Hii everyone ... I took my 7 month havanese dog to the vet today and it turns out he has kennel cough as well as an ear infection. The vet prescribed doxycycline for his antibiotic and tussigon as a cough repellant. I am so scared and worried. Does anyone have any advice as to how I can comfort him. Also, the doc said to make sure he eats before giving him his meds but sometimes he refuses to eat his dry food ... would it be okay to add chicken or rice to get him to eat? Thanks to all in advance ...

Many times we hae dogs come to our rescue from the pound with kennel cough. The good news is, the doxy works pretty fast! Chicken is good ... just anything to get his medicine in and for him to keep it down. Be sure to have him vaccinated (not actually a shot) as soon as he gets over it. It's a solutions squirted into the nose ... hope he feels better really soon!