male dog coughing

big creek beagles · Post by **big creek beagles** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 10:19 am

I am new to this site but I have a problem with a dog of mine with a cough. I noticed it about three days ago. What would cause him to be coughing? Should I take him to the vet?? Any help or advise would be a big help. THANK YOU!!!

Post by **Bev** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 10:52 am

I would suspect kennel cough. If he has it, antibiotics are in order to prevent secondary infections such as pneumonia. The antibiotics probably won't help the cough, though - it usually goes away on it's own in a week to ten days. Kennel cough is highly contagious, so be prepared to treat your other hounds if they start showing the symptoms.

There are other things that can cause coughing besides kennel cough. Advanced heartworms is one of them. A trip to the vet would be advised either way.

minix · Post by **minix** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 8:33 pm

I have a male and female who are both coughing right now. The only problem is that Ihave had them to the vet. several times but they keep getting it over and over. It only last for about a week then it goes away. What sould I try Doc?

B&B Kennels · Post by **B&B Kennels** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:01 am

Its probably kennel cough like bev said.ask your vet for some amoxicillin tabs and some cough tabs.Kennel each dog seperate and give them the meds and keep seperate for about a month.heres a website to learn more
http://www.petsmart.com/pet_library/hom ... ough.shtml