November – 2008 Kennel Cough

If your dog should contract kennel cough don’t be alarmed and don’t blame the kennel as they have usually made every effort to avoid the disease. I suggest you look at it as though your child was to come home from school with the flu. The best way to prevent the disease is to get a vaccine once yearly. While the vaccine is a modified live virus and thus your dog may come down with a mild form of the disease (approximately 10% of the time) it will not be spread to other dogs.