Ashley's collapsing trachea came about as she got older. It was the reason her heart became enlarged, which we discovered on an x-Ray when she was close to eleven. She had an echocardiogram, and mostly everything in her heart was within normal limits, so our vet concluded it was enlarged due to her trachea.
Ashley's little sister, Gracie, had collapsing trachea, but it was much more severe. We took a lot of precautions with her, and she lived to 9.5 years old. |