Hi Ryan K
My Chi will be 15 in 2 days. Yrs ago my vet said his cough was due to his trachea.
He’s been on Temaril P for a few yrs now. It was the only thing that helps with his cough.
I don’t like giving meds for long..but he has to have them. Nothing else really seemed to help him except the temaril.
I’ve heard glucosamine will help build the his trachea, so you may just have to find the right one for your sweet boy.
Also never allow smoking around him. No one has been allowed to smoke in my home, car or around my Bubba for 12 yrs now. I don’t burn any scented candles and wash my floors ( and the pet blankets) in dish soap and vinegar. I use an all free laundry soap for clothes and my bed sheets. Smoke, scents and perfumed soaps always triggered a bad cough in him which then aggervated his trachea.
Yrs ago I even had to make him a tent and put the humidifier on him to help him breathe.
I’ve never been so scared in my life!
After changing a lot of things I did, has been what’s helped him the most.
I’m in Louisiana and when it gets humid here it effects his trachea. I can’t allow him to get hot. You can also give him a few licks of natural honey when the cough is bad. It will soothe his throat.
Kibble straches the throat. Mine haven’t had kibble in yrs. They eat canned, home-cooked,
dehydrated.
Hope this helps and good luck with your sweet boy.
