My Samie used to do this too. She has bad allergies and sometimes we deal with collapsing trachea. With that in mind I had to ask our groomer not to use any perfumed sprays afterwards. Any hairspray or perfume sprayed in our house is what triggered that so I KNEW that when I picked her up from the groomers that was why she was coughing/snorting. As soon as we had the groomer stop using the perfumed spray she no longer did this. However I am now the groomer bc Samie's collapsing trachea epidodes mixed with allergies (nasal drainage/drip= coughing as well) She has turned blue (tongue turns purple) and I can't risk losing her. Plus since we moved out of state I could not find a groomer that met my expectations. Not to mention the 2 places we went to were overcharging AND the place was a pigsty. The kennels they kept the dogs in before bathing them were DISGUSTING. I highly encourage you you to take a peek if you can behind when the grooming takes place. YUK! Hair on the floor is one thing but nasty gross kennels is another. Dogs can pick up things from other dogs that go there too so it just freaked me out. I took over the grooming with my two yorkies and have been grooming them for the past 7 yrs. It is a lot of work but I won't just take my one that does ok. I just rather do it myself.
I'd ask the groomer what they use and if they do indeed use spray cologne I'd ask them to stop and see what happens. the snorting can happen when they are being rinsed but it should not continue afterwards. I'd be careful with that too and ask them if they can be extra careful not to get water up the nose.
Renee
aka: a very OVER protective Mom :-) |