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Today I'm going to talk to you about the flu. No, not mine, but dog flu. Hi, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. There are certain times of the year when dogs catch a cold or have what some people call dog flu, although it's not really the flu. It's also known as kennel cough, and it's a very, very common illness that usually occurs in dogs, usually during hot weather. And it's caused by the association of a virus and a bacteria that knows how to infect your dog and cause it to end up coughing. Do you want me to name the bacteria, add something to the video? Well, not much. Just say how much the vet knows. The bacteria is called Bordetella bronchiseptica, a very fancy name. And the virus is the parainfluenza virus. This virus and this bacteria work very well together and end up causing the disease commonly known kennel cough, infectious canine tracheitis or canine tracheitis. Well, I'm getting bored. Well, okay. So as not to get sidetracked, today we're here to find out how to identify kennel cough in dogs, of course, and also how to help them if they are suffering from this disease. And now for the heavy metal music. Chan Tan Chan. And here comes the title. We're talking about dog flu, and I'm telling you about it in the summer. Why are we doing it at this time of year? Because normally we associate the flu in people with a winter disease. Actually, the flu, which we're going to stop calling the flu, because that's what people call it. But I don't like it. Kennel cough occurs in the summer because dogs go outside a lot more and are in contact with each other more. It's a disease that spreads very easily in the park with dogs playing. They transmit it to each other, and it can affect all the dogs that play together in the same park at the same time on the same day. Well, not on the same day, but it is very common for dogs that play in the same park to come to our office over successive weeks or days and say, hey, my dog is coughing. What is he playing at in that park? And it is because he has actually been playing with dogs that already have the disease and have passed it on to them. In addition, at this time of year, there are the dreaded changes in temperature that greatly affect us all, including your dog. Many times your dog is on the balcony or on the terrace of your house or in front of the window. Calmly sunbathing as if there were no tomorrow. And when he has decided that he has had enough, he goes inside the house and stands in front of the fan or in front of the air conditioning. And that is thermal stress that the body is subjected to, which weakens its defenses and makes it much more exposed to this type of respiratory illness. If we add to this that at this time of year with the heat, your dog may want to cool off more. Get into a pond in the park or in your pool, if you are lucky enough to have a pool at home, or hose it down with a hose to cool it down. In the end, you are constantly subjecting your dog to a lot of temperature variations that are not going to do its health any good. In other words, it works like a normal fluid, but it is not called the flu, of course, because it is a parainfluenza. In other words, it is not really the flu virus that is causing it. If we add to all this the fact that the environment is much drier and that this can also affect the health of the respiratory tract, since the respiratory tract in this environment is much more susceptible to being colonized by viruses and bacteria than all the ingredients are in place for your dog to suffer from this disease in the summer. In other words, it only occurs in the summer. No, no, I'm not saying that. I'm not saying that it can't appear at other times of the year, but that in the summer, due to your dog's habits, it is much more common for it to be infected. And what are the symptoms? How will you be able to recognize it in your dog? Well, look, it usually produces a hoarse cough. It usually sounds something like, uh, as if your dog has something stuck in the middle of its throat. In fact, many times you come to the consultation saying that you have swallowed something and that you can't finish swallowing it. Something like that, you know, you're doing well. I'm making it similar. Yes, to how it is. Well, obviously I'm not a dog, but there are many times when it's much more hoarse, as if I were an octogenarian. This type of cough usually occurs in the form of an attack. That is, your dog is suddenly very calm and suddenly starts coughing non stop. It usually occurs after intense exercise or also, be careful, very attentive. It usually occurs at night when your dog suddenly relaxes and lies down. It starts coughing. That worries you a lot. And many times you end up coming to the emergency room because you say, oh my gosh, what's wrong with My dog, he's choking. And no, no, he's not choking, as I'm telling you. It's not that he swallowed something that can't reach his stomach, but rather that it's one of the symptoms of kennel cough. But don't say it so lightly either, because you know that sometimes he's choking, right? Yes. What happens is that it's very, very rare for something to get stuck there so much that your dog has to cough for a while, trying to expel it. Most of the time when this happens, although we usually do X rays to rule out the problem and the whole story, it's usually because of all the kennel cough. I mean, I'm not telling you not to give it any importance. I think you'll have to end up taking him to the vet. But just know how to identify that this is most likely a simple cold or kennel cough, like what we're talking about. Also, it's very typical that after finishing with these coughing attacks, the dog ends up producing a kind of very small, whitish, very dense vomit, like egg white, but foamy. It's usually more or less like this and always stays in a round shape on the floor. This leads many people to think that their dog has something in the esophagus and is obviously trying to vomit. But it has nothing to do with it. It's simply the mixture of saliva and also a little mucus that can be produced when your dog is coughing and is affected by this type of virus and bacteria. Dog meringue. It's like meringue, honestly. A little disgusting to pick up off the floor, but, oh, well, we'll leave it for when it happens to you. Another typical symptom is that you see that your dog is a little dull, that he doesn't want to move much, doesn't want to go for a walk, or that he even loses his appetite. This could also be due to the general discomfort that the