Do Dogs Get Colds

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My pap.... has what appears to be a cold, snorting etc...... ??????

had dogs for 26 years and can't ever remember a dog having these symptoms b4!

 

[swamper]

My pap.... has what appears to be a cold, snorting etc...... ??????had dogs for 26 years and can't ever remember a dog having these symptoms b4!

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yep thay can have colds

and there is also a risk of cross contamination to your self

 

[wilfred]

sometimes they can snuffle and and snort cos they have some sort of an obstruction .... a good few years ago now, one of my dogs (she was only young then) kept making a horrible snorting noise, never having heard kennel cough before we wondered if she had kennel cough?

The vet examined her and extracted a very long blade of grass that she had somehow got stuck between the very back of her nose and down her throat! :blink: how she did that, I have no idea (w00t)

 

[sharron]

i'v been told by the vet that dog DO NOT GET COLDS. I would get it checked by the vet asap. zeb had a sneezing fit (big time)last year thought it was a cold but it turned out to be kennel cough. its not just a cought but can be a sneeze. he had a very wet nose. There are cases of kc going around at the moment. so i would get it checked.

 

[urchin]

I am no expert on this at all, but (lol!)

Seeing as a human cold is not a specific disease (there are well over 100 different germs that will do it) - its just a low level virus that makes you feel grotty, snotty, sneezey and coughy

I cant see why dogs couldn't get something similar

Although technically cold viruses live only in the noses of humans and not in animals except chimpanzees and other higher primates

 

[devonmaid]

recently my dogs had runny noses and sneezing i was waiting for it to turn into kennel cough but it didnt although one did make funny throat sounds for a day lol i have 6 dogs and only 3 where affected "did they have a cold lol "

 

[maggymills]

they can get chest and throat infections as can anything, or it can be kennel cough. or there is something tickling/stuck in nasal passage??

or they can be allergic to something. or there could be something connected with the lungs-infection etc...

many differents- its just not given the name - a 'cold'. think thats a virus?

but if my dog was sneezeing or coughing i would call vets and arrange an appointment asap- make sure to isolate- incase it is kc..

xx

 

[whippeteerThe1st]

i hav a whippet ,,that snorts alot from time to time,, normally that means a throat infection,,, which a 5 day course off antibotics will clear up

as for coughs or kennal cough i hav not come across yet with any of my dogs( TOUCH WOOD :sweating: )