You should call your vet as that's who is in charge of your puppy's health care. Your pup most likely has kennel cough. It can vary widely in severity and length. What did the shelter person give you to give your pup?
your pup should be fine if it's not too serious it should go away on it's own, but you always want to take it to a vet to be sureok I found a local animal hospital I will take her this week.
Thanks guys hopefully its nothing serious.
I really don't see a point of taking her to the vet right now maybe after the 10 days like the shelter said. I have her medical history and last time she was at the vet was on 9/27. I honestly can't afford a vet visit. I hardly go to the doctor myself. I will see after the 10 days if she still have it I will take her to the vet. but thanks everyone for the information.
Did you read my post? It can be serious, especially in a puppy and one that may have other unknown problems. If the shelter is such that they are adopting out dogs with kennel cough, they can not be trusted to know if the dog may have other problems. Not to mention the things that could happen (accidents, illness, etc). Have you ever had a dog before? A puppy? Just because it's kennel card said "no concerns" does NOT mean the pup doesn't have any other problems that were missed (which is VERY common at shelters) or develop problems.What the shelter explained to me is Kennel coughs are common for adopted dogs. He said almost all dogs from shelters have them. He made it seem that it isn't serious.
The medical history of the dog says no Concern on the papers. Now boosters are offered at my local pet store at a discounted price so that wouldn't be a problem.
She receivedThe other thing you might want to think about are worms and parasites. I think it's roundworm that can go into the lungs - sounds like kennel cough to us (not to a vet) but it's not. Always a good idea to have a fecal check.
The record I got is from animal hospital next to the shelter. and all it has other than the shots is the treatment on 9/27/2010 (kennel cough) as I reconfirmed with the shelter. I just scheduled an appointment with the vet tomorrow.Did you read my post? It can be serious, especially in a puppy and one that may have other unknown problems. If the shelter is such that they are adopting out dogs with kennel cough, they can not be trusted to know if the dog may have other problems. Not to mention the things that could happen (accidents, illness, etc). Have you ever had a dog before? A puppy? Just because it's kennel card said "no concerns" does NOT mean the pup doesn't have any other problems that were missed (which is VERY common at shelters) or develop problems.