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Dog hoarse from barking: How long for recovery? Does Cetirizine help?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 8 months old

How many days does it take to recover from dog hoarse voice that occur by excessive barking and vet prescribed cetrizine tablet will that medicine worl to recover his hoarseness

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Answered By Susan England-Foster

Veterinarian

Published on July 27th, 2017

It could take 1-3 weeks to have Brunos voice return from over use. Cetrizine also known as zyrtex is an anti histamine. This will help if Bruno is having any irritation due to allergies. Usually it does not help with just mild inflammation.

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