Dog Coughing From Allergies
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2013
- Sheba has had a cough for years, especially when pollens counts are high. Benadryl at 1mg per pound and childrens robitussin( Robitussin DM) help reduce the inflamation and soothe the throat. Coughing can also be due to pneumonia, asthma, heart problems, and kennel cough.
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Finally !! A Doc who addresses Snickers problem. He has had a come and go cough for the 2 years I've had him. And Austin is most famous as the home to every allergen known to man. 5 different vets, 5 different answers. Thanks Doc.
Videos like this one are so useful, thanks so much for making them.
this was super helpful our shiba starting doing this cough overnight were so worried about our lil guy. this put our minds to rest. thank you
great videos
I love all your videos! Thank you so much for posting these!
I thank you for these videos! Simply awesome.
Thank you, Doc. I really appreciate this.
I'm so glad I found your videos! I was told about the benadryl but not the children's robitussin which helped by pup with her allergies. Thank you
Dr Martinez thanks for your videos they are super helpful to us
This was a very informational video. Thank you very much for teaching us the signs to watch out for.
did you just name that Shiba... Sheba...
Your videos are very informative. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this video. Really help distinguish the variations in coughs
I've never heard a dog cough. Kind of scary. Poor baby :/
Thank you for sharing!!!! Helps tremendously ♥️
You're a good little doggo
Awwww she’s so cute
I'm gonna try what u said love ur channel been a subscriber for years thanx
Thanks for sharing the details. Great info.
Thank you so much
Why am i watching this, I don't even have a dog
Kartal Yıldırım lol
I have a sheebs :3
LOL😄
Lol U should have a 🐕. They love u.
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Thank you so much for this video. Very informative.
“Because I’m mean” haha this video was great thank you!
Thank you 🙂
I have a video showing a tracheal collapse cough. I should combine all the coughing vids. Tracheal collapse is a forceful loud heart cough
Have you made a video combining all coughs yet? Such a compilation is desperately needed on UA-cam. Also, thank you for making these videos.
This Dog has a Collapsing Trachea. Being a Vet, how do you not know this?
Coughing on demand... a pretty good trick? Wow!
Some dogs routinely cough a few times a week with no problems. Excitement or after drinking are common times
Greg Martinez DVM my puppy 5 weeks coughs after having water, pls explain?
she coughs when she barks and it hears as if she had mucus on the throat, some transparent eye bugars and no nose bugars. allergies??
and foam vomiting
@@valerialeon4005Did you find out what it was?
Thank you for this video.... Pollen is very high here the last few weeks and my dog has had a cough and gags at the end. She also has been sneezing some. I have been giving here benadryl and that seems to help her but I had no idea you could give them Robitussin
huge thanks. very informative ❤
Thank u so much
Very helpful! Thanks!
The whole experience has given her more anxiety and her physiology has changed and her allergies may be worse. Lots of attention and reward for being with the "pack" may help
thank u so much i thought it was something wrong but he apperantly has hard cough never heard that before thank u so so much
Thank you for this video. My Cavalier has an enlarged heart, but her hacking has recently been extremely bad, just all of the sudden. We are use to living in Southern California for 12 years, but were in Ohio now and all suffering from allergies. Even my other Cav without a heart murmur, is coughing some. Staying on top of her heart condition (MVP), but will try Benadryl to see if that is main cause right now, since it came on fast since being in Ohio. She does pant at night often, and I assume that is the heart :(. Had recent xray, but left without much direction
not wow
such cough
much vet
very sick
so tired
You win, lol
here's several suggestions for curing asthma
Know Your Triggers.
Use HEPA Filters.
Clear the Smoke.
(I learned these and why they work on Laken chest remedy website )
my dog Sage, was just diagnosed with bronchitis and Asthma.. he is a Husky and Loves to run and Play out side, you think he will be able to achieve a close to Normal Life and still be able to some times play out side or even go on Hikes.??
