Kennel Cough

A brief description of the causes, symptoms, and treatment for kennel cough, the canine verson of an upper respiratory infection.

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[Lilmileycyrus16]

my dogs dnt cough tht often is tht still bad?

[LeoKillian]

@Lilmileycyrus16 That depends. Kennel cough is seen as a very common, relatively minor illness that doesn't generally require treatment. Most healthy adult dogs recover from it after 2 weeks. How long have your dogs been sick? Are you sure it's kennel cough and not something else? I'm not a vet or an expert on the subject, I'm just a random stranger on YouTube. If you're worried, see a vet.

[ofcelticblood]

Very good community service video. Kennel cough can be treated. It's almost like a human having bronchitis. But they need to see a vet right away and to be treated. Pienchubbs advice is good. Again, it can be treated and cured. Just like a human child, you must take them to the vet anytime something out of the ordinary is going on with them. SPR (Spay-Neuter-Rescue)

[Viperclan2]

My dog was adopted from the shelter last week and now he has it and he gave it to his friend. :(

[LeoKillian]

Thank you for the insight.

[Pienchubbs]

Many shelters provide a couple of weeks of free clinic care for animals that were adopted from them and/or will send home meds with you if the animal shows symptoms at the time of adoption. Unfortunately, disease in shelters is really hard to control because of crowding and stress. Most dogs in a shelter get kennel cough at some time or another. Health can't be guaranteed. Saving the life of a shelter animal is well worth the risk of him/her coming home with a cold that is easily treated.

[Pienchubbs]

While the illness may run it's course in a few weeks, it could also get worse and turn into something like pneumonia which could kill your dog. The sooner your dog gets treatment, the quicker he/she will recover. It is one thing is there is only a cough, but it is another if it is accompanied by yell nasal discharge. That will make it harder for your dog to breathe and most likely decrease his/her appetite (which is not good).

[Pienchubbs]

Your pet is not likely to get sick from just visiting your vet. Animals in shelters get sick very easily because they are chronically stressed and crowded which compromises their immune systems. Even if your dog contracts kennel cough from the vet, it is easily treated with antibiotics. However, if you ever board your dog, they should have a bordetella (kennel cough) vaccination which most kennels require anyway.

[LeoKillian]

I'm sorry to hear that. That does sound horrible. I was fortunate enough that the dogs in my story only had kennel cough, which went away after some antibiotics.

[taurab22]

I hope your dog turned out okay,we adopted a dog, turns out it was distemper not kennel cough & there is only a 2% chance of survival, we had to put him to sleep after only having him a month,he wasnt even a year yet,the symptoms are similar & he went downhill overnight,I will spare you the horrible details but they can check the white blood cell count to see if the dog has distemper.