Kennel cough??

Re: Kennel cough??

• Lee81 member

  July 2014

  As far as I know, the Bordatella vaccine is only effective on a couple strains of kennel cough. Kind of like the flu vaccine. Sorry Lucy isn't feeling well . Hopefully you can get her in at the vet right away and they can get her fixed up. Poor pup.

  

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• carawasa member

  July 2014

  I really have no clue but I'm just assuming that the shots do not protect against that. I would probably take her to the vet...poor little pup! my dog had allergies and would cough like she had kennel cough..

              

                                        

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• LC122 member

  July 2014

  We take our dog to daycare occasionally and there are both children and dogs in our neighborhood named Lucy but for some reason I kept reading this as being about your LO and thought you were taking the kids are not dogs thing a little too far.
  
  My brother's dog had kennel cough as a puppy and while not fun, he was fine. Can you put a call in to your vet? And could you ask the daycare if anyone else has complained of this?
  
  What kind of dog is she? Aren't some dogs prone to that reverse sneeze thing? But if this just started, maybe not.
  
  Sorry to not be of more help. Hope she feels better soon.

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• hartsl01 member

  July 2014

  I was afraid that maybe the shot didn't protect against all strands of the virus. I'll put a call into the vet at lunch and see what we can do about it. 

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

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• lawyerlindsay member

  July 2014

  Yeah, the vaccine doesn't cover all strands, just like the human flu vaccine.
  
  It's not really a big deal. Just call your vet.

  *Evelyn born 9/20/13*

  
  

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• huntjul member

  July 2014

  True kennel cough is caused by the bacteria Bordatella.  The vaccine is effective within 3 days when done intranasally as most vets administer it.  The injectible vaccine has to be boostered ~3 weeks after first administered, but you don't mention which vaccine or whether your dog had been vaccinated before, so I can't say for certain.  But it sounds like the vaccine should have kicked in (barring the booster-required situation).  So no, I do not think this is Bordatella.

  
  

  However, people use "kennel cough" as a catch-all for respiratory infections--parainfluenza virus, Bordatella, adenovirus, etc... or any combination thereof.  So sure, your dog could have caught a different respiratory infection--one that she's not vaccinated for.
  

  
  

  Is the cough near-constant?  Kennel cough is a horrific cough, like all the time.  However, a reverse sneeze occurs more episodically and while it sounds pretty bad, it is nothing that requires treatment.  You could probably YouTube reverse sneezing and see/hear a pretty good representation.  What I would do depends on which it is, and the severity of the cough if it is one.

  
  

  Also PPs it is "strains" not "strands".  In this case there are not really different strains of Bordatella in dogs that I am aware--it is that laypeople refer to multiple different bacteria and viruses as causing "kennel cough" while to a veterinarian kennel cough is Bordatella.

     
  

  
  

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• txmom13 member

  July 2014 edited July 2014

  huntjul said:

  Also PPs it is "strains" not "strands".

  I ❤️❤️❤️ you!

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• hartsl01 member

  July 2014

  huntjul said:

  True kennel cough is caused by the bacteria Bordatella.  The vaccine is effective within 3 days when done intranasally as most vets administer it.  The injectible vaccine has to be boostered ~3 weeks after first administered, but you don't mention which vaccine or whether your dog had been vaccinated before, so I can't say for certain.  But it sounds like the vaccine should have kicked in (barring the booster-required situation).  So no, I do not think this is Bordatella.

  
  

  However, people use "kennel cough" as a catch-all for respiratory infections--parainfluenza virus, Bordatella, adenovirus, etc... or any combination thereof.  So sure, your dog could have caught a different respiratory infection--one that she's not vaccinated for.
  

  
  

  Is the cough near-constant?  Kennel cough is a horrific cough, like all the time.  However, a reverse sneeze occurs more episodically and while it sounds pretty bad, it is nothing that requires treatment.  You could probably YouTube reverse sneezing and see/hear a pretty good representation.  What I would do depends on which it is, and the severity of the cough if it is one.

  
  

  Also PPs it is "strains" not "strands".  In this case there are not really different strains of Bordatella in dogs that I am aware--it is that laypeople refer to multiple different bacteria and viruses as causing "kennel cough" while to a veterinarian kennel cough is Bordatella.

  Thanks! She definitely doesn't have a constant cough and so far today, I haven't heard her do it. More so just that reverse sneezing when she goes crazy with her barking. And even then, she only does it about 3 times. I put a call into the vet and she said over the phone that it didn't sound bad. At this point we're going to keep a close eye on Lucy and watch her behavior and cough. 

  
  

  As far as the vaccine, she is updated once a year. I think when she was a puppy she had to have a booster for the shot but since then she has not.

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

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• huntjul member

  July 2014

  hartsl01 said:

  huntjul said:

  True kennel cough is caused by the bacteria Bordatella.  The vaccine is effective within 3 days when done intranasally as most vets administer it.  The injectible vaccine has to be boostered ~3 weeks after first administered, but you don't mention which vaccine or whether your dog had been vaccinated before, so I can't say for certain.  But it sounds like the vaccine should have kicked in (barring the booster-required situation).  So no, I do not think this is Bordatella.

  
  

  However, people use "kennel cough" as a catch-all for respiratory infections--parainfluenza virus, Bordatella, adenovirus, etc... or any combination thereof.  So sure, your dog could have caught a different respiratory infection--one that she's not vaccinated for.
  

  
  

  Is the cough near-constant?  Kennel cough is a horrific cough, like all the time.  However, a reverse sneeze occurs more episodically and while it sounds pretty bad, it is nothing that requires treatment.  You could probably YouTube reverse sneezing and see/hear a pretty good representation.  What I would do depends on which it is, and the severity of the cough if it is one.

  
  

  Also PPs it is "strains" not "strands".  In this case there are not really different strains of Bordatella in dogs that I am aware--it is that laypeople refer to multiple different bacteria and viruses as causing "kennel cough" while to a veterinarian kennel cough is Bordatella.

  Thanks! She definitely doesn't have a constant cough and so far today, I haven't heard her do it. More so just that reverse sneezing when she goes crazy with her barking. And even then, she only does it about 3 times. I put a call into the vet and she said over the phone that it didn't sound bad. At this point we're going to keep a close eye on Lucy and watch her behavior and cough. 

  
  

  As far as the vaccine, she is updated once a year. I think when she was a puppy she had to have a booster for the shot but since then she has not.

  Sounds like a wait and see approach is best given the infrequent nature of the coughing.  Hope she continues to do well!

     
  

  
  

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• lawyerlindsay member

  July 2014

  Yeah, the vaccine doesn't cover all strands, just like the human flu vaccine.
  
  It's not really a big deal. Just call your vet.

  txmom13 said:

  huntjul said:

  Also PPs it is "strains" not "strands".

  I ❤️❤️❤️ you!
  
  Excuse my thumb typo.
  

  *Evelyn born 9/20/13*

  
  

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