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Was wondering what some of you that have dealt with this before did to treat. It looks like and (sounds like) my pointer and lab both are showing signs of kennel cough, I haven't seen any signs in the beagles yet. Vet said to let it run its course and treat with antibiotics and cough syrup if I wanted to.

Thanks, Fulton

"Bordetella" either up their nose or under the skin.

Fulton wrote:Was wondering what some of you that have dealt with this before did to treat. It looks like and (sounds like) my pointer and lab both are showing signs of kennel cough, I haven't seen any signs in the beagles yet. Vet said to let it run its course and treat with antibiotics and cough syrup if I wanted to.
Thanks, Fulton

Most kennel cough symptoms will actually go away on their own. The causes for this can be many: bacterial or viral. If it is bacterial, trimethoprim-sulfa is a great drug to use, as well as is Clavamox and Antirobe. For some forms of pneumonia, Tylan is also great, but sometimes the injection can cause pain and swelling. It really depends on what you're dealing with, to exactly state what the best remedy is. You'd have to do a culture of the discharge to find out. If it's viral, no antibiotic will work as they only affect bacteria, not virus.

If just you want to try something homeopathic and cost-effective, garlic is excellent. Take 1 horn off a fresh garlic clove and put it in a blender with 1 cup of water (per dog). Pour over the feed. Garlic is a time-proven effective natural remedy for many infections, including those of the lung. Works great on fungus and yeast infections too. Don't give garlic for more than 10 days though as it's kind of harsh on their tummy.

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