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Yorkiex · 09-26-2017, 05:41 AM

Hi all!
Leo will be 10 months old at the end of this month and last month he started to make these really weird choking and coughing noises. I looked up inverted sneezing and it didn't sound like it. I looked up kennel cough and I don't think its that either. I even looked up collapsed trachea and sources said it's supposed to sound more like geese honking. He started doing this suddenly after Hurricane Irma hit here and I also started to get REALLY bad allergies that have lasted me 2 weeks+. I think it may be the increase in pollen in the air since we still have a lot of debris and fallen trees by my house. We both started showing these symptoms at around the same time. Is it possible that he's having allergies? I took a video of the coughing and choking noise and got a pretty good clip I believe on what its like. It lasts for less than 30 seconds at a time but he does it EVERY morning when I let him out of his kennel and sometimes throughout the day if he gets really excited.
Overall, he's still eating and drinking fine. Using the bathroom fine. He's acting completely normal other than the choking and coughing thing. For reference, when he was about 4 months old he choked on a piece of chicken breast that fell on the floor and I accidentally scratched his throat with my nail trying to get the piece of chicken to either come back up or go down. I'm not sure if this may be contributing to what's going on but if anyone can help I'd appreciate it. Just as a caution I've made him an appointment with his vet on Wednesday but I wanted to get some insight before I take him there! Thanks in advance <3

Here is the clip of his coughing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ACLPYpx6Ok

09-26-2017, 05:41 AM	#1
Yorkiex Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 156	Help; Strange Choking/Coughing noises. Hi all! Leo will be 10 months old at the end of this month and last month he started to make these really weird choking and coughing noises. I looked up inverted sneezing and it didn't sound like it. I looked up kennel cough and I don't think its that either. I even looked up collapsed trachea and sources said it's supposed to sound more like geese honking. He started doing this suddenly after Hurricane Irma hit here and I also started to get REALLY bad allergies that have lasted me 2 weeks+. I think it may be the increase in pollen in the air since we still have a lot of debris and fallen trees by my house. We both started showing these symptoms at around the same time. Is it possible that he's having allergies? I took a video of the coughing and choking noise and got a pretty good clip I believe on what its like. It lasts for less than 30 seconds at a time but he does it EVERY morning when I let him out of his kennel and sometimes throughout the day if he gets really excited. Overall, he's still eating and drinking fine. Using the bathroom fine. He's acting completely normal other than the choking and coughing thing. For reference, when he was about 4 months old he choked on a piece of chicken breast that fell on the floor and I accidentally scratched his throat with my nail trying to get the piece of chicken to either come back up or go down. I'm not sure if this may be contributing to what's going on but if anyone can help I'd appreciate it. Just as a caution I've made him an appointment with his vet on Wednesday but I wanted to get some insight before I take him there! Thanks in advance <3 Here is the clip of his coughing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ACLPYpx6Ok __________________ Ely; Mommy to: Baby Leo Mimi Bella Last edited by Yorkiex; 09-26-2017 at 05:43 AM.