I don't know if this helps, but I have Haggis who is 12 years old and suffers from this ailment ( among a number of others!) anyway he has had this problem for a long time however recently it got more frequent and he developed a cough firstly when he was excited then almost constantly which was debilitating and causing him distress. There were times when we believed he was breathing his last breath although it could disappear as quickly as it appeared.
Having tried to cure this through a number of drugs for various possible causes of this deterioration, the steroids which he was given had a improving effect however they were not a long term solution for one so small. The vets practice which we attend has a cardiac specialist who reviewed the case and suggested an Aerodawg Inhaler which from the first time of use has been 100% successful. This administers the contents of asthma medicine for humans and is fantastic! there is a youtube clip showing this being administered (on a trainee guide dog so not as easy at home!) however Haggis now gets his "puffer" 2x per day without any real drama and it is great.
As I said, don't know if this is appropriate but it helped the "wee man".
Hope you find a cure. |