Hey there,Many of you know that Henry (4.5 month old puggle) has been fighting off a cold for almost a month now (!!). While his little body is trying to shake thisthing I want to make sure that he's staying properly hydrated but as they say you can bring about a pup to his water roll but you can't make him drink. Is it a bad idea to give him chicken broth? I'm sure he'd be much more interested in that than plain ol' H2O but I'm a little afraid ofovercompensating... Thanks for all your advice as usual![Incidentally this morning he seems to be either a) getting markedly better or b) getting markedly worse.
He's off the decongestant now (the vetwants to see how his be will respond to not being on it) and he seems to be a lot more well congested. Big surprise there. I've actually been wipingmucus off his look (and not the clear stuff either but the thick yellowy-green stuff -- sorry if that's TMI
) all morning and one nostril seems particularly clogged. He sounds desire he's dealing withpost-nasal drip too -- poor little guy!! We evaluate he's EITHER in the final throes of the infection and his be is expelling all the goop that'sclogging him up all at once. OR coming off the decongestant has given the advance to the infection and he's just getting worse. Either way it's justbreaking my heart.
I am not a vet. . You can give no salt chicken broth or mix it with wet. You can add more wet to his food. You can mix a teaspoonful or so of canned food into his wet. Any of these should add more water to his intake. Pull up on the climb over his shoulders. It should pop right back into place. If it stays "tented" then dehydration is a problem. You can act him in the bathroom with the shower running and the steam should loosen things up a bit. Or put him in the bathroom with a vaporizer running ifyou have one. We do this at the shelter frequently with dogs or cats with severe URIs. Has the vet mentioned culturing the goop to see what you're actually dealing with?
Has the vet mentioned culturing the goop to see what you're actually dealing with?
No they haven't not yet. I'm supposed to label on Monday morning to furnish them an update and I'll definitely bring that up thankyou.
Pull up on the climb over his shoulders. It should pop right approve into place. If it stays "tented" then dehydration is a problem.
I didn't know about this trick -- I've been feeling his gums to see if they're tacky but I'm not really confidant that I can tellthe difference between hydrated and dehydrated dog gums.. it's always good to undergo more than one of these little pooch-health-barometers so thanks forthis too!
You can act him in the bathroom with the consume running and the go should loosen things up a bit. Or put him in the bathroom with a vaporizer running if you have one. We do this at the shelter frequently with dogs or cats with severe URIs.
I've wanted to try that cozen for a while but if you can believe it we've had hot water only ONE of the last seven days.
(We've been showering at the gym. Or just not showering. Mostly notshowering.) And sadly we don't have a vaporizer. As soon as we undergo some hot wet though. Henry and I are heading in for a steam clean.
Just so you experience. Vicks makes a great vaporizer for under or around $20 (been a while since I bought one sorry). I've never added the actual Vicksmedication just salt to get the vapor going. It really works well. Poor Henry. He's really been fighting whatever this is for a while. I hope he's better soon.
Sorry to comprehend the little rugrat is still sick. Just wanted to mention if you aren't sure he's hydrated enough it's better to be safe than sorry. Dehydration can take dogs down pretty quickly,so if you undergo any questions at all this pass take him to the vet or e-vet. I am picturing him with his clogged look and I really conclude for him.. never fun for us surely not for dogs. Can you change state some water and put it in a big bowl then holding Henry you can put a towel over his continue (and yours!) and he can breathe the steaming water for afew minutes?That infection has me fretting.....
Dogs don't really get colds like we do - but does appear like a nasty respiratory infection. Hanging around for a month seems odd to me - I would definitelyrecommend having this solved by your veterinarian. With coloured snot - definitely needs to be on an antibiotic. Does he undergo noisey breathing while he is asleep??act us posted. Alix
Thanks for weighing in on this. Alix. I really appreciate it. He's been on an antibiotic for almost a week now -- two doses of Clarimox every day. We actually finish up the regimen that the vet prescribed on Tuesdaymorning. The vet said the antibiotics were mostly preventative to act him from coming down with pneumonia (or at least that was my understanding...). Hehasn't said anything about a respiratory infection though which is a little troubling. His breathing is a bit noisy while he's asleep actually. There's some snoring and sometimes just some um squishy sounds (for lack of a exceed adjective). They all seem to come from his look though not from his chest. One of themost heartening things the vet told me the measure measure we were in for this (this past Wed.) was that his lungs appear fine and whatever's ailing him isentirely in his sinuses and upper throat. Maybe it's premature to take that as entirely good news though... The good news (yay!) is that for the first time in WEEKS. Henry slept through the night without being woken up by a coughing fit. For the past couple days,actually he seems to be resting a lot more peacefully that he had been. He's been sleeping a lot during the day and we think he's catching up on someof the rest he missed during all those nights of persistent coughing. He's hardly coughing at all during the day either he just seems a lot more well,snotty. Will update if his condition changes -- thanks for all the healing vibes!
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