My dog does it sometimes too...I think he just has a hairball or something ...he did 15 times one day and I took him to the vet..they said he may have a minor kennel cough but to have him rest it off because they didnt' want to give him antibiotics since he's so tiny...it went away on it's own but sometimes he still does the same hacking thing
as for trachea (sp?)....see when he does it...if it's just randomly when he's calm, he probably just had to clear his throat...if it's when he gets really excited and starts having a hard time breathing, it's probably trachea problems. My friends dog had to get surgery for that.
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