[kjc]

I recall that when I was trying to check my pup's nose, he wasn't real cooperative, but each time I looked, he got better about it. The first time, I did it quickly, sitting on the floor with him between my legs on his back. Then I held his muzzle in one hand, and a small penlight in the other, and just held him long enough to put the light near his nose and turn it on, then off and let him up and played with him for a few seconds. After a few times doing this, he understood that I wasn't going to hurt him and accepted the light going on and off, and my hand around his muzzle. By the fifth time, he stayed still long enough for me to angle the light up each nostril, that's when I saw a bit of green up the one side.

If anything, I thought if I couldn't remove the green thing myself, I was teaching him to accept restraint, so that my vet might be able to get a better look if we went back there. Not too long after our last session, he had a sneezing fit again, and I ran to him, and saw a bit of the grass beginning to come out of his nostril. I grabbed the tweezers and was able to catch the end of it and very gently, slowly began pulling it out. When it was still coming out after about 3 inches, I started freaking out a bit, but I couldn't stop now. My pup was being so good about it, so I continued till it finally came out. He was definitely happy. All symptoms went away immediately, and he never had another problem.

This had gone on for a week at least. His sneezing fits were so bad, his little head would bang against the floor, his sneezing was that forceful. He was producing a thin, clear mucus so much that there would be a puddle under his head when he would finally stop. Then he'd be okay for a day, till it started again. I figured whatever it was up his nose was being dislodged by the sneezing, when it reached a spot that was less irritating, his sneezing would stop. I thought the mucous was his body's attempt to coat the foreign object so it wouldn't be able to do any damage.

The only thing I can't figure out is how it got there. He had been out running in the new spring grass, I thought a piece went up his nose. It was very hard to see in his nose, because after I got it out, I realized I had grabbed the narrower end of the grass, the wider part had to be down his throat. So he must have ate some grass and then thrown up, and instead of coming out his mouth, one piece found it's way into his nose. Just weird.

Another member's pup had similar symptoms, tons of mucous and headbanging sneezes... turned out he was allergic to the shampoo, and was being bathed every 3 days.

I do hope you can figure out what's going on with your pup. I know it can be very frustrating, you get them to the vet and they act fine. Back home, sneeze like a maniac. Hope he's feeling better soon...