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10 yr old rotty. not eating has cough everynow and then ...
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10 yr old rotty. not eating has cough everynow and then cold maybe or cancer maybe?

 

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Age: 10; Female; Breed: rottweiler

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different food and soft w/hard mixed eats bread though

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April 12 6:47 PM (9 minutes and 23 seconds later)
         
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This might be due to kennel cough or canine influenza
www.marvistavet.com/html/body_kennel_cough.html
www.marvistavet.com/html/body_canine_influenza.html
But this might also be a sign of heart disease including heartworms or the heart not pumping as well as it should.
http://www.rottweiler.on.ca/health.html
Your senior dog should have a geriatric check up by the vet to find out what is wrong.
Hope this helps you!

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Reply to Nancy Holmes's Post: just had anual no heartworms, does take authur meds and no teeth problems
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could you clarify this for me?
"does take authur meds"

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If he is on a pain reliever such as rimadyl or metacam or deramaxx nsaids etc these can cause serious gastric upset in some dogs and that might be the problem.
I'd definitely discuss that with your vet. Usually they like to keep tabs on bloodwork as these meds can impact liver and kidneys too.


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