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Have you noticed that your normally happy, healthy dog has started coughing constantly? A lot of things could be the cause of your dog's distress—some of them pretty harmless, others more serious. The ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: Our Yorkshire terrier Bentley has a dry, honking cough. His ...

Coughing is a normal process designed to rid the body of irritants, mucus or foreign particles from the throat, upper airways and lungs. A cough is triggered by receptors in the airway and controlled ...

Q: My 14-year-old dog had a collapsed trachea. Our veterinarian put her on Cerenia as well as a steroid and an antibiotic. My dog is much improved, is hardly coughing and is acting normal again. My ...

What can cause my dog to have a dry, hacking cough? The most common cause of such symptoms is “kennel cough,” or tracheobronchitis. It is a very contagious respiratory disease and is commonly seen in ...

Q: My dog was diagnosed with kennel cough even though she was previously vaccinated for it. How can that happen? A: Kennel cough is a highly contagious respiratory disease that can be caused by a ...

Like humans, dogs can experience a noisy, dry cough caused by an irritated throat. However, persistent coughing paired with a fever, nasal or ocular discharge, or loss of voice may be symptoms of a ...

Q: Our Yorkshire terrier Bentley has a dry, honking cough. His veterinarian said he has a collapsing trachea and recommended we walk him on a harness rather than a neck collar to take the pressure off ...

Treating collapsing trachea in dogs can be a daunting prospect for owners. Tracheal collapse occurs when the windpipe becomes flattened and the airflow in and out of the lungs is obstructed. The rings ...