infection. Okay, now let's talk about how you can prevent your dog from getting kennel cough or how you can help them if they are suffering from it. They. The first thing you need to know is that there is a vaccine that protects dogs against this disease. There are two types of vaccines. One that is injected like a normal vaccine, or one that is given intranasally inside the nose. Now, that one is a bit more complicated to administer because you have to turn the dog's head up and so on, but it is a vaccine that is quite protective since it immunizes in the area where it comes into contact with the virus or bacteria, which is normally the nose. Which do you recommend? I usually recommend the intranasal one. I like it a lot more because it also provides much faster protection. You don't have to wait a week or so for your dog to be protected against the disease, but usually in a couple of days or three, they already have active immunity and it prevents the dog from getting infected. With this type of disease, it will be given under anesthesia, right? No way. Let's go. Yes. They are some droplets that you put on it. The thing is that there are many times when the dog doesn't like it when it gets water in its nose. I don't like it when someone puts water up my nose, and neither does your dog. But come on, far from being a little uncomfortable, it's not painful or anything, don't worry. Also, vaccination is absolutely essential if you're going to leave your dog in a kennel on vacation. Normally, at least here in Spain, all kennels and places where you can leave your dog so you can go on vacation will require that it be vaccinated against kennel cough. It's a highly contagious disease and they can't risk dogs infecting each other. And if I told you at the beginning that it's much more common at this time of year due to the temperature changes that your dog has to deal with. Avoid these temperature changes for your dog. Don't let him spend too much time in the sun and then come inside the house and stand in front of the fan or air conditioning. Avoid it at all costs. Case that it can get wet and then be left in the sun and then go inside your house and let it cool down again. This is one of the most important pillars to prevent your dog from suffering from kennel cough. And if your dog already has this disease, please, if you take it to the park, do not let it play with other dogs, or at least tell its families that your dog has kennel cough, because if not, your dog will be the one to infect all the other dogs in the park. Also, if you have seen that your dog has started to cough when you take it for a walk, do not let it do intense exercises, because the passage of air through the throat and trachea, which is very irritated by the presence of the virus and the bacteria that I mentioned before, will cause your dog to cough much more when it finishes exercising or when it gets home and is resting. So, short walks and on a leash. But on a leash does not mean with a collar. Because if you give note that the collar is directly hitting the throat, which is the area that is irritated by the disease, you should always walk your dog with a harness. This way your dog will recover much faster because his throat will not be constantly subjected to the collar tightening. Also, if you have noticed that your dog wants to eat a little less because he is a little listless due to the disease, you can try giving him some soft food. This food will be much easier for him to swallow and he will want to eat a little more. Okay, but will this heal on its own or should you go to the vet? Let's see. I am going to recommend that you go to the vet because even if it is a fairly mild illness, so such as a simple cold, which your dog may eventually heal on its own, sometimes it ends up getting complicated. A simple kennel cough can turn into pneumonia or something worse. I usually recommend that dogs go there simply so that we can have a thorough check up on how they are. Many times they don't even need antibiotics or anything like that, but rather simply keep them under control. But in any case, your vet should be the one to decide. Oh, and finally, I don't want to end the video without telling you that this is one of the diseases that is not transmitted to people. Don't worry, you have to be a little more careful in certain circumstances. Because if you have an immunosuppressed person at home, or you have a very young child or even an elderly person, but simply by maintaining basic hygiene habits, washing your hands well, cleaning their food bowl, their water bowl and so on, you won't have any problems. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. Remember to subscribe to our channel if you haven't already, because our channel in the summer is something refreshing and gives you all the information you need for your pets. And hit the bell so that YouTube will notify you every time we upload new content. Don't. Thank you very much for following the Happy Pets and Families Channel and we'll see you in the next video. And let's continue. Greetings to the people of Spain. Today we're going to a place where it feels like summer all year round. The Canary Islands. Let's greet Nieves Perez Barrios, who greeted us from the Canary Islands. Greetings, Nieves. To Rosa Ima, who also sent us greetings from the Canary Islands. Greetings too. Greetings to Carillo Lovethere, who greeted us from Las Palmas. Greetings to you, Carillo Love. Maria Jose Gunyaga greets us from Tenerife, the Canary Islands. And we also send greetings to you, Maria Jose. Yolanda Cecilia Arzola also sends greetings from Tenerife, the. The Canary Islands. And we also send greetings to you, Yolanda. And Natalia Naranjo sends greetings from Gran Canaria. Greetings to you too, Natalia. And finally, Monica Arancidia sends greetings from Gran Canaria. Greetings to you too, and to all the Canary Islands. Greetings to everyone. And remember that we love to know where you're writing to us from in the comments. So if you want us to greet you when it's your country's or autonomous community's turn, what you have to do is leave us a comment on these videos so we can greet you until next week. Or also. Now I'm thinking about viruses. I told you about the flu. Yes. Wait, wait. No, like a cough. Like I'm coughing again. I'm going to destroy my throat. No problem. And that's it for Vale's video. The Canary Islands. Right, The Canary Islands. From the Canary Islands. And finally, Monica. And finally, Monica Arancibia. And finally. Uh. And in winter too. But now it's summer and people on the beach forget to watch our videos.