What color is the mucous? Does he have a fever? How is his poo? Is he drinking plenty?
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 14:52, mrs. nava <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Let me ask you something then, should it be going away in a week or so with > his sneezing cause now he no longer coughs just sneezing now. I don't know > it seems to be working the medicine, cause he's sneezing less and now when > he does sneeze like mucus does come out now. I don't know if that is better > or worse lol. I never dealt with this. Anyway the vet gave us medicine for > him to take for 2 weeks and its called doxycycline, is that used for what > supposedly he has. > > My husband is all worried that its gonna make him sicker, which it hadn't > he hasn't had an upset stomach or anything like it from that, and like I > said it seems to be getting better than worse. > > I have my friend checking with her vet on some things for me, she trust her > vet a lot and she's really good with giving a little advice for me. I wish I > lived closer to her in her city I could just take Paco over to her to look > over. > > Thanx though for everyone else for the help. We've had dogs before, but > never a smaller breed, and I'm thinking that you may have to be more careful > with the smaller breed and they're health is this so or what. Sorry with all > the questions. But you guys seem helpful. > > --- In [email protected] <Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com>, Pam B > <floridapos...@...> wrote: > > > > I don't know what my little Bruiser had about six weeks ago, but she did > the > > cough/sneeze thing too. It was terrible for about a week. I'm a nurse, so > > I kept listening to her lungs. They stayed clear. So it was definitely a > > URI. But we have a number of other dogs, and none of them got sick. > > Bruiser doesn't really go any where so I don't know where she got it. It > > started clearing up after about a week, and took about another week to > clear > > completely. She never had a fever, and I don't know if it was kosher or > > not, but I made the same cough medicine for her as I did my children. > > Honey, lemon juice, and a wee bit of whisky. It definitely helped. :) > > > > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 14:35, mrs. nava <trisha_navarro1...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The vet said it wasn't kennel cough that's so I'm guessing its dog flu. > He > > > said that he must have caught it from one of the dogs in the shelter. > Since > > > he came home from the shelter in a matter of hours he started sneezing > and > > > coughing. > > > > > > --- In [email protected] > > > <Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com><Chihuahuas% > 40yahoogroups.com>, Peggy & > > > The Girls <phrpg5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Any vet that gave me the wrong dosage of meds , I would never use > again! > > > If it were me, I would bring the HW med back and request the the > smaller > > > dosage. Which brand did they give you? you can check that site to see > what > > > they recommend. Also Chi's are not considered an adult until they are > almost > > > 2 yrs old. Their bones are still growing and they need the extra > calcuim and > > > protein, since they burn it up faster as a puppy. > > > > > > > > Did he say what type of upper resportoary infection he had? Like > kennel > > > cough, or the dog flu? > > > > Also it is a good idea for any one who takes a dog to the vet to > always > > > ask for a copy of their records once the vet is done checking the dog > out > > > and completes his report. If you should ever have to change vets, it > will > > > come in very handy, especially with any test results. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: mrs. nava <trisha_navarro1982@> > > > > To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]<Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > <Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > > > Sent: Fri, Oct 29, 2010 10:27 pm > > > > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Question on the food given to us by the vet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paco is only a year old. While visiting the vet they gave us puppy > food, > > > is that okay to give Paco? I'm just wondering. Thanx. Also heart worm > > > medicine was for puppies weighing from 11-25 lbs and he is 10 lbs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: mrs. nava <trisha_navarro1982@> > > > > To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]<Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > <Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > > > Sent: Fri, Oct 29, 2010 10:27 pm > > > > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Question on the food given to us by the vet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paco is only a year old. While visiting the vet they gave us puppy > food, > > > is that okay to give Paco? I'm just wondering. Thanx. Also heart worm > > > medicine was for puppies weighing from 11-25 lbs and he is 10 lbs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
