Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
This is awesome, Sue, great work! It shows to a T what I teach and believe in most deeply: disease only affects the unhealthy. And, raising animals outside of the "accepted norm" of conventional prevention is the way to do that. Your dog getting such a mild version of the contagious cough (likely flu, given where you live and the history of a show visit) just points out that so much depends on how you've chosen to raise him.
And, your bitch isn't coughing (though possibly may, later) shows me that the virus just gave up, and your dog's immune system kicked in appropriately to deal with it as Nature intended.
Bravo! Thanks for sharing this with us.