Melissa Thom wrote 08/05/2010 11:10 PM Honk, honk, kennel cough #290461 - 08/05/2010 11:10 PM
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007 Posts: 2781 Loc: Upper Left hand corner, USA Offline	Well this is a first for me. I think my eldest papillon has kennel cough. He was feeling not so hot this morning but I thought it was a simple break in routine causing a case of the grungies. Around 2pm the honk, honk, cough began. Mild fever. If he goes off food or he seems to be getting worse tomorrow I'll take him in to see what the Vet thinks. Otherwise like any other virus I was going to let this thing run it's course without the vet trip since he's in pretty good health otherwise. Any advice out there on helping this along?
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Aaron Myracle wrote 08/05/2010 11:11 PM Re: Honk, honk, kennel cough [Re: Melissa Thom ] #290463 - 08/05/2010 11:11 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	Maybe a vaporizer by his crate?
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Lauren Jeffery wrote 08/05/2010 11:22 PM Re: Honk, honk, kennel cough [Re: Aaron Myracle ] #290467 - 08/05/2010 11:22 PM
Lauren Jeffery Webboard User Reg: 01-16-2010 Posts: 1389 Loc: Offline	When Tasha had kennel cough I found that wearing a collar for walks aggravated it. I switched her to a harness for a week or two and it seemed to help. Hers was upper respitory and it affected her throat. When she barked she would cough, thats the only way I knew something was wrong. Other than that the vet just told me to keep her dry and monitor her condition. It went away on its own pretty quickly.
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Melissa Thom wrote 08/06/2010 01:29 AM Re: Honk, honk, kennel cough [Re: Lauren Jeffery ] #290482 - 08/06/2010 01:29 AM
Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007 Posts: 2781 Loc: Upper Left hand corner, USA Offline	I can do both those things. Thanks guys. He's so sad when he's sick. He's sleeping on a towel under the desk and all I can hear on occasion is wuff, wuff, HONK!
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Barbara Schuler wrote 08/06/2010 06:57 AM Re: Honk, honk, kennel cough [Re: Melissa Thom ] #290488 - 08/06/2010 06:57 AM
Barbara Schuler Webboard User Reg: 01-15-2009 Posts: 5090 Loc: Lanexa Virginia Offline	I hope he feels better soon Melissa. Poor guy.
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Tammy Moore wrote 08/06/2010 07:36 AM Re: Honk, honk, kennel cough [Re: Barbara Schuler ] #290489 - 08/06/2010 07:36 AM
Tammy Moore Webboard User Reg: 01-14-2010 Posts: 1564 Loc: USA Offline	A harness or no collar is better. If you push on his throat, will he start the cough? One of my Paps came with kennel cough, or at least showed symptoms within days of getting her, she was fine, but I was nervous because she was so young/small.
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