Clavamox

Dogs are very stoic -- they can harbor an infection unseen for a while pretty well hiding it from us.  Green mucous indicates infection -- don't use an old prescription, but take her to the vet on Monday at the very least.

There are different types of infection -- aerobic and anaerobic (needing oxygen to live and *not*needing oxygen to live), and then there are gram positive and gram negative.  You need the right antibiotic to fit the type of infection she has .

But the even bigger reason is simply this -- when a vet/doctor/medical practitioner  gives an antibiotic with a particular number of pills -- they intend to have that finished. not stopped part way, but sometimes they aren't good about explaining *why*.

If you stop an antibiotic before the infection is fully killed/gone then the infection will rise back up again ... except *this* time it has survived that particular antibiotic and they are said to be *resistant* to it.  That means since it survived that antibiotic then that particular antibiotic can't be used  again to kill that thing.

So trying to use up an antibiotic that you have "some" of -- you set that particular infection up  for resistance because when you *start* it you don't have a full prescription.  So typically it might get a bit better for a while while they take it but then you run out and when the infection comes back it's often **worse** than it was to start with and it will take a much stronger antibiotic the next time.

You're better off to go to the vet *now* and get the correct antibiotic that will fully wipe out the problem (and not have to go back again and again).

Dog sinus infections can be more painful even than ours because the dog nose is pretty danged complicated.  They don't just have their 'nose' - they've also got the Jacobsen's Organ (which is what helps them "sniff";) --- and honestly green mucous could have been in the Jacobsen's Organ for a while without you knowing about it.  

Sorry this is long but I don't just like to say "NO" ... I like to try to explain why.  And often trying to shortcut something like that just leads you into a worse infection that lasts twice as long.  For dogs, Clavamox is a valuable antibiotic because it's usually well tolerated.  You really don't want to risk resistance in any situation.

Make sense, I hope??  Good luck.

I plan on taking her on Monday..... Makes total sense...Thank you so much for your input !

Let us know how it goes!!  

What a relief.... I took Ms Babygurl into the Bandfield Pet Hospital this morning. Dr Reid is absolutley amazing! My sweet girl has allergies!!! Thank the good lord above! No Fever! He said to keep doing what we're doing with the vaporizer and told us to get Childrens Benadril. Which my husband purchased yesterday but I was afraid to give her. .... Im so very happy there's NO infection! Thanks so much for the advise! She will be going back in 6 months for routine check-up's. They are the most kind, informative group of people! I might switch the rest of the guys to them... Very impressed! Thanks again!!!

Good -- glad your experience was good.  Not all Banfields are as good but I'm glad you got someone good.  Because of the Jacobsen's Organ -- "green" likely just means it's been in her respiratory system a while so it was good to get it really diagnosed.

Benedryl is fine -- 1-2 mg per pound of bodyweight given twice a day usually.  It *will* make her sleepy but they do get used to that.  Good luck and thanks for stopping back!!