Buck has kennel cough

[borzoimom]

Ohh poor buck! Even if you had the vaccine- there are so many strains of this- they can still catch it..
Maybe a little vitamin C along with the antibiotics the vet gave..

[Kfamr]

Man, that sucks! Poor Buck. Nala had kennel cough before we adopted her.
I haven't seen anything from Ki or Moo, so hopefully they don't have it.

I wonder if they could have caught it at the dog show, rather than camp or the park?

[caseysmom]

Lots of the dogs at the shelter I volunteer at come down with kennel cough, it responds to the meds very well. I hope Buck feels better soon.

[.sarah]

I wonder if they could have caught it at the dog show, rather than camp or the park?

It could have been from there, I didn't think of that. Who knows, we did so much that weekend!

I went to the health food store earlier and bought Vitamin C powder and liquid Echinacea at the reccomendation of some homeopathic websites ... interesting that you suggested it too Cathy! I've also been suggested something else and I'm fixing to go out to find it. I personally am not going to take him to the vet because I do not like antibiotics or vaccines and prefer to take a more natural route. He'll be treated by our homeopathic vet ASAP. I think he'll recover quickly, I'm more worried about him spreading it to the girls though. I just want it to run it's course and be done with.

[Glacier]

We had it a couple winters ago--every dog in the yard, except two came down with it. Took over a month to work it's way through. We basically just let it run it's course. I did give them cough suppressant...just make sure it's a plain cough medicine, no decongestants or other medications in it. I mostly gave them that at night so that we could all get some rest!

Hope Buck is feeling better soon.

[chocolatepuppy]

Pawsitive thoughts for Buck. Get well soon Buck.