Help! Frenchie developed a cough & gag issue.

[mfulco]

My 3 year of male Frenchie has recently developed a quiet cough that sometimes ends with him trying to gag something up (rarely does anything actually come up). The vet took x-rays and blood work and found no clear cause. Put him on an antibiotic (Doxycycline) which cleared up the cough/gag within 2 days. The problem is it came back a few weeks later, and this cycle has continued to happen every couple weeks for the past 2 months. Has anyone experienced this before or know what could be causing it? Luckily the antibiotic has cleared it up each time, but not permanently. Thanks!!

 

[Tgirl]

I wonder if it could be an allergic cough.

 

[turbodave]

Did the vet check for worms?? Cough and gag a classic sign. Take a stool sample in so it can be checked for eggs.

 

[davidh]

I'm wondering if it could be allergies. Try giving one 25 mg. Benedryl three times a day and see if that helps.

 

[2bullymama]

I'm wondering if it could be allergies. Try giving one 25 mg. Benedryl three times a day and see if that helps.

agreed! happens with Cheli a lot and the Benedryl helps

 

[shortstuff]

I'm thinking allergic cough as well. My family dog, a terrier mix, had that all the time for years and we never knew why. Every vet said he was fine. He'd cough quietly a bunch, then make this awful hacking noise. Sometimes there'd be a little foam, but usually nothing. We assumed he inhaled a hair or something. Once we got him on a raw diet, the coughing has disappeared.