Rooney might be sick...

Submitted by JoshandJenn on July 25, 2011 - 9:31pm

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He has been coughing a lot and sneezing and now is starting to snort out boogers that are thick and greenish. Is this a cold or something else? Can dogs get colds?Anything we can do at home?

Green is infection and time for a vet visit.

Submitted by AmyandSophia on July 26, 2011 - 12:05am.

And I wouldn't wait much past tomorrow to go in. Coughing and green boogers aren't a good combination.

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I second Amy's opinion

Submitted by Shannon and Winston on July 26, 2011 - 8:29am.

green is usually a sign of some sort of infection. I'm sending good thoughts to Rooney that it's nothing serious and the vet can nip it in the bud. :)

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green discharge is bad

Submitted by judy wilson on July 26, 2011 - 9:59am.

i dont worry if nasal dischrge is white....but once it turns green were to the vet get a chest x ray....it could be aspirated pneumonia...dont wait...no home remedies

Thanks for the messages

Submitted by JoshandJenn on July 26, 2011 - 12:53pm.

Thanks for the messages guys. The discharge isn't a constant thing, just once or twice so far but the coughing is there. Rooney is going into the vet at 5pm today so think good thoughts =) It's so weird that he would get these symptoms one week after getting his updated shots for kennel cough.

Kennel Cough can turn into pneumonia in a serious hurry.

Submitted by AmyandSophia on July 26, 2011 - 3:11pm.

Good you are getting him in today. It could be a negative reaction to the vaccine, or it could be he actually came into contact at the vets office with kennel cough virus.

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Just got a call from Jenn and

Submitted by JoshandJenn on July 26, 2011 - 5:30pm.

Just got a call from Jenn and Rooney got an earlier appointment with his vet. Thankfully it was not kennel cough and just an upper resperitory infection/flu. she told us that he could have got this anywhere and it was just a random flu. she gave him a shot and he is on antibiotics for the next 10 days. Thanks to everyone for the advice.