Sherman #369 He is gone.

[Freedom]

Oh Sherman, you did NOT get that ickingness here in RI; you got it at the dog park visit before you moved.

Glad to hear that you are doing better!

Pat, yah, it is a nuisance with the rabies shots. Mass. honors the 3 year, RI only 2. So I go to a vet in Mass, get the 3 year shot, and a certificate which says it is only good for 2 years. Go figure! Sugar came from Ohio, her documents showed the 3 years shot, but she is set up to get it again after 2 years. It just depends on the local laws.

Now the cats, they were also getting the 3 year, valid for 2. But now my vet is giving Purevax, which is only tested and valid for ONE year. Oh joy. Next year, I get to have all NINE cats AND THE DOG in for rabies shots. (I had the cats staggered, half each year.) Now THAT should be an interesting vet visit! (Not to mention a bill!)

[cyber-sibes]

Oh Sherman, you did NOT get that ickingness here in RI; you got it at the dog park visit before you moved.

Well, he may have also gotten it waiting in the vets office to get those daggers of his clipped off before we left. He's much much better today. Only heard one cough all night!

[Freedom]

Oh great news that he is feeling better; and you are ALL getting some sleep!

[ipodee]

my dog has the above symptoms for 2 years now

vet says it's trachea collapse but x-rays show that the tracheas are in shape

he doesn't cough blood but from time to time, especially when the weather changes, he will cough and retch badly and somtimes cough out white mucus.

He coughs when excited and even when he drinks...

I am thinking of getting a kids' cough syrup since the vet says let it be...

other than that, my dog's health is very good and he's active and eating well for a 10 year-old shih tzu

[cyber-sibes]

my dog has the above symptoms for 2 years now

Welcome to Pettalk, and I'm glad you posted. With the anit-biotics & cough meds, Sherman was good for almost a week, but yesterday he started coughing & gaging something terrible. He coughed numerous spatters of blood, and at one point some gobs of blood-laced muccus. He coughed so hard for so long that our new neighbor came out and asked if he was ok - said they could hear him and were afraid he was choking on something. Me thinks we'll be heading back to the vets on Monday.
In the meanwhile....I massaged his neck quite a bit, he finally stopped coughing. Got a pediatric grape-flaored cough syrup that he will take more willingly than the adult stuff. I also melted down some root-beer flavored cough drops & gave them to him last night. But he's obviously not feeling well - he's extremely lethargic. I slept downstairs next to him and he was quiet all night, but I hate seeing my sweet boy so out of it.
Please send some good thoughts his way.

[lizbud]

I'm sorry to hear about Sherman still having the cough. Poor fella.
I sure hope the Vet can trace the cause of this. His throat sounds like
it would be so sore & irritated. Prayers that the Doc can find something
that helps him quick. Hang in there Sherman.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Herrow, GOD!

OMG! Our Gud Buddie Sherman is havin a ree-lapse!

He's back to <koffin> an <hackin> again - feelz kinda louzie!

Kan You <slip> him in to see his New White Coat furst thing on Monday?
We'd 'preciate dat ... so would his Mom!

Meantyme --- we'z gonna be Krossin Pawz & Klawz that the Home Remedy
Stuff
that Mom's been kookin up keeps werkin!
"Warm rooty-beer Koffin Dropz" sounds purdy **Yummie** to us!

FEEL BETTER SOON, Sherm!!

THANKS, God!

/s/ the Prayer Pups

[dragondawg]

Welcome to Pettalk, and I'm glad you posted. With the anit-biotics & cough meds, Sherman was good for almost a week, but yesterday he started coughing & gaging something terrible. He coughed numerous spatters of blood, and at one point some gobs of blood-laced muccus. He coughed so hard for so long that our new neighbor came out and asked if he was ok - said they could hear him and were afraid he was choking on something. Me thinks we'll be heading back to the vets on Monday.
In the meanwhile....I massaged his neck quite a bit, he finally stopped coughing. Got a pediatric grape-flaored cough syrup that he will take more willingly than the adult stuff. I also melted down some root-beer flavored cough drops & gave them to him last night. But he's obviously not feeling well - he's extremely lethargic. I slept downstairs next to him and he was quiet all night, but I hate seeing my sweet boy so out of it.
Please send some good thoughts his way.

