Originally Posted by bonnieand  bonnieand) hi i only hope this information may help.I have had my dog now 14years six months she has just been diagnosed with this problem. when i got her as a pup my friend who had her brother told me she would take throat spasms, which she did take about 9 months, i always massaged her neck which helped her through the spasm, it certainly never restricted her life, the spasm didnt last for any lenght of time, last week she took a very raspy sounding cough and a gagging as if she was going to choke, it was very upsetting for me to watch and listen to as the vet wasnt opened until the next day, she didnt see our usual vet, i wasnt happy with the young mans diagnose, as the injections she was given did not relieve the symptons,the vet told me she would need to get further examinations x rays i did explain she has always taken throat spasms, as a pup, but nothing to make me worried he told me her throat was fine, my daughter gave me the phone number for her vet, whom i phoned right away i got an appointment for that afternoon, my wee dog was examined and x rays taken,she has a collapsed trachea,she has been given capsules to relieve her symtons, her cough isnt as raspy or prolonged but she is also showing signs of enlarged heart as she is overweight,i have to keep her calm and no excercise over this weekend,i have to phone the vet back tommorow to let him know how she has been over the weekend. She certainly is better than she was, the capsules prescribed are to help her airways,if i where you i would seek a second opinion as 3 month seems a bit young for a collapse in the trachea but there again the yorkies do have this complaint, i am broken hearted but i will keep her on meds for as long as i possibly can, as long as she is not distressed as she only has 18 months of of her life span left,1 to 16 is their recorded life span,the vet told me once the trachea collapses there is nothing you can do thats the bad news, some dogs are fine with the meds given thats the good news, but as puppies they do get excited and can take throat spasms,just massage the throat, but if the dogs trachea has collapsed please do not use this method as it irratates the throat more, i hope you may find this usefull information as my dog has just gone through this and that was her symptons,but she is a lot older than your wee puppy |