My 18 week old pup Reuben has been undergoing investigations for a cough/rattly chest that he has had since approx 9/10 weeks. Basically the cough was minor (and on and off) to begin with but now is quite constant. So far he has had a bronchoscopy , xrays and bacterialology tests. It was found that he has a patch on his lung and the test results show no infection. he is on a course of antibiotics for 3 weeks but if no improvement then I have to phone the vet middle of next week and he will be referred to a specialist.

Now i am getting worried and wondered if anyone else has had any experience or knowledge of this?

No experience sorry but just to ck that ur vet has ruled out lung worm?

I have no experience about this but still hoping for your pet to get well soon.

Just trust to your vet. Give the right treatment for your pet.

Love him more.

Thank you for your replies and I will double check the lung worm thing - I hope this has ben considered amongst the tests they have done
i spoke to the vet yesterday and if cough still bad mid next week, they will be referring him on to the specialist, which only takes a couple of days for an appointment thankfully.

Lungworm was my first thought.
If you have a search round Busters Mummy did a thread about her pup who had similair symptoms,maybe something will compare withy your pups symptoms.
Really hope he recovers soon and you get some answers xx

The most common symptom is coughingand other typical symptoms are wheezing and weight loss. These symptoms are caused by larvae that reside in the lungs where immunity develops and the accumulation of mucus cause blockage of the airway into the lungs.

Well Reuben is now at Langford House veterinary hospital as I still have no diagnosis. He has been on antibiotics for a month (two different ones) and his cough is no better. He now has a permanent snotty nose and a little lethargic. Today they performed a fluoroscopy which showed his esophagus is normal and tomorrow they will be doing chest xrays and Bronchoscopy. They are basically repeating the tests the local vets did but with specialist equipment and staff. They will also be doing blood tests to check the heart etc.
My house seems very strange without him and I just hope and pray they have some answers tomorrow and he can be treated. I feel like an emotional wreck and in the middle of doing IVF treatment myself - so prob feeling more tearful than usual!
I am sorry to sound so pitfall but just find it helps to post on this forum.

Has anyone else been through a similar experience?

I'm so sorry you still have no answers xx you must feel emotionally drained xx

I hope somebody will come along with some experience on this for you,i'm afraid all i can send is 'hugs' and positive thoughts xx

Please don't apologies, nearly all of us would be in the same frame of mind even without the IVF.
Fingers crossed for both

Pulmonary or lung diseases and cancer dogs are pretty frequent so I hope he has none of this.

Ivan