I have a four year old min pin that I recently adopted. Well, more like rescued- He has ALOT of problems. But this has me shook! He did have kennel cough about a year ago. It was supposedly taken care of, but in the 6 months I have had him, he has a ton of congestion. The vet had him on antibiotics for a month straight. It worked as long as he takes the antibiotic, as soon as he quits it, hes sick again. He has really awful breath, chest congestion, runny nose, crusty eyes, and a hacking/gagging problem. I have taken him off the antibiotics, as they are expensive & not good on a continuous basis, and started him on probiotics for 2 weeks now. I am open to any suggestions to help my little guy. He has had a BAD life, & my only goal is to help him feel better & know what a good life is all about. I dont have alot of money & truly just trust all natural over prescription meds. Thanks for any help or knowledge that you can share.
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Take the dog to another vet. Do not let the dog suffer. It sounds like he has suffered too much already.
Bless your heart. Honestly , if it were me, I would take him to another vet.
It sounds like he has really been through it. And remember that just because a person has DVM by their name, does not make them a good vet. You really need to have him evaluated by someone that can give you straight answers. I have a lot of experience with dogs and I can tell you that this does need more attention that your vet has given you. I hope you can find a good, caring vet that will give him the care he needs. Good luck
Pneumonia in dogs is very hard to get rid of. IMHO one month of antibiotics wasn’t simply enough.
I dislike overuse of antibiotics but you don’t have another choice.
Unfortunately.
Best of luck!!!!
Late Entry : just noticed it was you who “discontinued” the antibiotics. Hmmmm. Perhaps you should think twice before deciding you are “smarter” than your vet.
Oh, I went through this with one of my adopted dogs. His KC progressed into pnuemonia and it took a long time and quite a bit of money to treat.
I HIGHLY recommend you go back to the vet or find another vet and do *exactly* what they say (do not stop the meds yourself.) It took my young, otherwise healthy lab, two rounds of extremely strong antibiotics, steroid treatment, and an IV to get him well again.
Pnuemonia is a pretty dangerous one to mess around with, so please don’t try and go the natural or home remedy route with this. But, along with the vet’s treatment, bring your dog into the bathroom with you when you take a steamy shower…this will temperarily relieve some of the congestion and pain. Best of luck to you both.
Give your doggie as much fresh meat and animal fat as you can afford to do. Add 5 ml of 10% hydrogen peroxide (you can get this from a chemist) to 5 litres of water and give this to the dog as its drinking water. You can use the same dilution to wipe down the nose and eyes. It will bubble as it loosens the crusty stuff, but it is not dangerous, as it is releasing pure oxygen when it does this. Let me know how this works, as the dilution may be a little weak, but you should in any case see a difference in a day or two.