It doesn't sound like dog flu then. Here's a vet site that gives you the symptoms of dog flu. http://www.vetinfo.com/dog-flu-symptoms.html
The doxycycline is the best antibiotic for a respiratory disease. It will not make him worse, although a little diaherra can happen. It is important that you keep a good schedule when giving it and make sure you finish the entire prescription. If he were mine, I wouldn't take him out at all, for at least three weeks. Any sudden chill can bring on more coughing and you don't need to worry about it leading into pneumonia. It's best that he stay indoors with a more consistent temperature and use the wee wee pads. I know, mine love to go out to, and I hate the winters because they make me feel so guilty when they can't go out for a walk. Since you got him from the shelter, that means you don't know if he had all of his shots, especially Parvo. All shelters must give the rabies shot prior to release, but it is not mandatory for the booster shot. Did your vet run a blood panel to make sure he could rule out Parvo? If not, and if he says he doesn't know what type of respiratory disease he has , then I would suggest a blood test. I certainly would not give him a booster or any other shots while his immune level is so low now. As far as science diet dog food goes..it's not the top on my list either. Although the first ingredient is chicken, it does have wheat and soybean meal and a lot of dogs are allergic to both of those. I recently switched both of my dogs to Wellness Chicken Dry. Princess is a finicky eater and she dives into it. It is mostly all meat, which is what dogs are all about. They don't need grain fillers, like wheat, rice and soy. Usually if I switch Princess diet, even when I do it a little at a time she would always throw up and or get the runs. This didn't happen with the Wellness so I am sticking to it. Gigi has a bottomless pit, so she will eat anything and nothing bothers her. But one thing I did find interesting with Gigi is that when I rescued her she was on the Wellness turkey which also has a very fishy smell to it because of the salmon. She always smelled doggy and I couldn't stand the smell when she went to the bathroom. Not only that but when I emptied her glands it smelled fishy too. UCK! So since I switched her to the chicken and am also using Bobbi Panther natural puppy shampoo, from Petco,she doesn't have a doggy smell and she only needs a bath once a month. It has also gotten rid of the dry skin problem after two baths. This has got to be the 5th shampoo I tried on her and its the only one that works. So for her, it is a combination of diet and shampoo that was causing the doggie ordor and dry skin to last so long. ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ -----Original Message----- From: mrs. nava <[email protected]> To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 6:00 pm Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Question on the food given to us by the vet He's still drinking normal and eating normal, the mucus is like clear and last night I saw a bubble come out of his nose. I'm not sure about the fever, he felt a little warm last night. The doctor when he took his temp said it was a little above normal is about it. And that's about. He still plays normal and he still eats and drinks. All this like before he was sleeping a lot more and stuff that's about it, he's not sleeping so much now, but just wanting to play more and wanting to go outside. Which I try to let him go out when its warm out and not to let him go out so much when it gets cool. Cause its starting to get cooler at night. He mainly sneezes more though when he's outside but inside he's sneezes every now and then. This is something that we mentioned to the vet. Which he said its normal for dogs to sneeze when they are excited. --- In [email protected], Pam B <floridapos...@...> wrote: > > 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 <trisha_navarro1...@...>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 > > <floridapossum@> 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_navarro1982@>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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