Vegan Mountain Goat yes there are shots i think that make it a bit easier to cope with i have an akita and he’s allergic to pollen and mites in the house like in the carpet and all that but i think you can take him to a vet to give him a shot for it to be easier
HUH??? Chris said "not wow ...such cough...much vet...very sick...so tired" AGAIN ...HUH????"
Hello Dr. Martinez. I love all your videos I wished I lived in your area to take my three babies with you. I had a question about my 5 yr. old female Dachshund. After delivering 1 puppy 7 months ago she has become very antisocial in some aspects, she runs or stays in her kennel when it is time to go the restroom, she pees when you hold her or pet her, as well her reverse cough has worsened. I am not sure why this happening to her because the other to rascals are perfectly fine.
What is a bologna ring? If it is the meat "crust', don't worry
Chihuahuas usually have hay fever which may result in asthma. Asthma, heart disease, and bad teeth can all lead to a chronic cough
that's very helpful. I believe my dog has all (3) these.
which something has possibly created a seizure issue in my chihuahua
now I dont know which to address 1st
and if I can reverse any issues to help alleviate any pain or suffering
thanks for the help she passed it with no problems love
your vides
How long was she coughing for? Months? Years?
thank you so much for this info. i have a dog with a heart cough who is on meds from vet but he will get a chronic cough once in a while where he coughs almost constantly. could this be an allergy cough on top of his heart cough.
My little dachshund is 15 years old. She has 9 different allergies. She's on allergy drops twice a day. She has a cough from her allergies.
Does she cough everyday? How many years?
My dog was diagnosed with severe pneumonia almost 8 months ago and is still expelling a white slimey phelgm every few days.He is on a antibiotic regimen of clindamyacin .Although he has improved it still seems to be persistent what other steps should I take to help him get better? At some time he does seem to want to sneeze as well when he coughs and I am beginning to think he has allergies as well . Thank you for any helpful advice .
My Rusty just turned a year old in August..he came from the kennel, is a hound mix and we also have a lab mix. Poor little guy wakes up coughing and never coughed before. I think it started when we fired up the wood stove....I also have horrible allergies and asthma in this area but only in the fall...I am wondering if maybe he is having an allergy issue...
He made us laugh so hard when he said he makes the dog cough because he's mean 🤣😂😂😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂
We had several Australian Terriers (or Australian Terrors lol) ....aka 14-20llb Little Cairn Terrier type dogs (think "Toto" from Wizard of OZ). One thing common to every one of our Aussies was that they choked/coughed "on demand" like sheeba ...we actually could not even walk any of them on any regular collar because the moment it pressed their throats even a little they started coughing/choking ...turns out VERY common with the breed and the answer was to use harness rather than collar to walk em.... very sensitive larynx is what the vet said as I recall... lousy leash walkers!
I have a St. Bernard puppy who is 10 weeks old and she just started a cough that sounded like that of kennel cough but she also has a runny nose. Her cough is random throughout the day and has been going on for a few days. It also seems as though she is not eating as much as she has been. I just want to make sure it is nothing serious and if I should use the coughing medicine for her even if she is a puppy. Our 2 other adult dogs have not coughed or anything yet.
My 1 year old 5th generation Labradoodle seemed to start losing energy 3 weeks ago. A week ago he started serious wheezing where he sucked his stomach practically up into his chest cavity. After several wheezes he spits up some white, seemingly digestive opaque white to digestive phlegm. The episodes last about 30 seconds and happen 3 to 4 times a day. His lungs were shown to be clear, heart fine, pees and deficates in a healthy manor. I would appreciate any feedback on treatment I can get.
how would a vet. treat if its a heart cough?my dog has been on reaglan 30 before each meal and has helped but not any more especially at night after she drinks water and she drinks alot of water at night at bedtime after her nightly chicken tiny pieces and her glucosamine,chronodine msm pill
Weirdly my yr and half old pom I've had for a few months just started coughing and gagging at the end. She's been doing it on and off all night. Then some days nothing. Definitely not trachea because she's got no issue breathing and there's no visible stress. I keep them in a fenced in yard and they have not been around any new animals or dogs neither have I. I stay at home and my husband works at a hospital and all have had their vaccines like bordetella so I'm just thinking or hoping atleast that it's allergies and not some heart cough. I have a white pom named Rascal that's my dream pom and he is getting to be 7 yrs old soon and sometimes he gets little fits and notice it when he gets real excited buy no issues breathing. He breathes fine and don't hear any weezing or anything. His air way seems and sounds clear just has these fits from time to time.
