Kennel Cough
A contagious infection of the airways (canine infectious respiratory disease) causing a sudden honking or hacking cough, often after boarding, daycare or the park. Usually clears in one to three weeks in an otherwise-well dog, but a cough with fever, lethargy, poor appetite or laboured breathing needs a vet.
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Kennel Cough: Serious or Not?
Kennel cough nearly always announces itself a day or two after something sociable: a weekend in boarding kennels, a busy morning at daycare, a training class, or just a muddy, crowded park. Then comes a noise most owners have never heard before. A harsh, dry, hacking cough, the kind that sounds like something is stuck...
When a Cough Becomes Pneumonia
Most coughs are nothing much. A dog comes back from daycare with a honking cough, or a cat does that flat, crouched cough now and then, and within a week or two it has faded and been forgotten. That is the usual story, and it is worth holding onto, because what I want to talk...
Kennel Cough: Vaccination, Spread and How Not to Pass It On
Every autumn we get the same call. A dog comes home from a weekend in boarding kennels, or a busy day at daycare, and a few days later starts up with that unmistakable honking cough. The owner is half worried and half mortified, because they did everything right, they had the jab, and the dog...
How Long Does Kennel Cough Last?
In an otherwise-well dog, kennel cough usually clears in one to three weeks. That's the short answer, and it's worth having up front before the detail underneath it. Most dogs are over the worst within a week or two and back to themselves by three. The cough is the last thing to fade, and a...
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