COMMON CANINE ILLNESSES

At Hound Lounge, we require owners supply their dog’s veterinarian health booklet at the time of enrolment and whenever vaccinations have been updated. All dogs must be vaccinated against canine parvovirus, canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, Bordetella (kennel cough / canine cough), and, when necessary, Leptospirosis.
The two main vaccinations we require will be listed in your dogs’ health book with DHPPI and Bordetella stickers.

By ensuring your dogs’ vaccination protocol is met, you provide protection against many diseases. Some of these diseases are highly contagious and can sometimes be fatal. Pet vaccinations can help prevent pet diseases and possibly help you avoid costly treatments for preventable animal illnesses.

We take the safety of all dogs in our care extremely seriously and we appreciate your compliance and understanding with our requirements. If our records show your dogs’ vaccinations are out of date, we may have to deny attendance until you can provide current vaccination status.

If your dog is unwell, please keep them out of daycare, let us know your dog is unwell, and that they will not be attending daycare.

If we suspect your dog is unwell, we will send them home. If your dog is sent home from daycare with any suspected illness, you will still be charged for the session that was booked for that day - there are a lot of extra services that go into caring for sick dogs; we pay extra attention to sick pups in order to monitor their health and provide you with important health information, as well as cleaning and sanitising all affected areas to maintain the cleanliness of our facility.

Typically, your unwell dog will not be able to return to daycare until 48 hours after their last symptom, or 48 hours after they have started antibiotics. But this can vary, so always best to check with the team

 

canine cough

Is a common, contagious, infectious upper respiratory disease, seen in dogs. Canine cough may also be referred to as kennel cough or (acute) canine infectious tracheobronchitis. It is highly infectious but is not often fatal (high morbidity, low mortality).

Keep an eye out for these symptoms:

  • A honking, raspy or shallow cough

  • Fever

  • Sneezing, runny nose or watery eyes

  • Loss of appetite

Canine Oral PapillomaS

Also known as oral warts, or puppy warts, are small, benign tumors of the mouth caused by the papilloma virus. Papillomas typically develop on the lips, tongue, throat or gums, and while they are generally harmless they are highly contagious.

Unfortunately, this virus is contagious in the incubation stage (which can be 1-2 weeks before any symptoms show), while warts are visible (can range anywhere from 2 - 8 weeks), and dogs can remain contagious for up to 2 weeks after the last wart is visible.

This is a sneaky little virus, and we ask that you do not send your dog to daycare should they show any signs of the warts. Then depending on the severity of the warts, we may need them to stay out of daycare until 2 weeks after the disappearance of last visible wart.

canine gastroenteritis

If your dog has been suffering from vomiting, diarrhea or a combination of both, your poor pooch just might have a case of gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis in dogs is a common condition that typically involves diarrhea and may be accompanied by vomiting.

Though common, gastroenteritis can be frustrating, scary and — depending on its cause and its effects on the individual dog — challenging to manage.

Gastroenteritis has many faces. It can present as diarrhea alone (anywhere from mildly soft stool to watery feces) or diarrhea with vomiting. Less often, it can manifest as vomiting alone, though if the condition is confined to the stomach itself, veterinarians may refer to it as gastritis.