Thanks, how much benedryl doc?
my dog has just started this late at night. he has done it a couple of times but not nearly as much as he is. he has been doing it for about an hour now and hasn't stopped.
My 4 pound dog suffers from acid reflux, as per the doctor. Every single time that she regurgitates, which is like 7 times a day.. she makes this “reverse sneeze “ kind of sound. Do you think that could be allergies ? I took her to see three different doctors and they just say the same thing, that the reverse sneeze has nothing to do with the regurgitation. Could it be food going thru the wrong pipe everytime she regurgitate? I am scared she is going to get pneumonia.
How does Zyrtec compare to Benadryl or Claritin? Thanks
My dog is on Theophylline but still coughing. She has been tested for CHF (negative) heart worms (negative) blood tests are normal. They say chronic bronchitis but meds are not working. Been to two vets. Im at a loss
My chihuahua has a heart murmur and seems to pick up Kennel cough regularly, just from regular places we walk. How often can he receive treatment for this? I am concerned about how frequently he gets kennel cough with his heart issues.
What can be done for a heart cough? My dog is 13, serious heart murmer and the vet says there's nothing that an be done and gave him butorohanol which sedates him and I feel horribly guilty. looking for options to help him before euthanasia is considered.
Wow such dog so wow
My dog gives out a bunch of short coughs that end with one big vomitless dry heave hack. She does this several times a day just about every day. Other than that nothing seams to be wrong with her. She has plenty of energy and is always hungry. Any ideas what this could be? Don’t want to miss something that could hurt her in the long term. She is an 11 year old Aussie.
I gave my friend a 200mg capsule of co-q-10 for her dog with CHF. Instead of giving the lil guy a couple drops, she gave him the whole thing, squirting it into his mouth. They left,the dog had unbelievable diarrhea all over when they got home BUT NO cough since. What is the max dose of claritin I give my 90 lbs lab with severe seasonal allergies? This is the first time shes had a hacking,dry heave kinda cough. She'll be 19 next July so I'm going to give her co-q-10 to be safe,vet if it doesn't clear up.
1:04 my Chiuwawa/minpin does that and seemed to start when we started drinking WELL water since it was tested and had a filtration unit installed. Going back to bottled water since she stops after drinking bottled water and to be honest I hate WELL water makes me more thirsty.
how long does a dog live with congestive heart failure???
How much Benadryl or Claritin can I give my dog ? She’s a shih Tzu Yorkie mix about 8 lbs
My dog just woke up and started coughing but it sounded like she was trying to blow her nose first then started coughing i thought maybe it's a hair ball and it might be bc I heard dogs can cough up hair balls too but I can't tell I am so scared bc I just lost my other dog 2 days ago from congested heart failure and I don't want to lose her too bc of a disease I'm so scared I've been up for a few hours taking care of her and watching videos she is settling down now but I want to be safe and start researching
I'm so sorry to hear that. what did it end up being??
I have a question. What do you give your dog if he/she has a headache?
I have found a fragrance free shampoo for humans that contains 2% Pyrithione Zinc. Is this safe to use on my shih Tzu to relieve the itching? I would only use it on her feet and back. I can't use topical sprays because I'm allergic to benzyl alcohol. Thanks
Dr Greg, is It ok when they do that like once, if their throat dries out? I know when my girls run around , sometimes after drinking water they will do that. Also there is an awesome show on nat geo wild, called the incredible dr.po
Dr pol is a literal genius ... Old school vet...n teaches all his young employees how to do things like he does without all the fancy machines . I seen him make a leg splint for a sheep or goat can't remember which one out of a old metal broom or mop handle that was laying in a closet, he set the leg bent the rod, taped it up n 6 weeks later, good as new. So amazing. He teaches himself and reads books. That's why he will see any animal, farm, wild, exotic, and domestic....he's dutch.luv him
My dog coughs more at night. I adopted her from the shelter and she had vaccinations. She was vaccinated on 9/29/20 for bordetella and that's in kennel cough she was so vaccinated for parvo and her rabbies. So do u think its from allergies?
