if they ever get it again. and the manuka honey.

[Ruffles]

Good luck... I hope Loki doesn't get it!

Ahhh TOO LATE. Poor little baby is sick now too... doesnt know what to do with himself. I am hoping the vet will just give me another batch of the doxycycline rather than make me take loki down for a Consult when its clear as day what ails him.

I feel so sorry for the buggers, the neighbours must think I have them strung up by the throat with all the hacking and choking thats coming out of our house and yard. No walkies for a few weeks either

[zayda_asher]

Oh. No.

Poor babies... Big hugs from Aunty Dan...

Vet should give you the script no worries I reckon... Good luck with them.

[Guest Clover]

Poor pups . Hopefully the manuka and benadryl will help ease their coughing.

[persephone]

Oh..poor dogs..you wil be busy

Just a side-track....sorry..

why do Vets prescribe anti-biotics for viral infection?

We were taught that KC got better in 21 days if untreated with antibiotic, and 3 weeks if treated.

Is it a "just in case" thing?

Edited March 24, 2007 by persephone

[Ruffles]

Oh. No.

Poor babies... Big hugs from Aunty Dan...

Vet should give you the script no worries I reckon... Good luck with them.

Thanks Dan, they are getting lots of cuddles Called the Vet this morning and they told me to just come down and pick some more drugs up. The Vet nurse said "You need to give Loki two tonight, then one more in the morning then one every evening" and I said "errr... to be quite honest I've already started giving him the tablets" and she just laughed and said that its cool coz I obviously knew what to do.

Persephone, I have no idea why I have this idea in my head because I know ZILCH about this sort of stuff but I think I saw somewhere that KC can often cause secondary infections, which may be why they give ANti-bi's

[Rappie]

Canine cough has two pathogens involved - the parainfluenza virus which causes the cough, and bordatella bronchiseptica which a bacteria that causes opportunistic secondary infections.

A cough alone doesn't require antibiotics, but a cough with evidence of congestion and lower respiratory tract infection does.

[persephone]

Thanks, Rappie

[Gamby]

My question is:

If your dog is exposed to Kennel Cough, do you let people who your dog had been in contact with know so they can look out for any symptoms?

I tlloks as though my dog has been exposed to Kennel cough but my dog is showing now symptoms but another dog in my househould is coughing.

Aghhhhhhh, nothing worse than an irritating cough

[Ruffles]

My question is:

If your dog is exposed to Kennel Cough, do you let people who your dog had been in contact with know so they can look out for any symptoms?

I tlloks as though my dog has been exposed to Kennel cough but my dog is showing now symptoms but another dog in my househould is coughing.

Aghhhhhhh, nothing worse than an irritating cough

Gamby, Rinse would have been exposed to KC on last tuesday night/wednesday morning but didnt actually start coughing till wednesday just gone.. so 7 days. Loki started couging a little bit on thursday night/friday morning and they have been running together since Rinse had been exposed.

Hope that helps a little??

[indi_dog]

Poor Loki Hope you guys are able to get a little sleep with all that hacking going on.

Going waaaay OT - Gamby were you at the werribee obedience club last sunday for the judges workshop? (sorry, just thought I recognised the dog in your avatar as Gambit the Aussie....?)

[Gamby]

Poor Loki Hope you guys are able to get a little sleep with all that hacking going on.

Going waaaay OT - Gamby were you at the werribee obedience club last sunday for the judges workshop? (sorry, just thought I recognised the dog in your avatar as Gambit the Aussie....?)

Yes that was Gambit and I.

It was a very interesting morning don't you think?

I learnt a lot about how the judges work through deciding how many points to take off a dog if it has not worked brilliantly.

The sandwiches were yummy too.

[charliehotel]

Fastgals&Boy - When Donnie had kennel cough, I was giving him a small dessertspoon of manuka honey at night before bed and again in the morning, just him licking it straight off the spoon. And if he had a bad cough attack during the night I'd get up and give him another spoon. I have no scientific basis for this, it was simply a matter of applying what worked for me when I had bronchitis and was coughing just like he was!!!! It really worked for both of us. In regard to the sugar, I wasn't too concerned because I was more worried about his coughing. I wouldn't think that it would get in the way of the other supplements though, because I've read about natural remedies where manuka honey was used in conjunction with garlic and horseradish. I've also heard of people mixing the honey up with warm water as a drink for their dogs, and this also worked for them. BTW Donnie is quite a big boy, 30kg, so a smaller dog probably wouldn't need as much, and he only got the honey while he was sick.

Hope this helps....it's just personal experience of something that worked for us. Hope your furkids are better soon!!!

BTW - Donnie's had kennel cough twice in 4 years and both times I let all the owners of dogs he'd been in contact with know about it. I also cancelled his dog walking service (as a treat he and Minna get taken out by Lonely Pets once a week, in addition to their daily walks with me) and let them know about the KC. It's an airborne disease so it very contagious, and I reckon it was the right thing to do to tell people.....no point spreading the misery further.

Edited March 24, 2007 by charliehotel

[Fastgals]

Fastgals&Boy - When Donnie had kennel cough, I was giving him a small dessertspoon of manuka honey at night before bed and again in the morning, just him licking it straight off the spoon. And if he had a bad cough attack during the night I'd get up and give him another spoon. I have no scientific basis for this, it was simply a matter of applying what worked for me when I had bronchitis and was coughing just like he was!!!! It really worked for both of us. In regard to the sugar, I wasn't too concerned because I was more worried about his coughing. I wouldn't think that it would get in the way of the other supplements though, because I've read about natural remedies where manuka honey was used in conjunction with garlic and horseradish. I've also heard of people mixing the honey up with warm water as a drink for their dogs, and this also worked for them. BTW Donnie is quite a big boy, 30kg, so a smaller dog probably wouldn't need as much, and he only got the honey while he was sick.

Great Thanks for the info, charliehotel! Bo is a smallish/average male grey of around 31.5 kilos, so I'll start with a teaspoon of m.honey morning and night and can try cutting the "dose" back a bit if it seems to be working - assuming that this will be an ongoing supplement. Bo will just love getting fed honey morning and night!

Regards,

Fastgals&Bo