my dog is wheezing

mendacity

Since the summer started my 12 year old cross terrier has developed a wheeze most obvious in the morning, but sometimes it makes her vomit. I am wondering is it just age, could it be pollen count or something I should take her to the vet for. I only took her from rescue a few months back so am new to her and having a dog generally.

Intothesea

Hello there. I'm not lying to you (:pac:)
when I say that you should take your
pup to the vet. There's a tendency for
all animals in rescue settings to catch
the common/most highly contagious
problems there. Bordatella or 'kennel
cough' might be what's going on, but
there's no way to know until the vet
puts his finger on it.

Here's a page dedicated to it (for
Boston terrier) for you:

http://www.bostonterrierhub.com/canine_bordetella.html

ETA: I just realised that you might mean
this Summer, but this bordetella stuff
is easy to catch from unvaccinated dogs.

Hope that helps

Sigma Force

Take the dog to the vet it could be something minor or a more serious underlying problem taking her age into account as well a vets advice on what treatment is required is best.

mendacity

There's a tendency for
all animals in rescue settings to catch
the common/most highly contagious
problems there. Bordatella or 'kennel
cough' might be what's going on, but
there's no way to know until the vet
puts his finger on it



Thanks for the advice. I should have mentioned that she developed the wheeze almost immediately after I have her at the vet where she was given the kennel cough vaccination.

Ultimately I know its off to the vet for us.

Intothesea

Hi again. I was just having a look
there and it appears that if vaccination
is given just after the infection takes
hold, kennel cough can still develop.

Here's an interesting page on this
topic:

http://www.dolittler.com/index.cfm/2008/2/7/pet.vet.dog.cat.kennel%20cough.bordetella.vaccine.veterinary

HTH

curran_c

does anybody know if thee is a natural alternative to Noroclav? my dog is having a reaction to pollen and the antibiotic isn't working. thanks.

lorebringer

curran_c wrote: »

does anybody know if thee is a natural alternative to Noroclav? my dog is having a reaction to pollen and the antibiotic isn't working. thanks.

If the antibiotic isn't working, you will need to go back to the vet to get another one. Because it is an allergy, you may need and anti histamine or anti inflammatory to help with the reaction (that is, the infection may be gone, but not the symptoms) so there may be a need for a combo of medication.