Can I try benadryl syrup children for reverse sneezing and kennel cough
Awww its a shiba inu!!!!!
Dr Martinez we are having an ice storm and my dog is having problems I can't get him to a vet at this time. seems as if he is having troubles breathing and I'm worried because he won't drink anything but he will eat soft foods. I don't see or feel anything in the throat. I have video if I could get your personal opinion please. this just started last night.
Nice to know that this dog has had a cough for awhile... Why not find the source & stop the cough instead of just inducing her cough ?
I have a 5 month old puppy that does the same cough. I have had him two weeks and He does it about once a day. When I went to the vet she pressed on his trachea and he did the same cough your dog did and my vet said he has an collapse trachea. Should I get a second opinion. Thanks
My dog has had a cough forever and it has gotten worse over time what should I do ?
What is allergic bronchitis? Does it come wth fever and alot of coughing and expelling alot of mucus?
Dr. Greg- I have a 3 year old Great Dane. We got her as a pup she got really sick We found out she had a red dye Allergy. That Aside She just had a litter of pups in november. They are now 18 weeks old and all of them of course are gone. About 3 weeks ago got bit by a spider and her face swelled up and vet put her on Cephalexin 500 mg 2 times a day. now that she is better from the spider bite she Now has developed retching while eating and after she eats, ( and she eats slow and her bowls are elevated- always has been ).and also foams while eating. Her gums are pink as wel as her gums are pink and her teeth look good. She has a Vet visit in a few days. Do you have any suggestions on what it could be ? Thanks in advance!
i also forgot to mention her retching happens when she wakes up and she drools in her sleep too. i wish i could show you a video!
My dog have all this symptoms but shes been treating for hart deaceas, can someone knows the difference, i think my dog been miss diagnose
How often to give the dm daily ?
What kind of dog is Sheba. She is so cute!!
I believe Sheba is a Shiba
My older dog gags and coughs and my other one dosent
my dog has had a cough like this for many years and it breaks my heart to see him waking in the night uncomfortable. we took him for an echocardiogram or something like that and his heart was ok, although it had a murmur. and they said MAYBE some signs of bronchitis. How could bronchitis last for YEARS? If i treat him for bronchitis and he doesn't have it is it bad?
I will talk to my vet about this. Is collapsing trachea curable? :(
My dog has something going on with her throat but it isn't coughing... I thought it was hiccups but the spasm is in her throat ... her throat seems to spasm then she licks relentlessly ... i can't figure it out ... anyone know what this may be??
can you give the dog Benadryl and robitussin both at the same time?????
+Linda Hoppstein yes
Thank you for posting this video! My 11 yo puggle, Sammy, has been coughing for over a year now. It's a wheezing, gag-like cough, like he's trying to get something out of his throat. Kennel Cough was negative. X-rays reveal "thickened airways" and recently our vet said his lungs look a little denser than normal. No signs of heart problems or blood levels to indicate cancer. Lipomas are confirmed fatty tissue. Treatments of antibiotics and Temaril P reduce lessen the cough, but it comes back. He's been on an LID all his life - he throws up regular brand dog food. No treatments to date have stopped the cough. I think he's allergic to something causing the reaction in his airways/ Do you have any suggestions. Thank you Dr. Martinez!
