I have an old dog who lays down most of the time and can only go for short walks because of arthritis. He doesnt cough when he exerts himself, only when laid down mostly at night. He is not over weight.There is no discharge from his nose and seems healthy apart from that. I dont think it is kennel cough as my other dog doesnt cough.
2007-01-09 23:27:43 · 10 answers · asked by miroku 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Take him to the vets, my dog had a cough, and was taken straight away to the vets, she said it was "kennel cough", but I was not happy with that, as I have heard dogs with this complaint, he went in on the Thursday for an x-ray and I had a phone call in the afternoon to say they could not do anything for him, PLEASE if you love your dog investigate, as I had my dog home for Friday and Saturday and Saturday evening he had to leave me for the bridge.it was throat cancer and it had spread to his lungs.Good Luck, hope everything is well.
2007-01-10 01:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-28 14:48:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had an old dog that done the same,i was told by a vet that as a dog gets older the pallet in the tops of their mouths get softer and softer, this causes iritation in side the dogs mouth causeing them to cough, try to give him plenty of drinks but thats all you can do really,its horrible to see them coughing i know .
2007-01-09 23:41:28 · answer #3 · answered by wiccawoman 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He needs a vet check, mention the coughing. If he has fluid building up in his lungs it will affect his breathing and his heart and it may be worse when he's been resting for a while; breathing heavily on a walk may help him clear the fluid.
2007-01-09 23:38:36 · answer #4 · answered by sarah c 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It may be to do with heart failure though the lack of cough on exertion deems this unlikely.
It may also be a foreign body or dryness, do you have central heating, does he have enough to drink?
Also is he on drugs, what about side effects?
2007-01-09 23:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by Lynne W 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why are you asking this here, get your dog to the vet, the poor old thing deserves a bit of dignity.
2007-01-09 23:52:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GO BRING IT 2 A VET n let it get treatment or watever!!!! i hope u have don let yr poor dog keep on coughin n coughin without doing anything xcept asking 4 ans. it must b feelin miserable N i hope u have brought yr dog to e vet... if yr ans is a no.. do u even care bout yr dog?!?
2007-01-09 23:46:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
And what did the vet say? Sorry, is that a "I haven't taken him to the vet"? And how much do you love your dog?
2007-01-09 23:32:58 · answer #8 · answered by cuddles_gb 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
perhaps his throat muscles are weak due to old age
2007-01-09 23:32:13 · answer #9 · answered by Tracy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what has the vet said about it?
2007-01-09 23:56:48 · answer #10 · answered by fenlandfowl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