Honking?
 

Illy is almost 2 1/2 now and for most of her life she "honks" when she gets overly excited. Is this a normal thing or is something wrong? Does anyone elses little ones do this?

Gently blow in her face and watch her stop:)

This sounds like reverse sneezing. Jake does it when he gets excited too, and he did it at the vet's, and that's what he said it is.

hold her nose so she has no choice but to breathe out of her mouth..
it works.. lexi honks alot too.. it normal

i think that's a collapsed trachea (also known as reverse sneezing). it sounds worse than it is... my parents' yorkie honks when she gets too excited. but my Kash doesn't honk at all.

my parents blow on her face to help her, but i don't think that works as well as just trying to calm her down.

here's a website about it: Yorkie Medical Information.

thanks!

My Pixie does it sometimes..she did it just yesterday when a friend of mine came to my door..guess she was excited to see a visitor..she thinks everyone comes to this house just to see her! lol..does worry me when she does it though..

Just wanted to clarify that reverse sneezing and collapsed trachea are different. Excerpt from the link you posted:

Other signs, however, will help you distinguish the two conditions:
If it makes these sounds when excited or after eating or drinking, or turns her elbows outward and extends its neck and gasps inward with a rhythmic snork! snork! snork!, this is reverse sneezing.
If it breathes through the mouth sometimes, or breathes with a raspy sound, or coughs reflexively when you simply rub its throat, it could have a collapsing trachea. If the cough is one or two expulsive outward bursts (forcing air through the trachea to open it), typically with a gag or empty retch at the end, she could have a collapsing trachea.

I was going to do the same thing...hehe...

Tino reverse sneezes after he drinks water too fast. As soon as he starts doing it he "assumes the position" by taking a wide stance and and looks at me to come over and hold his little nose shut so he will start to breathe slowly again. He knows Mommy can "fix it".

awww, what a sweet little bugger:)

thanks for clarifying. i didn't read the link thoroughly. :)

I have a friend who has a small Yorkie that sounds like a oinking pig when she gets excited. Could this the same thing ya'll are talking about? Abbey is sooo cute and I call her "Miss Piggy" cuz of the sound she makes, but if it could be a serious problem....I'd feel horrible. :(

Hello
 

I'm kind of lurking because I wanted to come on over and talk to people who are having problems with their little dogs coughing, honking etc.

When they are young, its okay, because, well they're young. As they age, and this cough (honk) continues, it leads to a collapsed trachea. That cough weakens the C rings.

Once that material becomes flimsy...then it collapses and becomes a breeding ground for infection.

I work with young dogs and old dogs. It is much easier to get rid of this cough when the dogs are young...then after they're old and there has been so much damage that the cough can't be stopped. Surgery is an option, but it costs $5,000.

You wonder where does this cough come from? My opinion I think its the shots. Thats a different discussion.

None the less... I work with little dogs...I'm a pet herbalist, and this is a disease that I have been making herbal formulas to help heal the cough. I have been doing it for little dogs for two years now, and I'm getting ready to try and sell it to vets.

I'm a human acupuncturist that go into animals...

Its important that this cough not go on long term....because eventually there will be a collapsed trachea.

If you have questions, feel free to ask.:)

No, that is the best way to explain the reverse sneeze sound...like a piggie or goose!

I am pretty sure that reverse sneezing and collapsed trachea are two very different issues. :confused:

It really doesn't matter what it is, as long as there is a constant load on the tissues, it will cause a problem over the long term.

This is based on my experience of working with dogs everyday with this problem. As I said, some young and some old.

It is not a natural state of breathing, when there is reversing sneezing or coughing; doesn't matter; this is an out of balance condition (an indication thereof).

Chinese medicine says that any chronic coughing (honk in this case) is "the escape of qi" (qi is energy)

That makes sense...because any chronic condition wears away at the natural resources of the body, weather it is a dog or a human.:aimeeyork

Thank you for your opinion. :)

Uno has been having this problem. I really don't know what to do. He gets excited and then honks and I can hear the tissue almost sticking together, and he has a hard time breathing. Poor baby last week had bug eyes because he couldn't get air. The vet said it could be the beginning of a collapsing trachea, so we have steroids for him, but obviously he can't be on those for the rest of his life. He is usually on them for about 3 days at a time, but he still has problems now and then. Has anyone ever dealt with collapsed trachea and how did they take care of it/prevent it/vet opinions/surgery costs- ANYTHING! I would love to know what other owners are doing or have done that works.

Uno is only a year old, and he has NEVER had a collar around his neck. He only wears a harness. Please, more thoughts!

Awww, that's adorable! What a cute little bby.

Honking Yorkie
 

Hi, I have two yorkies a male and a female. My female is fine, but the male has been honking for several months now. I talked to my vet and she told me that this is a trait that small dogs have. He is fine unless he becomes overly excited. You can try stroking her throat when this happens or pick her up and console her. This usually helps them feel reassured. I am sorry that you are experiencing this because I know how much you must love your baby!!

trachea
 

please feel free to ask me anything you want about trachea in yorkies,, i had a yorkie who started his trachea collapse at about 4 years old, he never had a collar on him and just out of the blue it started,,, trachea problems are cumlative,, think of it as a straw, once it has a crack in it its gets worse and worse, I took fife to the best trachea doctor in the world I went to the best 3 one at penn one at cornell and one in california, while stent can be placed in some dogs and infact is costly it cannt be done in all dogs as was the case with fife.,, and the rate of success is also very low, I tried it all, I have about 30 dif meds some worked some didnt i bought the meds from the pawhealer lady also after I found her online,, I tried it all,,, Most yorkies that have a collapsed or collapsing trachea live less than 6 months, so said the world expect in tracheas, fife lived 2 years after his diagnosis, and was doing really great he lived a normal life until the last few weeks, feel freem to pm me or even call me and i can tell you what worked for fife.

it's reverse sneezing. when I bring my boys onto the bed in the morning (they sleep in their kennel next to the bed), we get to listen to the snort fest. Also when I get home from work, haha. I don't think it's anything to be worried about, my boys do it all the time.

how much does your dog weigh? and how much pred does your dog take and does your vet ramp him up and down or same dose for the 3 days? Did your vet try other meds first or only suggested the pred,, in my experience pred is the last resort.