antibiotics wont cause kennel cough to turn to pneumonia.. it might help prevent it from becoming pneumiona which is what i am sure you meant to type huggles Pat in OK Patricia
________________________________ From: ButtercupandWyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 2:50:10 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] coughing kennel cough does take a bit to get over, it is more of a honking type cough, when yuo press on their trachea they usually cough ( if they have kennel cough) antibio's wont help get rid of kennel cough, but will help it turn into pneuomnia ;-) if it is kennel cough it does need to run its course, it could be a cold also, one of my dogs is coughing quite a bit lately and havent been anyplace to pick up kennel cough .. so it might just be the change in weather , like how it makes us sick ;-) --- On Tue, 12/9/08, Yisraela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Yisraela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Chihuahuas] coughing To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 8:32 PM When I got Lacy a month ago, she started coughing after having her a week. The vet put her on ten days antibiotics and she got a little better. The previous owner said it was kennel cough and it would run its course in 2 weeks. She is still coughing. Cant go back to the vets yet. Anyone familiar with kennel cough? Thanks, Yis Yisraela & the adorable chi, Lacy Lou
