What is the sign of when your dog has dry hacking cough? (gagging, bite)
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Hi my precious sheltie every so often does a dry hacking cough and I have no clue why she does this. It not a constant cough almost like when a cat gets a furball in its mouth.
Sometimes when she laying upside down she does it or when we are playing tag. I know I need to get her to vet soon it doesnt seem alarming just very concerning any suggestions what it is a sign of?
kennel cough is all i can come up with, and a dog only gets this if boarded, or around other outside dogs? they have a shot for this, mostly I do decline.
if the dogs is boarded, yes you do need it.does the dog go to grooming, or dog parks. we had a german shepard b4 this was around and she did come home with this dry cough. therefore just think where the dog was. kennel shot a tech just does in the nose, therefore it is not a shot. that may save you money for an office visit. it goes away in like 2 weeks, if that is what it is.
Last edited by maggiekate; 07-09-2007 at 12:45 AM..
It could be a number of things; kennel cough, indication of a heart murmur, a growth in the throat that's irritated, food not being chewed properly and the list goes on. If he's not doing this after eating then I'd eliminate the last item. My suggestion is to have your vet take a look at him.
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) has a cough associated with it. My dog has had it for the past 10 years. It's a nagging, hacking type cough. Almost to the point where she is gagging.
It usually flares up after she has played hard or extremes in weather...ie., very hot, or cold.
I will say that when I lived in Missouri last year, her condition was 10 times worse. Due to the high humidity.
She takes prednisone and theophylline, as needed.
A trip to the vet will be the way to properly diagnose your pup. It could be nothing, too.
Hi my precious sheltie every so often does a dry hacking cough and I have no clue why she does this. It not a constant cough almost like when a cat gets a furball in its mouth.
Sometimes when she laying upside down she does it or when we are playing tag. I know I need to get her to vet soon it doesnt seem alarming just very concerning any suggestions what it is a sign of?
Could be heartworms.....I just had my chow mix treated for this and it wasn't fun...also cost me over $1000 by the time treatment was over. Had to keep him "quiet" for a whole month....no walks or anything. Have you given your dog heartworm preventative? If not....this could be the problem.
no and vet has never put her on anything she about 10 years old.
appreciate the info when I can get weekday off to take her ill bump this thread up with hopefully a positive diagnosis.
Im crossing fingers it just furball I get them in my mouth during this summer lol
I wonder what a shaved sheltie would look like lol just kiddin
Shaved sheltie...awww...as long as it doesn't look like a Mr.Bigglesworth......kidding...
BTW...the COPD that I mentioned sounds a lot worse than it is...dogs diagnosed with it can still live a happy, productive life for many years with medication. Good luck with everything!
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) has a cough associated with it. My dog has had it for the past 10 years. It's a nagging, hacking type cough. Almost to the point where she is gagging.
It usually flares up after she has played hard or extremes in weather...ie., very hot, or cold.
I will say that when I lived in Missouri last year, her condition was 10 times worse. Due to the high humidity.
She takes prednisone and theophylline, as needed.
A trip to the vet will be the way to properly diagnose your pup. It could be nothing, too.
This is very interesting and luckily I searched before making a thread..
One of my chiweenies coughs in the morning and whenever she plays hard with her sister. We adopted them from a rescue a couple months ago and the rescue said she had kennel cough. We finished the medicine they gave us, but the cough never went away. I then took her to our regular vet and she gave her an antibiotic and some cough medicine, but this also didn't get rid of it. It's now not much of an issue and only happens when she first wakes up or gets excited, but it bothers me. She's definitly not as hyper as her sister and my chow picks on her because she is weaker than the other dogs.
I'm just glad it appears to just be something she has and can live with because I don't think her sister could go on without her. They're never more than a couple feet away from eachother
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