Monica Lehman I realize this is a year old but try changing his food honey. My dog also coughs and acts like she's trying to clear her throat... And a lot of times it ends up foam coming out which I have to move her away from otherwise she'll Lick It Up... E w. Doctor said her trachea is clear but she has lumps in her lung. She's a 12 or 13 year old Jack Russell and my world revolves around her. She just finished a 20-minute episode of coughing and hacking and I don't know when it's going to be too much I don't know what to do I don't want to put her down but I don't want to make her suffer either. Thanks for reading if you came this far LOL. Just wanted you to know that I know where you're coming from
i dont know if anyone will respond but i have my dog a breath chew with his pain medication inside of it and after words like a pig any help
Hello Dr. Martinez. I am wondering if there are any natural/holistic remedies for kennel cough. My little dog is about 13 years old and weighs aprox 7 pounds. Thank you.
I have a 13 year old English Lab that has a cough kinda thing. He will make a "huh" sound followed by a cough. He and another dog live outside on our property and have not been near any other animals (besides wild critters) in about 6 years. I need to take him in, I just don't want to hear that I'm finally losing him... I know the day is coming but...
My dogs name is Shiba! Bashiba but we call her Shiba for short
My Pomeranian coughs every once In a while, she coughs 4 times and stops, then like 15 mins later, she coughs again.. is it allergies or is she sick??
My vet prescribed amoxicillin and cbd oil 4 my dog...took some blood as well. We just started this, but she is literally coughing around the clock.😞 Help anyone?
My 8 1/2 year old Newfoundland has started to cough a couple of times a day. It is a dry cough and sounds like he is trying to clear his throat. We changed his food a couple of days before this started. Is this likely to be an allergy?
+Alison Allen Could be allergic bronchitis, but should be checked if worse
+Greg Martinez DVM t- Thank you for your advice. I changed his food and the coughing stopped. Must have been an allergy. All is well now
What is allergic bronchitis?
@@alisonallen5874 How's cough sound? Like Shimba's in this video?
My 6 year old Bichon Frise has that deep cough that Sheba did, but he gags at the end. I don't know what it is and I don't have money to go to the vet. He's been doing this for years, but it always gets worse in the winter. Now that Imoved to Florida, the cold and humid winter is taking a hard toll on Max. Should I give him some Children's Robitussin or should I try the Benadryl to see if it's actually allergies? I'm thinking about he Benadryl since there are a lot of plants releasing pollen right now and there are plants that Max nor I have been exposed to before. He's 15lbs, so I'm thinking about giving him 15mg doses for a few days and seeing if it helps. Only question is how do I dose him? The only Benadryl I have is in 25mg capsules. I'd love some help.
wait is he suggesting giving benadryl or claritin?
One or the other.
my dog has a cough that sounds like a kennel cough and she's been coughing for almost a month on and off ! i took her to the vet 3 times in between and she took some anti bitoics and anti inflammatory pill and sometimes he gave her injection ( antibiotic and For inflammation ) she got better but then after 3 days i took her out and she got sick again! and sometimes after i feed her she gags and she threw up!
what should i give her now ? the cough is back again and i already spent 300$ in one month going back and fourth to the vet.. i hate to see her sick i want her to feel better please advise :(
Have you considered food allergies?
Afnan Sabbagh awe man that sucks...you should consider getting her on a wellness plan at Banfield...its the pet hospital inside of petsmart. u will be able to get unlimted vet visits and the prices are much better. you pay a monthly fee. you should really look into it..i started with my older shitzu years ago before he past..he had constant issues and it saved me a lot of money when i switched to them. n you can travel and go to any banfield n her be seen. i hope you find a solution though and she feels better soon.
Afnan Sabbagh: Benadryl like the Doc.. said they have allergies to. I'm glad you love your pet baby. Hope he/she gets better.
