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Ask Aunt Jeni The Health Column Kennel Cough One evening, not long Rascal started coughing and hacking, as if he had something caught in his throat. Boniface, copyright all rights reserved. For boosting the immune system and fighting off infection Vitamins mg Vitamin 3xday 250 mg for tiny dogs If you already supplement with vitamin great! But this is in addition to the regular daily dose, and is spaced out during the day.

People tend to associate it with dogs who either are being or recently have been boarded or kenneled. After the second day, all coughing fits ceased. Also, it would be good ownership to refrain from taking your ill dog to obedience class, dog shows, or any other dogrelated event until she has recovered. Sometimes the coughinggagging seems very violent. If the dog has Kennel Cough, this will probably trigger some coughing. If your dog does develop Kennel Cough symptoms, dont panic! The way this illness operates is analagous to the common cold that we humans sometimes catch simply put it must run its course.

Kennel cough is caused by an airborne virus, which is highly contageous. So he visited the who asked if he had been boarded recently he hadnt or been around other dogswe attend obedience classes each week and had been to an agility workshop just week earlier. My other two dogs were given colloidal silver in their drinking water as preventive measure, and neither developed any symptoms.

But your dog need not be boarded to catch kennel cough. Rascal was back to his perky, sassy self in matter of days. The likely explanation for this is that there are many strains and mutations of the virus out there. After examining Rascal and seeingfeeling nothing in his throat, the diagnosed an irritation of the throat and prescribed antibiotics, which politely refused. Later realized of course he has been around other dogswe attend obedience classes each week and had been to an agility workshop just week earlier. Maintain humidity in the environment.

Maintain humidity in the environment. The episodes of coughing go on for minutes at time and then be repeated at intervals. After very sleepless night, he was still having coughing fits about every four hours. looked and felt down in his throat but saw and felt nothing. So gave him some honey, in an attempt to coatsoothe his throat and rid of whatever was bothering him.

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