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miamymia · 01-16-2007, 03:18 PM

My pup who is going to be 14 years old soon, had collapsing trachea. It started as weezing sound as she was breathing, and it got to the point where when she was asleep, she could not breathe well and would wake up coughing for so long. One night I took her to the emergency vet near by, and she was diagnosed with collapsing trachea. They performed ecocardiogram. I was told there is nothing really I could do about it. Back then, she weighted close to 12 lbs, and with loose kneecaps, she no longer wanted to go for a walk, and she was laying and sleeping most of the time, and coughed and coughed. They also found enlarged liver from other tests they have performed previously when she had infection in her pancreas.
HOWEVER, I changed her whole diet to try something. I started to give her organic Gerber's baby food jar (makde sure ingredients did not contain onions), they had different types such as chicken and peas, beef and carrot etc. I would mix with water and rice because she stopped drinking water back then. And I boiled chicken, and that was her meal. I would go very light on chicken and rice on some days to make her lose weight. She would get baby carrot (her favorite) as her snack twice a day or three times a day. After two months or so, she completely stopped coughing, she now maintains her weight around 9~10 lbs, and she is hopping like a pup. People are often surprised when they find out her age. This diet completely beat the coughing, weezing from collapsing trachea, and I think her knees are feeling better from lighter body weight.
Now, she never really coughs anymore. As she was acquired about two years ago, she came with a bunch of health problems, but after many emergency vet visits and completely changed diet, she is a new pup with no coughing. And I am so grateful that she is healthy now. So maybe change in diet could help your pup as well? Even if a pup is not overweight, if the body fat is rather high, couldn't it be pressuring inside? Anyhow, it worked for my old smelly pup

I hope your pup feels better soon..

01-16-2007, 03:18 PM	#15
miamymia Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Far East Posts: 27	My pup who is going to be 14 years old soon, had collapsing trachea. It started as weezing sound as she was breathing, and it got to the point where when she was asleep, she could not breathe well and would wake up coughing for so long. One night I took her to the emergency vet near by, and she was diagnosed with collapsing trachea. They performed ecocardiogram. I was told there is nothing really I could do about it. Back then, she weighted close to 12 lbs, and with loose kneecaps, she no longer wanted to go for a walk, and she was laying and sleeping most of the time, and coughed and coughed. They also found enlarged liver from other tests they have performed previously when she had infection in her pancreas. HOWEVER, I changed her whole diet to try something. I started to give her organic Gerber's baby food jar (makde sure ingredients did not contain onions), they had different types such as chicken and peas, beef and carrot etc. I would mix with water and rice because she stopped drinking water back then. And I boiled chicken, and that was her meal. I would go very light on chicken and rice on some days to make her lose weight. She would get baby carrot (her favorite) as her snack twice a day or three times a day. After two months or so, she completely stopped coughing, she now maintains her weight around 9~10 lbs, and she is hopping like a pup. People are often surprised when they find out her age. This diet completely beat the coughing, weezing from collapsing trachea, and I think her knees are feeling better from lighter body weight. Now, she never really coughs anymore. As she was acquired about two years ago, she came with a bunch of health problems, but after many emergency vet visits and completely changed diet, she is a new pup with no coughing. And I am so grateful that she is healthy now. So maybe change in diet could help your pup as well? Even if a pup is not overweight, if the body fat is rather high, couldn't it be pressuring inside? Anyhow, it worked for my old smelly pup I hope your pup feels better soon..