dog died last night

[smartsbiggamehounds]

i had a 5 yr old female die last night since wed she was acting soar and sat she stopped eating but was drinking ok she started weezing took her to the vet monday and said she had kennal cough but i never heard her cough anyway he gave her atibiotics and sent us home this was at 3pm i went to work and came home at 12am and heard her bark i went and checked on her and she would let out a bark every couple minutes she seemed like she was having a hard time breathing i let her off her chain she walked around the house and i went in grabbed my flashlight and came back out and she had calapsed and died about 1 min later she didnt respont when she colapsed. it really sucks she was my best dog and family friend she was named after a dog my dad had that was our best dog that died from complications of coon hound paralisis its hard to believe that she had kennal cough any other ideas whould be great thanks R.I.P MOLLY

[Nolte]

Not sure what you dog died of, but I'd bet against kennel cough. The times I've seen it, it's not a wheezing they do but just cough type. Wheezing suggest to me that something else was going on. Had the dog been on a rough bear or cat recently? I've seen it before where a dog only has a hole or two and it doesn't look real bad, but the hole is in a bad spot in the rib cavity or such. The hide on the dog slides over the hole that goes into rib cavity and you don't even know it's there. Any time we get a dog that gets a hole in a bad spot, we look it over extra carefull and if it goes deeper the dog needs to be brought in to be checked out.

I'm not sure if you've had good luck with your vet in the past, but I'd check around for another one. Ask hound guys in the area who is the best and also who is the cheapest. It might not be the same guy. Bring them in for minor stuff to the cheap guy and in to the best guy when there is a possibility of being major.

[twist]

Sorry to hear about your dog.

[powderhorn]

Really sorry to hear about your dog.. It's never easy to lose a good hound.

As far as the mystery.. were there any other symptoms? Did she have any blood in the urine or diarhea?

[BlacktailStalker]

Sounds like a punctured lung or something.

[ferjr]

sorry to hear about your dog. that really sucks!