Wheezy puppies??!

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My two mini poms got their coats shaved off last weekend- I know poms are renowned for their lovely thick coats but for my own sanity I got the dog groomer to clip them practically bald because they were shedding everywhere and my flatmate is asthmatic (sp?) so it had to be done!
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To compensate for the fact that they are now practically naked they have been wearing their little coats and sleeping under a quilt in their beds however i think they might still have caught a cold or something.
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The two of them sound very chesty when they are breathing like a chesty cough but with no coughing!! And one of them keeps having little fits of shivering despite being in bed curled up under a duvet and its worrying me alittle because they are both so teeny.
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I know going to vet is the obvious solution but after forking out £500 last week for them to have operations to have teeth removed money is a wee bit tight and if there was some sort of remedy I could try at home it would be great so any suggestions gratefuly received! Oh and as a point they are both in great form running around and playing as normal they arent looking miserable or anything but from the way they are breathing something isnt quite right.
 
Sounds to me like they have the on set of kennel cough.
There isnt much you can got on the human market to help it, best i can suggest is to ring your vet and tell them what the symptoms are and see what they say.
My guess would be that they want the poms in as they more than likely need antibiotic.
I use to breed Germanspitz Kleins and know how easy it is for a breed like poms to get Kennel cough so easy once they've had the winter coat clipped.
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I don't know if my first guess would be kennel cough, but I've copied my answers that I wrote to Benjamin wondering about kennel cough :



There's is different sorts of Kennel Cough, and the vaccine doesn't cover all of them. So even vaccinated dogs can definitely get Kennel Cough, and as I understand it they might even be able to get the sort they're vaccinated against, but the vaccination prevents them from developing the bad symptoms.

Usually the dog is well again after 7 to 10 days, but it can take up to 3 weeks. Treatment in Sweden = Rest, good quality food and more rest. If they gets fever or if it's affecting their general condition, more than normal for a sick puppy (don't ask me how you're supposed to be able to determine that), then he/she needs to be taken to the vet.
Some sort of Kennel Cough can lead to pneumonia, or cause bacterias to grow in the lungs, BUT others don't. If it gets to their lungs, that's when they need antibiotics.

As far as I know, once they're cured, they're cured for this time. But Kennel Cough can be compared to the sort of cold that older humans are told they should go and get themselves vaccinated against each autumn, in the way that it comes to an area, some dogs get it, some dogs don't, then it goes away, and then next year, or a few years later, the same or another sort of Kennel Cough might come back. And if it does, your dog might or might not get it again.

It's highly contagious, so avoid other dogs, but if you have more dogs than one, I don't really know if it's any point trying to keep them apart.
Though we had Kennel Cough in my area last year, and it's a densely dog-populated area, and neither of my two dogs I had then, got it.





And a summary of advices from a very good book that I have, to help ease the symptoms :
Human cough medicine, to dogs below 5 kg. a ½ teaspoon, to dogs about 10 kg. 1 teaspoon.

A little extra C-vitamins can help the immune system, but in large doses it can cause diarrhoea, so if they does keep their food down, you shouldn't give him/her a full daily dose of C-vitamin in the shape of supplement. Daily dose for a small dog is 100 milligramme, medium size dog 250 milligramme.

Heat up the food a little bit before your dog gets it, and/or blend it with meat broth.

Hoover and dust your home an extra time, so that there will be less particles for your dog to be able to inhale.

Use a harness or a Halti and not a collar, to avoid putting the extra pressure on the throat from the outside.




If it turns out to be kennel cough, it had nothing to do with them being shaved, unless they got it while being at the dog groom and he/she had another dog there who (hopefully) unknowingly had it, but I still wouldn't blame it on that they were shaved.


from Sweden.
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thanks so much for such an informative reply!! V helpful!
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I think I will bring them the vets tomorrow evening just to be sure- fingers crossed its just a cold and I will try some cough medicine for them later on! They are currently curled up in my lap swaddled in fleece blankets- waiting for me to make them some sunday lunch- honestly I treat them like they are babies- its ridiculous!
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Never hurts to check their temperature, should be about between 38 to 38,5 degrees Celsius.
Some can have a normal temperature a little below or above, so no need to panic straight away if it shows down to 37,5 or up to 39 Celsius, but it could also be a sign on them freezing or having something going on in their system.


from Sweden.
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