Wishing Sasha a speedy recovery! I think you did the right thing by getting her into the vet so quickly. Those kinds of symptoms are nothing to mess around with, unless one knows absolutely for sure what it is, which will be the case if your other dogs catches it.
This is a little frustrating as they both have had their Bortadella shots about 3 months ago. My vet recommended not using antibiotics right now unless she gets worse. He's a vet that doesn't like using meds unless absolutely necessary and because I have giant breed dogs, he tries to save me money where he can.
He gave me a dosage chart for Robitussin DM. He said to make sure it was the one that only had Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide in it and nothing else. It's been so much fun trying to get the liquid down her throat. It's getting easier because once she takes the liquid, I give her a big lump of canned tripe. Bribery yes, but she's too big to do battle with.
Listen, the dextromethorphan isn't going to do much, so if it's a huge fight, I'd forget it.
This is a bacterial infection, so I'm not sure why no antibiotics---but, of course, I'm an old cow doctor, and I love antibiotics.
Folks with coughing dogs need to be aware too of the new canine influenza, mutated from avian influenza, which sickened tons of dogs seriously in Chicago and, I think, Atlanta, last winter. There's a vaccine for it now, but probably, like equine influenza vaccines and our own human flu vaccines, it's efficacy is likely not terrific.
Something to keep in the back of your mind, though, if dogs start coughing....especially if dogs become really lethargic and feverish with coughing.
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This is a little frustrating as they both have had their Bortadella shots about 3 months ago...
It's been so much fun trying to get the liquid down her throat.
That VAX against "Kennel Cough" is fairly ineffective because there are SO MANY different strains of the bacteria
If you address the dog's muzzle from the SIDE of its head, hold its snout straight up in the air with its mouth SHUT the whole time & squirt the liquid into the back corner of its flu (where the upper & lower lips join each other) it will run right down inside the dog's throat all by itself & s/he will automatically SWALLOW it without even thinking !!!
I was only giving her the dex at night so she could sleep better and when I started mixing it into a half can of tripe the fight was over and she was wolfing it down.
With a dog as big as her, it's best to learn to do things to avoid fighting with her. I will definitely keep in mind your way of doing it Candi if I ever have to give her liquid meds again.
The coughing only lasted for 4 days and now she seems fine except for the occasional sneeze.
Luckily Kiss was not affected by anything and is still his happy-go-lucky self.
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