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Originally Posted by Lacy's Mom  |
I just wanted to thank you for this post so much. My 12 week old puppy Daisy started with what seemed like reverse sneezing 2 nights ago. I took her to the emergency vet just in case, because I've seen reverse sneezing before and this just didn't seem the same. But, of course she didn't do anything while we were there, so they sent me on my way and said it was just reverse sneezing and not to worry.
As soon as we got home she started again and it lasted on and off for about an hour before she finally settled back in. The next morning, every time she would become excited for any reason and while running around with her sister she would make a sound once or twice, but would keep running around & playing etc. After she made these sounds about 20 more times, I decided to go ahead and take her to my regular vet... especially after finding your post because her symptoms sounded more like collapsing trachea than reverse sneezing.
It turns out that she has just started with an
upper respiratory infection. So, I wanted to post here, just in case anybody else is not sure what is going on with their younger puppy. The vet told me the difference was that Daisy was making (most of) these sounds on the exhalation (reverse sneezing I believe is on the inhalation) and having so many in one day. Additionally, for Daisy, massaging her throat while she was calm and not having an episode would cause her to start making the honking sounds again (and would also make an episode she was having much worse). In addition to having full episodes which lasted for a few seconds to a minute, she would just make a sound or two while continuing to go about her playful business. I also noted that she would have a non-productive gagging/retching fit at the end of each longer episode and her breathing would sound raspy (wet) for a moment or two afterwards.
I'm confused as to how she ended up with a URI though, because I haven't taken her or her sister out of the house except for their vet visits or to play in our own backyard. I work from home and am careful with people coming over to visit who have dogs.