[Dailydrool] Question about cough

[Esther Strom]

Barbie,

It sounds like you've had a pretty horrible year, and I'm so sorry for
that. You should obviously have your vet check everything possible, but
it's not necessarily anything bad. Basil came to me at age 8-ish, and he's
had a cough from day 1. His foster mom said he had it with her, too. It
sounds a lot like you describe - it mostly happens when he's been sleeping;
he'll all of a sudden wake up and start coughing so hard that he needs to
stand up. It happens maybe three or four times a day/night. He's been
tested for every possible cause (kennel cough, heart problems, lung
problems, allergies) and everything has come back negative. Several vets
have told me that dogs can get the same "old person" cough that humans get.
There's really no specific cause, so it can't be cured, only treated.
Basil's vet has told me that if it gets really bad he can prescribe a
cough suppressant, but since most of them contain steroids, and Basil
already has bladder-control issues, we don't want to go there unless he
seems really bothered by it. He's been with me three and a half years, and
it's never gotten better, but also never gotten any worse.

-Esther, Basil the cougher, and Waldo ATB

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:04 AM, <DAISY7521 at aol.com> wrote:

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> Hello to everyone, I want to apologize for not reading or writing to the
> drool very much anymore, ever since my dad and my sister and Honey have
> passed this year, I guess I am just not really with it too much, and I seem
> to have lost so  much interest in things. One of them being the computer,
> because I used to look for emails from my sister all the time. Now that is
> gone.
> But I do have a question please, I have Scooby, my black lab, 12 yrs. old,
> and she is doing just wonderful, came back from the chiropractor and she is
> like a pup again. My question is, she has developed a cough. She has not
> been around other dogs really except about a month ago, at a dog park. we
> haven't been back since.
> my vet listened to her heart and lungs, and said both seem fine. however
> it is still there, so i have an appointment for her next Tuesday. II am
> praying it is nothing serious, wonder if she picked something up from
> another dog?
> Sometime she will be sleeping, and wake up with this deep almost like a
> nauseating cough, and then go back to sleep. I hope someone has some
> encouraging words for me. I thought maybe her heart could be skippiing a
> beat or something. I am sure vet will want to take x rays..........thoughts
> please??????
> I don't need anymore heartache in my life. this year, has not been good
> for me at all..............thanks so much.......I am so sorry to all of
> you, that have had to lose your prescious babies to the rainbow
> bridge...........
> thanks.......Barbie, Dottie and Scooby......
> if someone wants to write to me directly, anytiime is fine........I
> welcome your input.
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