my dog has a chest cold, what kinds of medicine can i give her?

Answers:
Dogs don't get "chest colds"

They get bacterial or viral bronchial infections.

You need ANTIBIOTICS.

No home remedies on this one.

If the dog is coughing, hacking and maybe has a nasal drainage, it could be bordatella - comonly called kennel cough. There are also several other illnesses of that type.

Not treatable at home.

Off the the vet.

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Any kind that the VET tells you

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It all depends call a docter. It all veries on the type of dog.

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Do not self diagnose your animal.

Take her to the vet. It can be anything, only with testing and a physical will you know for sure.

DO NOT GIVE HER ANY HUMAN MEDICATION! See the vet first.

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Dogs don't get "chest colds" like people do. Your dog needs to see the vet to be properly diagnosed.

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If this pet is coughing with nasal discharge,you should see a vet if it isn't up to date on all vaccinations,but if that isn't possible,you could put it in a small room in a kennel cab maybe overnight for a few days and get a medicated steaming solution,put it in the steamer container with water and let her breath the medicated steam,this would help.If you don't have access to a steamer,you can make one out of a baby bottle warmer,the kind you put water in,or a poperiei pot with candle underneath.This will help even if your pet is put on antibiotics from a vet.I've tried it and it works wonders.A good site to go to is http://www.filarescue.org/medicines.shtm. for home medications for pets.You can also give your pet the robitussin,about 1/4 teaspoon per 5 lbs.This will help break up any conjestion.Hope your pet gets better.

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By chest cold do you mean he/she has dry hacking cough sounds like they are trying to get up phlem, but can't. Is it up to date on all other shots, Rabies, distemper, parvo? If yes then even higher chances it is kennel cough. you can take it to the vet, but they will give you some meds and tell you to goive it the dog for oh two weeks. Guess what kennel cough goes away on it's in about two weeks. When my shepherd got kennel cough I gave him robitussin cough in a syringe (no needle) and squirted it down his throat. Use about 1/4 teaspoon ber 10# of body weight. (they don't like the taste and will try to spit alot up so do it on tile.) Then if you go to a health food store (you won't find it at walmart or walgreens, it needs to be health/herbal store.) and get Byronia in a tablet form, they say it has to disolve by mouth so I put it under his cheeks, by the top of the gum line and held his mouth shut for 30 secs. I used four tablets for him, but he is a large dog. His cough started to get better with in four days of starting htis and was completely gone by eight. Good luck and I suggest kicking them to the living room to sleep or you won't.