Bronki was very prone to kennel cough and after one ordeal with it i never missed his bordello vaccination again..i had to lay papers down in the corners of the room because he would go there and cough up so much mucus.. and no one got any sleep because it was so much worse at night..he was the most miserable dog in the world. I too asked about cough syrup but my vet said no. What i did do was turn the shower on very hot and steam the bathroom up and take him in there and curl up on the floor with him. The steam seemed to bring him great relief. I also propped him up on pillows because being flat seemed to make it a thousand times worse. I read a story that a vet wrote about how his clients called him at night because it was easier to get ahold of him then coming to his clinic during the day. I wished i could reach right thru the pages of the book and give him a piece of my mind, because a person with a dog that has kennel cough thinks their dog must be in extreme respitory distress by the wee hours of the morning..it is just that much worse at night and you would think a vet would now that! Sorry your pup has this..make sure after this you do never miss your regular vaccinations. There is no reason to have to go thru it at all.
Seeing your vet is up to you..but let me tell you what happened the last time i thought Bronki had this. He started coughing and i thought oh no here we go again..even tho he had his shots, the vet thought he had it anyway. We were given an antibiotic and it seemed to not make much difference. Then i saw a spot of blood in the mucus. And another. I took him back and they gave me another round of antibiotics. IT worsened and i became very afraid, i knew what i was thinking in the back of my mind but i didn't want to be right,i didn't even want to say it outloud. This time we went back to the vet and i asked him could it be cancer, Bronki was only 7 yrs old, a big strong handsome dog that i loved more then almost anything in the whole wide world. THey took him back and did a lung xray. He had a tumor in his throat, and a very large one in his lung along with several smaller ones. THere was nothing they could do for him but put him down. I don't know if we had done the x-ray in the very beginning if it would have made any difference, if it came down to chemo i wouldn't have put him thru that. I promised him the day he was born that i would always take the best care of him and i would never but never let him suffer. THat was the last day i saw my best friend. Letting something go is never a good idea.