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longish story, I have 2 labs one 8 years old and one 9 months old, the 9mo lab is an escape artist if left alone, we were out of town for the week of the 4th so I boarded him at our local vet (we have used for years and never had any issue) he ended up being there for 10 days due to how the weekends fell and not being able to pick up or drop off on a weekend. Well I picked him up a week ago today Monday (7/6/20) and noticed his bark was completely different that night (prior to boarding he had a deep toned bark) it was kinda hoarse higher pitch that has evolved into zero sound to very high pitch bark today, i spoke to vet on 7/7/20 and they said they had some dogs with upper respiratory infections, my dog is not coughing and in no way showing any signs of any sickness, my fear is that when I picked him up the fellow who brought him out had him on a rope choke style leash and the dog was sitting down and he basically just drug him out of the door (can't enter the vet or leave their collar on due to covid) this pup is a one owner dog and does completely fine on a leash with me, other people not so much, now back to my fear is I have a hunch they "choked" him out everyday to take him out to do his business for 10 days strait.
Am I off base for this line of thought, obviously I know the vet himself didn't choke out and possibly injure something in my dogs throat but wouldn't put it past an employee who is tired of dealing with an borderline aggravating dog that just sits when its on a leash. Short of going to another vet is there any way to determine if his throat is injured or what else could cause a dog to lose his "voice" and is a week to soon of time to recover in the event he did bark 24/7 while he was boarded. He hasn't barked much since being home and doesn't appear to be in any pain when he does attempt to bark. I called the vet today but have not heard back yet. He is not coughing and shows no sign of pain or sickness just a 9 month old puppy completely losing his bark has me puzzled, he has always been a barker so I can't image barked himself hoarse there but also not ruling that out just odd
Am I off base for this line of thought, obviously I know the vet himself didn't choke out and possibly injure something in my dogs throat but wouldn't put it past an employee who is tired of dealing with an borderline aggravating dog that just sits when its on a leash. Short of going to another vet is there any way to determine if his throat is injured or what else could cause a dog to lose his "voice" and is a week to soon of time to recover in the event he did bark 24/7 while he was boarded. He hasn't barked much since being home and doesn't appear to be in any pain when he does attempt to bark. I called the vet today but have not heard back yet. He is not coughing and shows no sign of pain or sickness just a 9 month old puppy completely losing his bark has me puzzled, he has always been a barker so I can't image barked himself hoarse there but also not ruling that out just odd
