Sneezing and coughing in puppies

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We recently pulled three dogs from animal control, and within 24 hrs all of them had kennel cough. The puppy has been sick with kennel cough for over a month. We've had her on clovomox, and then we had her on cefadroxil. We've had her chest x-rayed and she doesn't have pnemonia or anything more serious. The vet also had her do a round of panacur in case it was a lung fluke. We had her on hydrocodone, and that didn't even curb her cough.

I have 3 purebred Shih Tzu puppies that are 10 months old. They are indoor pets and are current on their shots. They eat and drink water well. They are also playful and active. But the last 3 weeks or so one of the starts to wheez as if something was stuck in their throats (much like a cat sounds when they cough up a hairball). They do this for a few seconds and then they are fine. Is this normal or should I be concerned?

My puppy of 3 months has started sniffling and sneezing (almost sounds like she has a hairball) for now what seems like 3 days and I don't know if that is from her shots she had gotten last week thursday 10-7-10 and the sneezing and sniffling i don't think started until a day and a half after that...maybe a reaction to the shots? Need help cuz I can't afford to go to the vet just yet.

I recently boarded my King Charles Spaniel and my Golden Retriever for 5 days. I picked them up and noticed that both of them were shaking their ears and sneezing or trying to clear their noses by snorting. They were fine when I dropped them off. Could this be some sort of kennel illness? The King Charles has no appetite, the Golden is eating normally. Thanks!

Lola is an 11month old lab/hound mix. On May 10th she started sniffling and sneezing. Over a few days she developed hives on her snout, swollen glands under her arms, and congestion. After two weeks of cephalexin the hives went down, as well as her swollen glands. However, she became extremely lethargic, loss of appetite, weight loss, and hair loss/skin lesions. She was then started on a two week dose of doxy followed by two weeks of zenaquin.

Her immune system isn't old enough to fight off what an older dog could easily handle, even something as simple as Kennel Cough can be deadly to a young puppy.

5 years old and Oliver who is 13 weeks, I brought him home when he was 9 weeks old on 9/16. He wasn't coughing at the place I adopted him from but he was coughing/sneezing within an hour of bringing him home. I first brought him to the Vet the adoption place recommended and they said it was an upper respiratory infection and gave him Clavamox. Days later, Zoe started in as well and I brought her to my normal vet and they said it was Kennel Cough and also gave her Clavomox.

Reasons for Coughing: OK, For starters, you need to rule out Heart Problems....The xray will not only show the heart, but also the lungs...This is important.... With Heart Disease, the weak heart cannot pump as well...Fluid builds into the lungs causing the cough..The cough is usually MOIST like they're choking on congestion...Actually, they are...The cough is worse in the mornings & during periods of running, playing & excitement....Fluid will show in an xray.....

This virus is found in nasal secretions of infected individuals. It is spread by sneezing or coughing at a range of less than 6 feet or by hand-to-nose or hand-to-eye contact. Therefore, if you have other children in the home who go to a large day care or school, your baby will take longer to get over the coughing and coughing because of the constant germs and virus that are brought home from the older children from schools. People do not develop permanent immunity to the virus.

When we brought him home, he started to look like what was gaging, or coughing or sneezing. I though it might of been hair or something but it keeps happening. After he coughs which his whole body seems to jerk, he lays down like he's tired. Is this a common problem with these types of dogs? Could it be something serious, or allergy related?

He goes threw these attacks i guess you can say, he will be sleeping and like have to sneeze or cough and like start sneezing rapidly, What is it that is going on when he does this? And i need to know how to get rid of fleas and ticks, Everyone is telling me to use dish soap, I washed him once with puppy soap from the store. Does anyone know what i can do or change to help him stay healthy?

I also have pugs and I'm not sure if it's the same thing, but mine have what I guess are called "reverse sneezes" it looks like their coughing and gagging, and it sounds kind of like a seal or a goose. I have taken them so many times to the vet so they can witness it, and of course, they wouldn't.

After walking a while she is better. She was sneezing and coughing but that has stopped now. her eyes are pusing too.

Fluid builds into the lungs causing the cough..The cough is usually MOIST like they're choking on congestion...Actually, they are...The cough is worse in the mornings & during periods of running, playing & excitement....Fluid will show in an x ray of the lungs.....This would normally be for Senior Dogs...... Heart Disease is NOT a death sentence.....It's rather common in dogs! Dogs can live many ,many years on medications just like humans can.....Meds.

