Originally posted by pepper:
<STRONG>No, there are no all breed rescues here and the only shelter is a kill shelter. I spoke to both my vet and the shelter and they both said that if they give the bordetella vaccine to him, and then kennel him right away, he will get kennel cough. I guess it's because they are injecting a little of the kennel cough into his system and once he's exposed to it in the kennel, that's like a double dose. They said it takes 10 days to become effective.</STRONG>
It was my understanding that the only reason they call it "kennel" cough is because it spreads very quickly, and when dogs are closely confined in kennels, it's spreads even faster.

As long as he is kenneled somewhere where all of the other dogs have the bordatella vaccination, I would think he would be fine. I could be wrong though.