What medicine should I give a dog with yellow nasal discharge and a cough?
Expert Answer
A dog with yellow nasal discharge and a cough can have different causes, including respiratory infection, pneumonia, or parvovirus infection, and each needs different treatment. If it’s a common cold, you can give pet-specific cold medicine and keep the dog warm.
If the cold medicine doesn’t help or the condition keeps worsening, take the dog to a veterinary hospital promptly to confirm the cause and apply targeted treatment.
My dog had yellow snot and a cough and the article's right, it could be infection, pneumonia, or even parvo, so I didn't just grab cold medicine. I took him in, turned out a respiratory infection needing antibiotics. If your dog's got colored discharge and a cough that won't quit, get to a vet promptly, because the cause decides treatment. Mine recovered. Don't self-medicate a coughing dog, a vet finds the real culprit, especially with colored nasal discharge.