Lethargy means infection. Most likely puppy has a temperature. Probably the Vet needs to sedate puppy, and examine with an endoscope and take some Xrays. For example there could be a foreign object lodged in the esophagus. Unless there is evidence of pneumonia after a week kennel cough seems less likely. Although there is always a possibility that one is tangling with a bug that has antibiotic resistance to the antibiotic previously prescribed.

[cassiesmom]

Did the vet give you a prescription for Hycodan? It's a synthetic codeine cough suppressant. Sometimes codeine is better at nailing a cough than the over the counter meds. If Sherman is achy from coughing the codeine might help with that too. (You all know what I mean - when you get a cold and you've been coughing like crazy, your muscles just hurt from so much coughing.) I'm sure it will make him more lethargic but if he needs to rest, that might not be a bad thing. Sherman, sweetheart, I'm so sorry to hear that you've been sick. I'm glad that your Mom was able to find a veterinarian who could see you quickly, and I hope that you will feel much, much better P.D.Q.!

[Jakesmom]

I don't know if your vet has considered that he might have aspirated a foreign body? If so, he will cough and cough, might have ups and downs, and might cough up blood. He could also get a pneumonia behind what he aspirated, so he might have a fever and secretions. It wouldn't explain the eye goo you mentioned in your first post.

The way to make the diagnosis is to do a bronchoscopy--if you do this, it should be done by a specialty vet who has experience (and equipment) with the technique. Dogs have large trachea's compared with humans, so its not really very risky, but if he has something down there he won't get better until it gets out. Its also possible that he had aspirated something and he coughed it out, and now his trachea is scratched up (he may still cough with this)--steroids should help the swelling if this is the case.

Good luck.

Jakes mom

[cyber-sibes]

The vet put Sherman back on an antibiotic for one more round. This one is cephalexin. If he has more coughing episodes, the next step will be chest xrays. Here's hoping the pills do the trick.

[ipodee]

Welcome to Pettalk, and I'm glad you posted. With the anit-biotics & cough meds, Sherman was good for almost a week, but yesterday he started coughing & gaging something terrible. He coughed numerous spatters of blood, and at one point some gobs of blood-laced muccus. He coughed so hard for so long that our new neighbor came out and asked if he was ok - said they could hear him and were afraid he was choking on something. Me thinks we'll be heading back to the vets on Monday.
In the meanwhile....I massaged his neck quite a bit, he finally stopped coughing. Got a pediatric grape-flaored cough syrup that he will take more willingly than the adult stuff. I also melted down some root-beer flavored cough drops & gave them to him last night. But he's obviously not feeling well - he's extremely lethargic. I slept downstairs next to him and he was quiet all night, but I hate seeing my sweet boy so out of it.
Please send some good thoughts his way.

i hope sherman feels better soon. i understand how you feel... must be hard on you.

thanks to the suggestion i read in one of the posts about getting a children's guaifasen-based cough syrup, my dog is feeling a bit better...

all the best to sherman...

[luvofallhorses]

poor guy. we had a dog at the shelter where I volunteer that was a huge black lab that we adopted out and he came down with kennel cough and I think the vet treated him with antibiodics. they may give him another vaccine to be on the safe side. please keep us posted and I hope you are able to find a new vet soon! how far away is the vet you used to use?

[cyber-sibes]

how far away is the vet you used to use?

750 miles! We just moved. The first Monday we were here, I found a new vet clinic just a couple miles away. They were able to get him in in a couple hours, I'll hope they can do it again this Monday, too. Thanks for your prayers, I'm really worried about him.

[lizbud]

750 miles! We just moved. The first Monday we were here, I found a new vet clinic just a couple miles away. They were able to get him in in a couple hours, I'll hope they can do it again this Monday, too. Thanks for your prayers, I'm really worried about him.

Pat, could you tell me if this Vet gave Sherman a shot of antibiotic meds
as well as the tablets to take daily? My vet usually does this for my guys
when they come down with something. It really seems to jump start the
healing process.