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08-20-2014, 03:53 PM | #1 |
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| Collapse Trachea Survey Hello everyone, I am trying to do research on Collapse Trachea where as my moms puppy has had this quick gagging cough like he is clearing his throat and the vets think it is CT. I feel he is kinda young do have it and it does not sound like the typical cough of CT. I want to survey people out there that has dogs with CT How Old was your dog when it started? How did it start? ex: quick gagging cough or honking cough How long did they live with it? Any treatments that you believed helped the dog live longer with it or so it did not progress so fast Did all the dogs with CT get to the severe stage? Thanks - hopefully this can help other people with dogs with CT and diagnosing them |
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08-21-2014, 05:09 AM | #2 |
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08-21-2014, 06:00 AM | #4 |
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| My puppy also has what could be the beginnings of collapse trachea. She has been coughing since I got her at 3 months old and she is now 8 months old. She only coughs after drinking. I have attached a video of her cough. It's not the best since it's only one quick cough, but it is usually 2-4 quick coughs followed by a sound like she is about to throw up, but never does. The vet said it could be the beginnings of CT, but it is too early to tell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMopfKgfu2s |
08-21-2014, 06:20 AM | #5 |
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| Two of my Rainbow Bridge babies had collapsing trachea. Gracie, my littlest angel, had it from the time she was little. She whoever let it stop her, and she did everything at full speed. She lived a great life, even though she was only 9.5 when she passed away. I was hugely protective of her because I needed to be to prevent severe attacks, but she still played all the time. She had dentals yearly, often twice yearly, but it got to the point that our vet said it was too dangerous. It got steadily worse each year. Gracie had attacks where her throat would start to close and her temperature started to rise. She needed to be put on ice or submerged in cool water to get her temperature down. We always had air conditioning on for her, but she knew herself when she needed to cool down. Gracie would go to the back door, and I'd let her out. She ran immediately to our pool and stayed on the first step until her breathing went back to normal. Gracie's sister, Ashley, had a collapsing trachea, but it was much milder than Gracie's. We discovered she had an enlarged heart close to her eleventh birthday. Since everything was within normal limits on her echocardiogram, our vet said it was enlarged because of her tracheal issues. In later years she had many gas pockets in her abdomen that we needed to treat. They were also caused from taking in too much air due to her tracheal problems. Ashley walked at least two miles a day up until a couple of days before she died. She was a month shy of seventeen.
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08-21-2014, 06:33 AM | #6 |
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| There are many different degrees of collapsed trachea. I believe that, because of the devastating effects it can have, people tend to overreact to any cough a pup has. I have had a few pups with collapsed trachea and there is no cookie cutter way to treat them since they vary so much. It comes down to trial and error in terms of the meds used. The common things to do are to keep the pup in a calm environment, keep them cool and keep their weight within normal range. To get an accurate diagnosis, a flouroscopy should be done. Of course, sometimes it can be diagnosed by manual manipulation of the neck by the trachea or by xrays but that is not 100% as the flouroscopy is. Some accurate information is found here: https://www.acvs.org/small-animal/tracheal-collapse
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08-21-2014, 09:43 AM | #7 |
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08-21-2014, 09:59 AM | #8 |
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08-21-2014, 10:57 AM | #11 |
YT 500 Club Member | How old is Bogie? My vet said my 5 month old had CT because when she pressed on his throat he did that quick fast cough. I would think you would need more than that test to diagnose it. Sammie does cough that quick gag cough a few times a day and it only last about 1 second. |
08-21-2014, 01:01 PM | #12 | |
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Regardless, the treatment would be the same. It's not like there is a cure for CT and having a definitive diagnosis will make a difference. Try to keep him from getting overly excited....the more they cough, the worse it can get.
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08-21-2014, 01:07 PM | #13 |
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| Thanks everyone. Out of 84 views I was hoping to get more response than this. I find it hard to believe that there are only a handful of people on here that has a dog with CT. Well hopefully more people will respond. I tried to look up statistics online but there is none. |
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