So, we did have Imp in to the vet yesterday afternoon, and it is official. While he doesn't have kennel cough (thank goodness, particularly as he DID get vaccinated for it along with all our other dogs, but it's a particularly virulent canine ailment), he does have a fever and may have a touch of tonsilitis or perhaps just a cold. He's got some antibiotics to take in liquid form, and if he seems to stop coughing and hacking and wheezing -- or at the very least improve -- I'm to go back in a week for more.
It's funny, the veterinarian said that this liquid medicine is one that dogs actually like and they will usually just drink it. While I was getting it ready last night, all the dogs were begging and pleading that THEY were the ones which needed that 1 ml from the dropper ... but as soon as I got Imp alone and he had a lick of the droplet waiting at the end of the dropper, he made such a cute little "UGH!" face and changed his mind. We ended up having to have Maxx do his best to contain him and open up his little mouth, while I then squirted the antibiotics in. For a tiny little dog who feels like he weights nothing (although he actually is 9 pounds), he sure can struggle quite effectively!
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