My dog is booked to go into kennels on Saturday but he has an intermittent cough. He doesn't cough all the time or even every day but since I got the idea in my head that it might be kennel cough, I seem to notice him coughing more. He had kennel cough as a puppy but that was a long time ago and all I remember was him coughing all night. Drinking and barking seems to be the trigger but only sometimes. Is it worth taking him to the vet? Would the vet be able to tell if it is kennel cough?

As a short answer, yes!

No kennel would thank you for taking a dog with Kennel cough in, and for that matter neither would the owners of other dogs in the kennels!! But it does not rest there. Kennel cough is not the only reason for a dog coughing, it could be a byproduct of heart problems.

Get the vet to check him out.

Regards, John