My Yorkie has a dry hacking cough that sounds like something is stuck in her throat. Could it be tonsilitis?
Yorkies are prone to tonsilitis, especially if they go outside to make and get a chill, or if someone in the family has a “strep” sore throat — They will “get it”…to be sure. A tonsilectomy is called for ONLY IF THE TONSILITIS BECOMES CHRONIC, but in the meantime treating the tonsilitis with Amoxicillin 50 mg 2 x day and temaril p (antihistimine with prednisilone) keeps down the inflammation and the mucous. Be sure to use the Amoxicillin for 10 days. If the dog has tonsilitis regularly like every other two weeks or once a month, then I would consider doing a tonsilectomy. Kennel cough (traceobronchitis) is a cough with congestion usually and lasts about 30 days. Treatment is pretty much the same except an expectorant (childs cough syrup) might be called for, if the congestion is bad. Kennel Cough is usually the case where dogs congregate and are in a closed area — Like a benched indoor kennel club show where no fresh air is circulating. From what you described, a “clearing of the t
