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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  P. S. I missed it before, but the reverse sneezing sometimes can trigger a panic attack in some dogs - and it accompanies the attack with others. The second time Tibbe ever reverse sneezed, he had a panic attack - white gums, shaking, trying to isolate. I gave him some honey, dotted a very tiny spot of it around the den floor in a little path of it & he was soon very interested in finding all the honey spots and was fine in just a bit. The white gums turned pink and he was happy again. He's not diabetic so all was fine but later found that tossing kibble treats and getting him barking and running helped distract him and helped his get his mind off what worried him, helped him work out the adrenaline and worked just as well as a path of honey and I didn't have to mop the den floor afterward!!! |
I didn't even associate the reversed sneezing attack with a possible panic attack. Now that I think of it, when he started having the reversed sneezing event and I quieted him down he was standing right next to me when he was doing it. It woke my boyfriend up and he took Canyon over to his side of the bed and that's when my boyfriend said, he's shaking, I said is he cold (feel his ears) he said no, so he held him for a bit, then Canyon came back over to me and wanted off the bed. That's when he went in the bathroom and sat by the toilet in the dark. I will definitely discuss with his vet and will remember the distraction with chicken or even honey. So glad to hear you didn't have to mop the floor after and the honey - they are such little helpers - lol.