Jingleballs
Well-Known Member
The vet has diagnosed my dog with potential kennel cough..
I noticed the odd cough late last week and stupdly put it down to her having a bit of grass stuck in her throat (she loves to eat wet grass), it was worse on Thursday, barely there on Saturday and worse on Sunday when she also came up in hives/sores on her head, nose and muzzle. Her eyes are also irritated.
Visited the vet this morning who things that the sores are some sort of allergic reaction and she's prescribed piriton and steroids.
She said that the cough may well be linked to the allergy but may also be completely seperate so to err on the side of caution has advised to treat it as kennel cough.
I had to probe her for more info on what that meant -basically she's not giving her any treatment for it at the moment as dog is otherwise happy with no temperature, normal appetite etc. All she advised (under questioning for me) was to keep her away from other dogs until the coughing stopped - then she could go back to normal.
Having read up a bit more about it, there seem to be mixed views on how long a dog is contagious for and how it can be contracted.
As far as I'm concerned based on the vets advice I can still walk my dog but have to keep her away from other dogs but some online articles state that this isn't enough as it can be spread by sniffing on them same area as an infected dog?
I want to ensure I don't spread it and I've also notified anyone who might need to know i.e my dog walker and agility club plus the woman who runs the dog boarding that my dog is due to go to this weekend.
I'm going to speak to the vet again but she was so blase about it all I'm not sure I'll learn much more!
I noticed the odd cough late last week and stupdly put it down to her having a bit of grass stuck in her throat (she loves to eat wet grass), it was worse on Thursday, barely there on Saturday and worse on Sunday when she also came up in hives/sores on her head, nose and muzzle. Her eyes are also irritated.
Visited the vet this morning who things that the sores are some sort of allergic reaction and she's prescribed piriton and steroids.
She said that the cough may well be linked to the allergy but may also be completely seperate so to err on the side of caution has advised to treat it as kennel cough.
I had to probe her for more info on what that meant -basically she's not giving her any treatment for it at the moment as dog is otherwise happy with no temperature, normal appetite etc. All she advised (under questioning for me) was to keep her away from other dogs until the coughing stopped - then she could go back to normal.
Having read up a bit more about it, there seem to be mixed views on how long a dog is contagious for and how it can be contracted.
As far as I'm concerned based on the vets advice I can still walk my dog but have to keep her away from other dogs but some online articles state that this isn't enough as it can be spread by sniffing on them same area as an infected dog?
I want to ensure I don't spread it and I've also notified anyone who might need to know i.e my dog walker and agility club plus the woman who runs the dog boarding that my dog is due to go to this weekend.
I'm going to speak to the vet again but she was so blase about it all I'm not sure I'll learn much more!