Kennel cough vaccination (intranasal)

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dididuke

Boxer Buddy
Our new puppy Dee Dee had her kennel cough vaccination on the 4th of May. I wasn't planning on getting her this, but I signed her up for puppy classes given by a trainer at the vets office and this was required to be able to take the classes.

It was the intranasal vaccination. Anyway, since the weekend anyway, our old boxer Duke has been coughing, bad. Plus he had a sort of goopy eye right before the coughing started. It sounds like he is trying to hack something up and sometimes he does, just white foamy mucous sometimes. So I am trying to find out what is wrong with him and beings he is old all I can think of is cancer. So I google some more words kennel cough vaccination shed and yes a vaccinated dog can give the other dogs kennel cough because they shed the virus. He is always smelling her poop and pee. He has not been vaccinated for this in a long time because we no longer board our dogs. So maybe this is it? I have an appointment to take him to the vet in a couple of hours, but wanted to see if anyone had any personal experience or knowledge with this. Thanks for any info, Paula P.S. I printed off a couple of different articles for the vet about the possibility of a newly vaccinated dog shedding the virus for approximately 3 days and it makes other dogs sick.
 

LILYLARUE

Boxer Insane
Very interesting.....please post all info you get. I foster and don't vac my dogs either. I'm in "The Need To Know". LOL Thanks!
 

srennie

Super Boxer
Darby (our rescue) came down with kennel cough the day after we brought her home. Then a couple of days later our boston started coughing. I waited a couple of days to see if they would get better on their own which they didn't so we headed to the vet. He gave us a homeopathic remedy called Drosera and within the week they were not coughing at all. It was amazing! I'd consider trying that for your old guy to avoid unnecessary meds.
 

dididuke

Boxer Buddy
Yes, the vet heard him cough and he said "Oh that sounds like kennel cough". So he listened to his heart and lungs and they are all clear--sounded great. However, Duke is not cooperative at all for vet exams, so we don't know if he has a fever or not. The vet put him on an anti for 10 days just as "in case" because the fever or not equation in this is unknown. Plus he is kind of lethargic since yesterday and has been only picking at his food since yesterday. But yeah sounds like he got it from our puppy's vaccination. Of course, the vet said oh no, we use a live modified virus for that so there is no way that can happen. But from everything I have read about it online, it says it is a good possibility. So my hubbie and I believe he got it from our puppy's really recent vaccination.

Anyway, if he isn't any better in 10 days I have to bring him back and other things will have to be done to get an exam done on him. The vet also said both of his dogs just got over kennel cough and neither one of them went anywhere just outside in the backyard where there is a privacy fence. Of course other dogs walk by, just like they do at our house.
 
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