[Thorsmomma]

Originally Posted by Jo-Jo

About 4:30 this afternoon Riley started swallowing real hard like there was something stuck in his throat and he was trying to get it to move. I called the vet and asked if this is how he would act if there was something stuck but she (the vet tech) said no...it sounded more like the start of an upper respitory infection to her. Huh? He has no other signs of anything else going on...he's breathing fine, he eats and drinks, no throwing up, no diarrhea, he's not coughing, hacking or wheezing, no runny nose, no fever and no more tears than usual, his nose is cold and wet and his eyes are bright...he's just swallowing hard at times. I thought he may have scratched his throat with one of the leaves he was chewing on today or that he may even have a small piece stuck in his throat so we gave him a few bites of bread and some banana too thinking it might move what might have been stuck. That seems to have made it a little better and although he isn't doing it as much he still does it some. I'll watch him tonight and see how he is in the morning but I think he had something stuck and it ended up scratching his throat. Am I nuts or is that possible? The only thing different is that he finally started losing his baby teeth this week. What reactions can puppies have when teething? Can it cause a sore throat like it does in kids?

I wish I had some better advise for you. Someone will. I hope it's not the begining of an infection!! Good luck to you!