Wednesday evening our dog suddenly started coughing (we initially thought he had something stuck in his throat).
Thursday took him to the vets where she confirmed it was kennel cough. (he went to the groomers the previous week for his annual extreme haircut, we assume he's picked it up there). I had thought he'd been vaccinated against it, but apparently he has the bacterial version, his vaccine is against the viral form of kennel cough.
So, now he is on anti-biotics, and on the vets advice, kiddie benylin.
Its really horrible though, its worse than when the kids are ill. He's knackered, you can tell his chest muscles must be sore as he tries to fight the constant cough (he is even whimpering sometimes... which we have never known him do before).
He keeps looking at me with "make it go away mummy" eyes.
Just wondered if anyone on here had any experience with this, and any suggestions for anything else we can do for him?
Thursday took him to the vets where she confirmed it was kennel cough. (he went to the groomers the previous week for his annual extreme haircut, we assume he's picked it up there). I had thought he'd been vaccinated against it, but apparently he has the bacterial version, his vaccine is against the viral form of kennel cough.
So, now he is on anti-biotics, and on the vets advice, kiddie benylin.
Its really horrible though, its worse than when the kids are ill. He's knackered, you can tell his chest muscles must be sore as he tries to fight the constant cough (he is even whimpering sometimes... which we have never known him do before).
He keeps looking at me with "make it go away mummy" eyes.
Just wondered if anyone on here had any experience with this, and any suggestions for anything else we can do for him?