Browsing Tag kennel cough

Your dog’s throat plays an important role in his overall health. Your dog could get a sore throat, tonsillitis, an enlarged esophagus, hypothyroid disease, kennel cough, throat cancer and more.

Dog owners are on alert after authorities in Fairfax County in Virginia recently confirmed at least six cases of canine influenza that resulted in one death and the closure of an animal shelter kennel, according to published reports.

Kennel cough is an infection and inflammation of the trachea and bronchi. Dogs housed closely together – typically in boarding kennels – can easily catch it if one of them has the infection.