I would change her food to cooked or raw and only 1 protein at a time. Fish is usually good to start with. (chicken and beef usually are most allergic) if she keeps throwing up amd diarrhea then switch the protein but slowly. Hope she feels better.
my mom has a Jack Russell It is coughing all the time 12 years old and it also will fall down on its side it won't let you touch its stomach and will fall off the bed on her stomach with front legs straight out and back legs straight out she has never left my mom side this dog love my mother we call her are sister she has lived alone with her 12 years does she need to die but don't want to leave my mom :' (
My dog has been having a harsh cough for like 4 years now. I’ve tried everything natural and nothing works. It’s mostly when she moves around or they pick her up. It’s like 5 coughs and then one big one and a gag at the end. It’s every day. She still eats her food. Drinks her water. Runs around. She a miniature pincher. She’s 13 years old.
What kind of dog do you have she is she coughing?
Omg so does my 14 year old boy he has a high pitch cough especially after water and water and one big gag at the end nothing comes out. His breathing is fine he eats plays is happy but has a heart murmur and on tablets im conceived tho it’s the throat or allergies
@@anastasiabeautyy1864 my chihuahua too! He’s 8. He JUST started this two days ago. He did pull really hard on the leash 3 days ago. He hacked right afterwards but that was it. Next morning he started hacking with the gag at the end. But I thought his throat already seemed irritated for a week prior to this. He was doing a lot of reverse sneezing (more than normal) and he’s always suffered with runny nose, red watery eyes, and now this. Plus, on the same day that he pulled, I was running the AC window unit and I am thinking maybe the filters need to be changed due to all the pollen we have. Vet said she thinks it’s tracheal collapse or his heart murmur. But I honestly think it’s just allergies. I’n really hoping it goes away and it isn’t something serious. He eats, drinks, and is still playful. Lots of fast movement does make him hack. His second day of this hacking though has been a lot less than the first. So I’m hopeful.
My dog sneezes and makes sounds as if he is trying to clear his nose....allergies I'm guessing?
Maybe you can help me, please. We have a senior age cairn terrier. We have had him for over five years. We adopted him from Austin Pets Alive! out on Lavander Loop. On his papers, when we brought him, no sign of kennel cough, but ever since that day, when we got him home, he has been coughing. It is sporadic, harsh, but mixed. It can be a goose-honking like cough; other times, hacking and forceful...sometimes, it is just small, short coughs. Sometimes, sneezing and reverse sneezing also happen with it. He will also notably just look at me and cough. He will do it also for attention or if he wants something. Notably, he does not do it at times outside and definitely not when he is eating, sleeping, or drinking. We've seen his symptoms...other than the cough, nothing heart-related or kennel cough related. He eats, he drinks, he goes outside, and shows zero signs of respiratory distress. Is it allergy related? Is it an attention cough? There is no phlegm behind it; so, it is not a moist cough and it is not persistent either. However, it is chronic enough that we think he has either asthma or chronic bronchitis. No sign of nasal mites either...Any help would be helpful here. We've been using Benadryl and, at times, doxycycline to treat it as we are not sure whether it is an infection. Believe me, any help would be helpful and we would be grateful for it. His cough is getting us frustrated and we just want to know what we do for him to get the fur baby feeling better. That's it.
Hey, did you find out what that cough was? My dog has been doing exactly the same thing.
@@Ssandyyy-- Well, it turns out it was multiple things...part behavioral, part actual thing. The actual thing was allergies. He is allergic to cedar and juniper which are in abundance in Austin. Hopefully, with the move, those allergies will go down considerably. As to the behavioral thing, can we just say that, after his cold last winter, he got smart.
Turns out, especially after that, he figured out he can manipulate his humans by coughing. Now, this is my little guy; yours might be different. However, he got clever and has been using it as an attention cough/a fake cough to get extra things around the house. Turns out dogs are clever and can be trained to do that. He does it for chicken soup (just plain chicken broth, no salt or anything) as well as for anything else he wants...extra walks and the like.
So, turns out, the only thing that is actually wrong is allergies. The rest he has been playing us for five years straight. It''s like barking with him, but without the bark...he gets his point across. Separation anxiety from me also plays into it as well. Right now, we are all dealing with cedar fever and that's what has been making him feel worse and snotty, same thing with me. So, that's the story. However, turns out that we cannot train him out of the attention cough. We tried; so, now, we just adapt to it. Since we figured it out, he has toned it down as he has been found out though.
my Cairn has a Cushing's cough@@amandaalvis5958
I accidentally deleted my previous post. My dog is a 2 yr old Maltese/Yorkie. He has a similar cough to the dog in the video. He has been treated with antibiotics and cough meds. I wasn't sure if he had allergies or something more serious.
