Cough medicine for kennel cough
I am dog-sitting my mother's dog. He is a standard poodle. He went to the groomer's at PetSmart about 5 days ago. Early this morning he started coughing from 3 am until 8 am. Poor thing I felt terrible. I messaged my mom about it, she said he had coughed a few times before, (several days after he left the groomer). He has only coughed twice since 8 this morning. The cough is exactly as kennel cough is described. His only symptoms are that dry hacking cough, non-productive cough and he hasn't eaten much, no drainage. He is also more tired today but not terribly lethargic. Last night him and my 5 year old were running all over the house. My mother said she will try to get him in the vet tomorrow morning, and if not, then on Monday.
I'm worried he will have another coughing fit in the middle of the night again, and wondered if there is something I can do for this. I have read that a cough suppressant can be given, so was wondering if I could give him something over the counter. I feel terrible that there isn't much I can do until he gets to the vet. I'm not sure how much he weighs, he is standard poodle and not overweight.
I know the obvious answer is to take him to the vet, which we will be doing, and I wouldn't do anything if I wasn't terribly comfortable with it. In fact on the petsmart website it talks about kennel cough and robitussin or vicks 44 (something with dextromethorphan is suggester, but I'm very unsure how much to give.
What do you think?
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