Homeopathic Care for Kennel Cough

One Kennel Cough Diagnosis – Three Homeopathic Remedies for Three Different Dogs

(Please note- Dr Truli will not share which actual homeopathic remedies as there are many, many remedies for kennel cough-type symptoms and the whole point is to consult a homeopath so that you facilitate a cure and not suppress the Vital Force by giving a poorly matching remedy. This article is to introduce you very briefly to how different and personal your homeopathic care will be)

Willy and His Impressive Nasal Discharge

Willy is a beloved 16 week old miniature Golden Doodle puppy. His family started holistic care with Dr Truli when he was 8 weeks old and he thrived. Four days after a trip to puppy day care, he started hacking and coughing. Willy’s family called Dr Truli and inquired about whether or not to worry about a puppy cold. Since a new variant of canine upper respiratory disease combining Parainfluenza and Canine Flu had recently been found circulating in Tampa Florida dog population, Dr Truli was concerned about the cold becoming bronchitis or pneumonia more quickly than usual.  She advised the family to go right to the pet Urgent Care on a Friday night and antibiotics were prescribed there. The chest x-rays and blood work and physical exam were pretty good.

Willy felt fine. He ate, played, grew and did all his goofy puppy things perfectly, But he had this yellow-green goo nasal discharge that persisted for 2 weeks after the Urgent Care visit and the antibiotics. The discharge would soak the family’s bedsheets every morning and snot goo was stuck at dog nose level all around their brand-new home!

The family contacted Dr Truli and we set up a homeopathic acute care visit. After careful discussion and clarification, Dr Truli prescribed a homeopathic remedy. Willy took the remedy before bed. He slept well. In the morning, he woke up, sneezed some clear discharge and then had no more signs of respiratory disease.

 

Ronald and his Hacking Cough and Retching Barks WAAAAY Too Much

Ronald is a 2-year old salt and pepper Miniature Schnauzer. He has a chronic, long term habit of barking at visitors and workmen in his home. He can bark for 3 hours non-stop at top volume. Then he runs toward the visitor in a menacing way and sometimes nips at their ankles. Clearly, this behavior is under treatment with a dog trainer, behavior specialist, and herbal medicines to help. Ronald started a dry honking, hacking cough after visiting a dog park.

Dr Truli treated Ronald as an acute on chronic homeopathic patient. The little guy was coughing so much that he would then progress to retching on an empty stomach. He felt miserable. Dr Truli prescribed his homeopathic remedy and then proceeded to monitor the results. Ronald’s family opted for a 3-day unlimited communication package price from Dr Truli so they did not have to worry about per-minute homeopathic follow-up care., We discussed and emailed about 5 times a day. The first day, Ronald slept a lot as his Vital Force was healing:

 

Over the next 3 days, Ronald barked at strangers for less time (about 75% less length of time), payed attention to instructions to sit and not lunge at dogs on his walks (they were friendly lunges, but still), and he stopped his hacking cough. After 2 days, the cough started to return, Dr Truli advised another dose of the remedy and that dose helped Ronald accomplish a speedy sure of the upper respiratory problem.

Sneezing Princess

Princess is a 5 year old miniature poodle-maltese who came down with a cold after playing with a neighbor’s puppy who had no symptoms of illness. (This is called an asymptomatic carrier.) The sneezing had no discharge and came in violent fits that would trigger collapsing trachea. It also seems worse when she rode in the car and she liked to put her nose right up to the AC vent.  Dr Truli prescribed a completely different remedy for this upper respiratory than the previous dogs and Princess slept for a night and then felt good for a few days.

Then she stated sneezing again “like in the beginning.” After another dose of remedy, she also had some vomiting like she used to do when she was a puppy and had slightly watery eyes.  We did not redose the remedy as her body worked through some of the deeper underlying healing that she needed. Her full healing took 2 weeks, no more remedies and once a day communication with Dr Truli to observe and interpret that we were on the road to healing.

Veterinary Homeopathy is Different from Medicine We are Used To in the US

Please notice the differences from what you may be used to from veterinary care. Pay very close attention to the differences and details of the symptoms and the patient. These 3 cases are all diagnosed as “kennel cough.” Yet they are  different. The dogs required different remedies, different amounts of communication and different time frames for healing. They also had different issues come up during the healing process.

These 3 dogs would have been given the same course of treatment from a hospital: antibiotics, antihistamines, cough medicine. likely probiotics to handle side effects of antibiotics. As kennel cough is mostly viral, sometimes with some bacterial involvement, these pharmaceuticals handle the symptoms while the body attempts to heal itself. Most kennel cough takes 3 days to 2 weeks to heal. Some dogs cough a little bit for a few months, but otherwise feel fine and this is considered normal in veterinary medicine.

Homeopathy is Different

• Individualized remedy prescription
• Loads of specific follow-up communication with the veterinary homeopath
• No routine administration of repeated doses of medicine
• Observe and wait
• patient, calm, gentle approach to healing, usually also much more quickly than expected

Dr Truli is Accepting New Patients for Acute Homeopathic Care

Dr Truli is welcoming new patients, especially puppies and kittens for acute care. We may avoid pharmaceutical medications and support the body’s Vital Force in any patient. But it is especially exciting for puppies and kittens to start off life without pharmaceutical challenges if possible. Email DrTruli@VetVMD.com with your name, address, pet’s name and main symptom or diagnosis to see if you are a candidate for this care.