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Originally Posted by Momof3furbabies  I'm new here, and recently added a Yorkie and a Yorkiepoo to the family (we already have a Chorkie). Anyways, Kipper (our yorkie) is about 4yo and as sweet as can be, BUT he gets super excited easily especially when balls are involved and when he's excited (sometimes even just a little excited) he starts making these grunting noises, sometimes he gets so excited running around playing with his ball or the other dogs that he gets to a point that he has mouth opened, honking noise, looks like labored breath, and this ended with a choking cough type sound. We try to calm him down, get a drink, etc. and he has that weird noise with heavy breathing (mouth open) until he finally settles down, lays down and breaths normal again. This labored breathing seems to happen almost anytime he isnt laying down, but then since we brought him home he's been way to excited to play then sleep. He was in a home of working parents, and was crated all day till they came home, and also crated for bed. Here, they have the run of the house but they seem to enjoy the crate at night so we leave the door open and him and his son Bub (the 3yo yorkiepoo) sleep together in there. After reading up on noises these pets have, i now am really worried its a callopsed trachea. The old owners never said anything about this, and when we met at the park they were on leashes and he was doing the choking thing, but he was also pulling on leash so i guess i didnt realize it was a problem. What do you think? sorry for the book! |
I don't think it's a collapsed trachea. It sounds more like reverse sneezing. My little one, Johnny Cash, has reverse sneezing episodes, especially when we come home from work and he's very excited to see us. I pick him up, speak calmly to him and pet him. If that doesn't work, then I stick my fingers over his nostrils and that forces him to swallow (because he can't breath) and he stops the RSing. If this doesn't seem to work, then it MIGHT be a CT, but try it a few times and see if it works.
~ Kelly