Kennel Cough in a Vaccinated Dog

[pipkoi]

I am asking this for a friend
She has two dogs, both vaccinated against kennel cough. However one of the dogs has now had kennel cough three times, though vaccinated. Clears up quite easily with a dose or two of antibiotics. Other dog never catches it
Vet has not heard of this before
Has anyone else had any experience of this
Thanks

[MaggieR]

Yep - friends dog will always pick up KC if its in the area and they are both vaccinated...

[Millipede]

I believe the theory is that the vaccination is only against one of the kennel cough strains and there are many?

[MIN]

We had two staffies vaccinated  which resulted in one girl getting kc a few days later. She had not been in contact with any other dogs , we put the vaccine down as the culprit

[LinziS]

Erin caught kennel cough despite being vaccinated....was mild case though and recovered quickly

[pipkoi]

I believe the theory is that the vaccination is only against one of the kennel cough strains and there are many?

I wondered about this, a bit like flu vaccine! But why would one catch it but the other not?
Thanks for your replies

[Helen]

I guess his immune system isn't as strong as the other ones?  It's like me getting a cold and my partner not.

BTW the vet should not be prescribing anti-biotics for a basic case of KC UNLESS there is an associated infection.  Like a cold it's a virus and antibiotics do not do anything to help recovery  (and in fact just overload a dog's system....which is possibly another reason why his system is not so strong if he's being given them each time  )