haymin 2,465 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 A friends dog had a cough couple of months ago he went to vet had two courses of auntie biotic it's not kennel cough he said as his other dog doesn't have it , anyway the coughs came back and vet said have to exray and possibly surgery it's like something in the breathing system vet was on about taking out a lung etc anybody heard of anything like this before thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaraCroft 863 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) A cough can be from lots of things - mild heart failure causing a bit of fluid on the lungs, cysts on the lungs, fungal infection of the lungs ( won't respond to antibiotics), tumours of the lung etc - without an x-ray and/or other type of checks, impossible to say. It depends on the dog, and the owner, and the finances ... you could have the x-ray and find it is a small foreign body, easily removed by a small surgery at a reasonable cost - the dog is lovely and worth it. You could decide that money is tight, the dog is lovely, but priorities have to be accepted, and allow the dog to be a pet if it is comfortable with no further investigations, and PTS at the right time if it becomes a real issue. You could spend a fortune investigating the cause, only to find it is a non-treatable tumour and the dog is PTS anyway. If it was my dog, I'd want at least an x-ray to see what is going on - then take it from there fingers crossed it is something easy and cheap to fix Edited November 20, 2015 by LaraCroft Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haymin 2,465 Posted November 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Thanks for the reply crofty, had the X-ray today nothing there , the vet asked if it retrieves in water which it does , so she could have gulped some water into her lungs and possibly an infection there , another 180 quid course of anti biotic and X-ray ?? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LaraCroft 863 Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 You're welcome. I hope the antibiotics sort it out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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