Do be very careful that the baby doesn't aspirate the formula. If the food gets up the nose or he coughs and sneezes while feeding, you may have a problem on your hands. Neosporin ointment is very greasy. It's better to use a water based cream to avoid greasy build-up and dirt. I can't see the size of the laceration. Putting in stitches on thin, delicate skin like that is a challenge. I'd guess it's like stitching birds. Do what you can for now. Keep the wound clean.

My puppy has fishy smelling mucus coming from her nose. She sneezes too, and also makes a sound like she is trying to clear her throat. What is wrong and what can I do myself. I just adopted this dog from a shelter. She is 4 months old.

He has an enlarged heart that he has had for a couple of years. He's just been getting slower and coughing some. I give him meds for cough only when needed. Vet's been watching it and it's not bad enough for any other meds. Just recently I took him in to vet because he seemed out of sorts, breathing harder and barking out, like in pain. She did xray to compare last xray to see if heart was larger or fluid in lungs, etc. She said there was no change.

HI, My golden started doing that as well. He is 12 years old. Very random and it is like he is trying to get something out of his throat. We took him to the vet, had a senior profile done (came back great) and xrays. The xray showed a small mass in his lung. We don't know if it is cancer and plan to just watch it with xrays every 6 weeks because there really wouldn't be anything we could do at his age, other than remove his lung.

The medicine she got when we first got her was for kennel cough (oral for the sneezing, eye for her runny eyes and nose for her runny nose). I'm sorry I keep posting but these are things I also need to remember to tell the vet when we go on Friday.

She doesn't like to be pet like she used to (she'll let us pet her once in awhile but before it was constantly) and every little move we make she runs and hides. We recently got a new puppy (about 3 weeks ago). DH and I have notices she's getting a bit thin. She has plenty of food but we don't see her eating much. We haven't changed her food at all. She is also getting some bald spots on either side of her butt and a couple on her head, along with small knots.

But what has me worried at the moment is the fact that, although I am a NON-SMOKING, CHILDLESS, VIRGIN TEETOTALER who has never taken any drug more serious than a vitamin and Cod Liver Oil (every single day of my life to boost my immune system) within the past year, I have an excruciating sore throat and a cough drop in my mouth that barely helps!!! And I just took my temperature and got a reading of 99.3 F, my usual temp being about 97.5 F.

Or is he more along the lines of gasping and coughing? A short, sharp snorting sound is called a reverse sneeze. It's not, however, related to sneezing, it just sounds like a sneeze that's going inward instead of outward, that's why it's called that. Reverse sneezing is caused by a spasm of the soft palate. You can usually get them to stop it by massaging their throat and getting them to swallow. It happens in cats as well as in dogs.

Vet put her on Prednisone and also said she had Kennel Cough (no sneezing or coughing) since palpating her throat elicited something. Doxycycline got rid of the Kennel Cough. Prednisone has run its course, but nasal breathing issues still exist. I suspected Cushings (I am not a vet) or perhaps Stenotic nares (narrowing of nasal passage). Vet ran some blood and one value was 5000 instead of below 500.

Thanks for the dust!

Well give me something else to worry about aside from my own misery. Both of my dogs seem to have some kind of bug. Our Dalmatian, Doc Holliday (aka Dr. Spot or Spotacus) started off the festivities with horrible hacking episodes that leave him a shaking and drooling mess. It's not the typical doggie "reverse sneezes" that are basically harmless hiccups. Now our Dal/Lab mix, Maggie, joined in last night with sneezing fits like I've never seen in a dog and they're continuing today.

It grows on wood and paper (like the paper covering over wallboard) and it is the mytotoxins produced by the mold that cause trouble, generally in the form of typical allergic reactions; i.e., runny nose, sneezing, runny eyes, etc. Here is a web page about stachybotrys and resulting symptoms: http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/factsheets/stachybotrys.htm As with any allergy or toxic reaction, once the patient is removed from the irritant, rapid improvement is generally seen.

My Wheaton Terrier, now 2 yrs old, has had recurring episodes since she was a puppy where she will start gulping madly and I can hear a clicking noise like her throat is having spasms or something like that. She has what I would consider a large adams apple or voice box, whatever that large lump in a dogs throat is!!! I feel really bad for her. When this happens during the day she begs to go outside and when she does, she will eat leaves, vines or grass...anything she can get ahold of.

Weather you sneeze, cough or puke you always manage to piddle a little bit!!

Progressively worse (since 1997) allergies (dust, general outdoors) manifesting in sinus headaches, sneezing, runny nose, and itchy eyes. Started to take Claritin 2 months ago after stopping for 6 months (tried a honey remedy - didn't work). 11. I'm cold ALL the time. Cold to the touch, lower than average body temp (97.6F), and it takes a lot for me to warm up (I didn't post this one in the derm board; forgot).

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