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Re: Kennel Cough from Potomac

two pups came home coughing but it went away in a couple days, none of the adults coughed.

Re: Kennel Cough from Potomac

Heck!! I came home coughing too, and still am!!!

Re: Kennel Cough from Potomac

A dog in the next ring was coughing badly. Mine had already been exposed a couple months earlier to this strain and were okay. They coughed for about a week in feb. And had been inoculated in November.

Re: Kennel Cough from Potomac

Cough less
A dog in the next ring was coughing badly. Mine had already been exposed a couple months earlier to this strain and were okay. They coughed for about a week in feb. And had been inoculated in November.


How do you know the "strain"?

Re: Kennel Cough from Potomac

There are a number of different strains. The widely used serum does not cover all the strains. My guys were all current on vaccinations, and the one who started coughing at a circuit this winter obviously picked up a different strain and brought it home where the others caught it. Even when exposed to coughing dogs at Potomac, they all stayed well. My common sense and the vet's expertise concluded that this was a strain that they had developed a resistance to due to their previous exposure,

Re: Kennel Cough from Potomac

I came home coughing too, but it wasn't your typical cough - it had something to do with some stupid letter....