My vet told me I could give him Zyrtec every day 10 mg, my dog only weighs 6lbs so I worry its going to cause damage in the long run. But it does help him. Also he has had two X-rays of his lungs in the past year, the vet said his lungs look like a 10 year old dog :( I worry it could be something more serious but I don't know what else to do for him. And the vet seems to be guessing and trying to treat everything.
Dogs are very tolerant of antihistamines. They shouldn't do any harm.
Kelli I have a yorkie and he does the same thing that dog in the video does too. My vet said maybe collapse trachea but I am not sure it is that. That sounds more like a honking cough. Mine just does the quick fast hack noise. I think it is allergies becasue he is also very itchy
I just found out my dog has congestive heart failure .he's only 6 years old .I started him on heart pills and a diet.he has to have prescription hills dry food. how will I know if the pills are working for him.????
Kathleen Lebrun What symtoms come with congested heart failure??
Please have a specialist run a tracheal wash to see if issue is bronchitis, pulmonary fibrosis, or something else. Best wishes
i found that themy pitbull killed n ate half of an iguana 6 days ago,just 3 days ago he started showing gagging n coughing so I gave him a dewormer capsule yesterday n today now I just viewed your video n his symptoms are exactly how you demonstrated it,will it be safe to give him antibiotics n Robitussin starting tomorrow or should I just give him just the Robitussin alone.....
+sikario13 wtf your dog ate an iguana?
my dog has been coughing/hacking for over 3 years..vets always say allergies but no allergy meds are helpful at all. he eats fine he doesnt throw up food but he hacks up foamy stuff every time he gets up from laying down..ok..so as a last resort i gave him 5mg prednisone for 2 days that my sister had left over from her dog..ok..i know..dont preach..it worked...for almost 2 months..you dont know what a relief it was not to hear the constant hacking...problem is..vets dont want to give it to him because hes only 4 and a half years old....hes a 100lb mutt..looks like a really big black lab..not overweight..and its back..what do you suggest?.
It can be food intolerance, it is like allergy but symptoms are not so violent but still bad. Hard to diagnose. My dog suffers the same problems - coughing with foam/ mucous.There are also pancreatic problems and I suppose it can go towards IBS. Prednisone does work for my dog when cough gets worse (by the way 5 mg it is not a big dose as for 100 lb).But in the long run the diet is a crucial thing. Try to find what makes your dog ill - it can be really tiny thing like a piece of egg for example, or gluten, or fish. Or too much fat or fiber if pancreas is bad. Remember that symptoms in food intolerance can be late - might appear up to even 72 hours after eating, so it is very hard to find the culprit.
Try herbs. Licorice root is good for soothing stomach - make an infusion and give your dog (use syringes if he doesn’t want to drink). 1 g of licorice powder per 200/250 ml of boiling water. Let is stay for a while then strain.
I think the dog can drink even as much as twice his weight is- 100 lb means some 50 kg -so some 100 ml maximum daily dose. But start carefully with same smaller doses , individual intolerance can happen - lets say - first day 15 ml, second day 15 ml, third day 15 ml- after 72 hours probe/test increase the dose. Licroice should not be administered very long as it leads to potassium loss, I usually give it for a few days, then take a break . You can also give chamomile tea daily and from time to time infusion of mullein flower (Verbascum) and agrimony flower or leaf ( Agrimonia eupatoria) - flower is milder than leaf, use less of leaf in infusion than flower.
These 4 herbs keep my dog alive, and from time to time prednisone but I try to give it only when it is really bad. Be careful with other herbs, a lot of them is choleretic-promote bile secretion and in case of my dog and his pancreas it makes things worse.