[Ksenia]

Dear yorkie lovers,

I am an owner of a yorkie Manyasha, we are from Moscow, Russia. Manyasha is 11-years-old. In general she is quite well, we have almost never had problems with her health.

Around a year ago she started coughing when she got excited. Coughing was rare and short (few minutes). However, over time she started coughing more, longer and the cough has become loud and deep. Now she coughs every day very often. We went to a few vets and recently, 2 weeks ago, Manysha underwent tracheoscopy. The results showed that she has got tracheal collapse, it reaches 85%. It means that the trachea is 85% narrower than it should be. The vets said that Manyasha requires surgery, quite urgently. They said the one option for us is placing a stent, other options (other surgeries) are not suitable as they are more experimental and the vets are less sure about them. However, stent placement isn't a panacea either. There are side effects like stent moving etc.. So, now we have to make a very serious and difficult decision. (Btw we have taken a lot of meds, antibiotics, hormones etc - almost no effect at all)

Does anyone has the same problem? Does anyone's doggy already have a stent? I would be very grateful for any your feedback, especially concerning the stent placement.

Thank you very much in advance. I so badly need some advice. Ksenia