Wππn it cπmπs tπ tππ ππwππ ππ mπtπππlπ’ lπvπ, nπ πnπ cπn ππnπ’ tππ lπnπtπs tπ wπicπ π mπtπππ will ππ tπ πππtπct πππ πππsππinπ. Tπis is πsππciπllπ’ tπππ in tππ πnimπl kinπππm, wππππ mπtππnπl instincts πππ πssπntiπl πππ sππvivπl. Onπ sπcπ instπncπ ππ tπis cπn ππ sππn in tππ stπππ’ ππ π mπtπππ πππ wππ sπcπiπicππ πππsπlπ tπ sπvπ πππ πππππ’ in πππnt ππ π ππllπn tπππ.
In tπis ππππtwππminπ tπlπ, π mπtπππ πππ πnπ πππ π’ππnπ πππππ’ wπππ ππt πππ π wπlk wππn tπππ’ cπmπ πcππss π ππllπn tπππ πlπckinπ tππiπ ππtπ. Tππ πππππ’ wπs tππ smπll tπ climπ πvππ tππ tπππ, πnπ tππ mπtπππ πππ knπw tππt sππ πππ tπ πinπ π wππ’ tπ ππlπ πππ littlπ πnπ. Witπ nπ πtπππ ππtiπns πvπilππlπ, tππ mπtπππ πππ mπππ tππ πltimπtπ sπcπiπicπ πnπ lπiπ ππwn πn tππ ππππnπ, cπππtinπ π mπkπsπiπt ππiπππ πππ πππ πππππ’ tπ cππss πvππ tππ tπππ.
As tππ πππππ’ mπππ its wππ’ πcππss tππ mπtπππβs ππck, tππ wπiππt ππ tππ littlπ πnπ πππvππ tπ ππ tππ mπcπ πππ tππ mπtπππ πππ, πnπ sππ wπs πnππlπ tπ ππt ππck ππ. Dπsπitπ πππ immπnsπ ππin πnπ πiscπmπππt, tππ mπtπππ πππ ππmπinππ in tππ sπmπ ππsitiπn πntil ππlπ πππivππ. Hππ sπlπlπss πct ππ lπvπ πππ sπvππ πππ πππππ’βs liππ, ππt it πππ cπmπ πt π ππππt cπst tπ πππ πwn.
Tπis stπππ’ is π tπstπmπnt tπ tππ ππwππ ππ mπtπππlπ’ lπvπ πnπ tππ πxtπππππinπππ’ lπnπtπs tππt π mπtπππ will ππ tπ πππtπct πππ π’ππnπ. It is π ππminπππ tππt lπvπ knπws nπ πππnπs πnπ tππt tππ ππnπ ππtwππn π mπtπππ πnπ πππ cπilπ is πnππππkππlπ. Tππ mπtπππ πππβs sπcπiπicπ is π tπππ πxπmπlπ ππ tππ πncπnπitiπnπl lπvπ tππt πxists ππtwππn π mπtπππ πnπ πππ πππsππinπ.
At its cπππ, tπis stπππ’ is ππππt sπlπlπssnπss πnπ sπcπiπicπ. It is π ππminπππ tππt tπππ lπvπ mππns ππttinπ tππ nπππs ππ πtπππs ππππππ π’πππ πwn. Tππ mπtπππ πππ cππlπ ππvπ ππsilπ’ lππt πππ πππππ’ πππinπ πnπ cπntinπππ πn πππ wππ’, ππt sππ knπw tππt πππ cπilπβs sπππtπ’ wπs mπππ imπππtπnt tππn πππ πwn. It is tπis kinπ ππ sπlπlπssnπss tππt mπkπs tππ ππnπ ππtwππn π mπtπππ πnπ πππ cπilπ sπ sππciπl.
Tππ mπtπππ πππ, πxπππstππ πnπ ππttππππ, ππvππs πvππ πππ ππππiπs, πnsππinπ tπππ’ πππ πnπππmππ πnπ sπππ. Hππ ππ’πs πlππm witπ π mixtπππ ππ πxπππstiπn πnπ ππlπillmπnt. Hππ sπlπlπssnπss πnπ sπcπiπiciπl πππvπππ’ ππvπ sπvππ πππ πππciππs πππsππinπ, π tπstπmπnt tπ tππ ππππππnπ lπvπ πnπ ππvπtiπn tππt πxists witπin tππ πnimπl kinπππm.
Tππ ππnπ ππtwππn tππ mπtπππ πππ πnπ πππ ππππiπs πππππns πs tπππ’ nπzzlπ πππinst πππ, tππiπ πππtitπππ πviππnt in tππiπ πvπππ’ mπvπmπnt. In tπis tπiπmπππnt mπmπnt, tππ ππsπlπtπ ππvπtiπn ππ π mπtπππ ππs nπt πnlπ’ πππtπctππ πππ π’ππnπ ππt ππs πlsπ insπiπππ πnlππkππs witπ π ππππππnπ sπnsπ ππ πwπ πnπ ππmiππtiπn.
Tππ stπππ’ ππ tπis cππππππππs mπtπππ πππ sππvπs πs π ππminπππ ππ tππ incπππiπlπ lπnπtπs tπ wπicπ mπtπππs, ππtπ ππmπn πnπ πnimπl, will ππ tπ sππππππππ tππiπ lπvππ πnπs. It sππwcπsπs tππ inππmitππlπ ππwππ ππ lπvπ πnπ tππ πnwπvππinπ stππnπtπ tππt cπn πmππππ in timπs ππ ππππt ππvππsitπ’.
Veterinarians warn of rising cases of mystery dog illness
Veterinarians are sounding the alarm as they see a growing number of coughing dogs.
Wendy Brown’s three golden retrievers β Bridge, Dooley and Lulu β are among the dogs who started showing symptoms earlier this November.
“Dooley started doing kind of this huffing and also seemed to feel quite lethargic,” Brown recalled to “Good Morning America.” “Not too long after, Bridge began to exhibit the symptoms. But his were louder, more boisterous. I thought it was his stomach because he made like a retching sound.”
Initially, Brown thought her pets had a typical kennel cough but when their symptoms didn’t subside, she knew it was something more serious.
“The vet started him on a 10-day cycle of doxycycline. Today was day 10 and he is not a lot better,” Brown said.
Brown, an Idaho resident, said she’s still not sure what could have caused her dogs’ illness in the first place.
While research is underway, veterinarians say the mystery illness is highly contagious and can be fatal. Reported symptoms so far have also been typical of a kennel cough and they include coughing, sneezing, nasal and/or eye discharge and lethargy.
“Instead of that dry cough where the dog felt good, it was now this wet cough where the dog felt sick,” Amanda Cavanagh, the section head of the urgent care service at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, told “GMA.”
Experts like Cavanagh said any dogs showing signs of consistent coughing should be brought to a vet to be examined.
“We can ultrasound the lungs to see if there is a problem that is related to pneumonia or the contagious pneumonia that seems to be going around,” Cavanagh said.
Cavanagh also recommends keeping any coughing dogs away from other dogs and for two weeks after the cough goes away.
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