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Lily is supposed to go back in tomorrow to get a sample of the fluid in her lungs tested. We have been having some issues with her getting really winded during exercising, panting abnormally, and coughing during/after exercise. First they checked her heart, which thankfully looked good. But the x-rays showed inflammation in the lungs. The vet wanted to try a wormer first so we did 5 days of Panacur starting this past Tuesday. On Saturday we went swimming at the pool and she was still coughing (not from swallowing water, but the same cough as she has had). We had a recheck scheduled for today. Fecal was clear, but due to her still coughing as of the weekend, now the vet wants to check the lungs a bit more.
He said we could do some light exercising since we ruled out heart problems. So when I got back from the vet today I took Lily out for a bit - nothing hardcore but got her out there running and stretching her legs with some ball chasing, running, and playing in the hose. Guess what - no coughing.
So now what?!
Anyone else had this problem before? The cough that Lily makes reminds me of when dogs pull on their collars/leashes really hard and the cough/choke. She is eating, pooping, and acting fine. Occassionally she does seem too tired to really want to play and she does have episodes where she seems to pant really hard for no explainable reason (not hot, not recently exercising, etc.).
I'm at a loss of what to do with her and how much testing is really necessary.
He said we could do some light exercising since we ruled out heart problems. So when I got back from the vet today I took Lily out for a bit - nothing hardcore but got her out there running and stretching her legs with some ball chasing, running, and playing in the hose. Guess what - no coughing.

So now what?!

Anyone else had this problem before? The cough that Lily makes reminds me of when dogs pull on their collars/leashes really hard and the cough/choke. She is eating, pooping, and acting fine. Occassionally she does seem too tired to really want to play and she does have episodes where she seems to pant really hard for no explainable reason (not hot, not recently exercising, etc.).
I'm at a loss of what to do with her and how much testing is really necessary.