dog with a cough

angeldaisy

hi guys, my collie (Rusty) has a had a sort of a cough over the last week or so. He starts as if he is going to vomit but then its more of a cough. Very sporadic and he has never had this before.

he's 12, although he is very fit and healthy. He isn't around other dogs, other than our own, is never walked with other dogs, or been in kennels.

If it hasn't improved I'll take him to the vet when I'm off later in the week.

Any tips to improve it in the meantime? Anyone found honey useful?

muddypaws

I find manuka honey brilliant. a child's cough medicine has been known to help if it is kennel cough, but maybe give your vet a ring, and get phone advice, they won't want him in the waiting room anyway if it is KC, as it is so contagious.

anniehoo

When was the last time he was dewormed angeldaisy?

angeldaisy

anniehoo wrote: »

When was the last time he was dewormed angeldaisy?

Probably around 3mths ago

anniehoo

angeldaisy wrote: »

Probably around 3mths ago

Ok. While it could be a few things at age 12 (hopefully it's only a mild resp infection) it would be worth dosing him with a fenbendazole based wormer e.g. Panacur now if you can. We've had 4 Lungworm cases in over the last few weeks (pre patent period 6-10 weeks) and one of the first clinical signs is coughing (some had it some didn't).

Hopefully it's not that but it'd be no harm in dosing him anyway until you can get him to the vet.

angeldaisy

Great, I'll do that, thanks. fingers crossed

juniord

I think it's not safe to give fenbendazole to collie type dogs, op please check this before giving it to your dog

anniehoo

juniord wrote: »

I think it's not safe to give fenbendazole to collie type dogs, op please check this before giving it to your dog

It's Ivermectin that's not safe, fendendazole is perfectly fine for collies.

boomerang

Parazole is another fenbendazole product, and commonly available from petshops and chemists. What is the duration of treatment for lungworm anniehoo? Five days at 1ml per kg bodyweight? Angeldaisy you'll need a syringe to measure it. My guys will lap it up if mixed in well with yoghurt or mushed sardines in tomato sauce.

anniehoo

boomerang wrote: »

Parazole is another fenbendazole product, and commonly available from petshops and chemists. What is the duration of treatment for lungworm anniehoo? Five days at 1ml per kg bodyweight? .

We use Norworm sachets but same principle yeah. If diagnosed with Lungworm it's a single dose for 5 days in a row. This is the treatment though and not just a routine dosage if you know what I mean.

wrote:

Routine treatment of Adult Dogs: Administer 1g Norworm
granules 220mg/g per 2.2kg (5 lbs) bodyweight as a single
dose (= 100mg fenbendazole per kg bodyweight). The dose
should be administered by mixing into the feed.
Practical dosage recommendations:
2.2 to 4.4kg (5-10 lbs) 2g
4.5 to 8.8kg (10-20 lbs) 4g
8.9 to 13.2kg (20-30 lbs) 6g
13.3 to 22kg (30-50 lbs) 10g
22.1 to 35.2kg (50-80 lbs) 16g
35.3 to 50kg (80-110 lbs) 22g
For dogs weighing over 50kg (110 lbs), an extra 1g is required
for each additional 2.2kg bodyweight. The dose should be
administered by mixing into the feed.
Treatment should be repeated when natural reinfection with
parasitic worms occurs.

Even that hasn't been enough to get rid completely and it's taken a second round of treatment and up to 3 weeks to see no larvae in faecal samples.

angeldaisy

Well, he's just had a dose of wormer and hopefully we'll be able to get him to the vet tomorrow at some point.

Thanks for all advice given