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03-07-2011, 08:56 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas
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| Now what do we do???? I have posted on here a couple of times how that Kayla hyperventalates when she rides in the car or goes to the vet and even like an hour after we are home. It is soooo scarey. Then, Saturday nite we came in after being gone about 3hrs. and here she goes. We like to have never got her to settle down. She gets so excited and it scares me to death she is going to have a heartattack or something. That is the first time she has done that with us coming in. Now its going to be when we come home because she did the same thing Sunday when we got home from church. We just can't figure it out. I don't know what to do and even anxiety pills don't seem to help. |
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03-07-2011, 09:17 PM | #2 |
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| If you've tried anxiety pills, she's been seen by a vet. Hmmm.... Have you done a full work up on her? Blood tests, urinalysis, etc. Maybe there is an underlying medical condition you're nit aware of.
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03-07-2011, 09:23 PM | #3 |
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| Oh, they go to the doctor more than I do. lol!! She is healthy as a horse. Its just she gets so excited she goes into this and it takes forever for her to settle down. She loves my Dyson vaccum cleaner and when I get it out, the tail starts going 90 to 0 and she starts breathing like that. She is just so exciteable I have never seen anything like it. When she does settle down alittle her breathing is horrible. |
03-07-2011, 09:29 PM | #4 |
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| Were the anxiety meds prescribed by the vet? Your vet is aware of the problem? I would try daily exercise to drain Kayla's energy, including plenty of walking. A basic daily routine, doing things at about the same time (waking, eating, walking, sleeping) has a calming, reassuring effect. When you leave home, does Kayla have freedom to roam the entire house? Is so, try limiting her to one room. Some dogs get anxious when they feel like they need to protect the entire house. If she is crated, maybe consider giving her a small room to roam. Make departures and returns no big deal. Say goodbye and hello calmly. If she is hyper, don't work hard to calm her down. Try doing things completely differently from what you are currently doing to make her stop and wonder what you are up to. For instance, walk in the door and sit down on the floor and relax quietly, no matter what she does. Let her bounce around and hyperventilate. Don't console her or try to make her calm down. This may only feed her energy. Just sit quietly and breathe almost like you are performing yoga. You can look at her, but don't give her any other attention until she is calm. With practice, she should learn to be reasonably calm when you return home. She will equate calm with attention. Practice leaving her for short periods of time, 10-15 minutes, in addition to your necessary longer outings. The car can be more challenging. Does she have a doggy seat? Max was highly excitable in the car and having a carseat that enabled him to see out the window helped a lot. Once again, make sure you are not feeding her energy by trying to console her or forcing her to calm down. Change things up: if you normally play the radio, keep it off. If you keep the windows up, try cracking one a little. Dog trainer Victoria Stilwell recommended altering the routine to eliminate all of the triggers of anxiety. Park your car backwards in the driveway. Enter the car through the passenger door and slide over the driver's seat. Take very short trips. Get in the car, don't go anywhere, and get out and go for a walk. Keep Kayla guessing. I hope some of these ideas will help. If all else fails, you may want to enlist the help of a private trainer.
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03-07-2011, 09:34 PM | #5 | |
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03-07-2011, 09:47 PM | #6 | |
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03-07-2011, 10:03 PM | #7 |
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| I could be way off here but I think what you are describing as hyperventilating is actually either a backwards sneeze or a tracheal problem. Mine do the backwards sneeze often when they get over excited & I noticed if I tell them NO in a stern voice they can control it & stop it as the NO stops the excitement & calms them down so the sneeze stops. Have you had them checked by your vet for a trach problem ? Last edited by lillymae; 03-07-2011 at 10:04 PM. |
03-07-2011, 10:05 PM | #8 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas
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| Yes, the vet has heard her because like I said all you have to do is go out the front door and she starts. The vet said she needed to lose some weight. She is 9lbs. and she said about 2 or 3lbs. But, I don't think that is the answer. Thanks for all your good advice. I do try to baby her and then we have tried to just ignore hard. (hard to do) She has the run of the house of course with Lexi, Tina and Dudley. She is the only one that acts like that. When we got home from the vets the other day most of the time they want to tee tee in the front yard before they go in. Not Kayla. No ma'mn. She headed for that door and wanted in the house as fast as she could get there. I have never seen one act like that. Most of them love to go bye bye in the car. I would try to get her out alittle each day but I had some bad things happen after a double knee replacement and I still can't drive. Can't walk without a walker as far as that goes. Sooooo, I'm kinda limited as to what I can do with her. |
03-07-2011, 10:11 PM | #9 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas
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| Yes, she does have a car seat but she is not about to use it. She does well just to sit in my lap. I have been afraid of it being CT. I may just have to take her back to the vet and tell her, look this is more than just her needing to lose weight. Pray for her because she is our baby and if anything would happen to her it would kill us both. My dh is so attached to her. She is his little muchkin, and my baby girl. |
03-07-2011, 10:17 PM | #10 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Idaho
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| Ok if the vet has heard it & does not think it is tracheal related then more then likely the backwards sneeze thing. Lots of dogs do this & yes trying diff things till you find what works is the trick. When I say a firm No I don't mean like she has done something wrong but just say it more like matter of fact like No stop that or No don't do that. When they stop then you calmly walk over & give gentle pats so as not to excite them all over again. So far of Everything I have tried that seems to work the best for all of mine. My aunts yorkie does this also, way worse then any of mine & I use this method on Angel & my aunt always laughs & says when I do it she stops but she does it Angel just keeps going on with the sneezing. It does give the appearance that they are going to choke to death. I always tell my aunt that's because she doesn't say it like she means it. Lol |
03-07-2011, 10:23 PM | #11 | |
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Being over weight is not good for any dog but it especially hard on the little ones, in so many ways. | |
03-07-2011, 10:24 PM | #12 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas
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| I am just praying its not CT. I have seen other dogs stop and kinda spred their legs, standing stiff like and have that choking sound. But, Kayla can run around and sounds like hack hack and sounds like she is dying. The vet tech brought her out a couple of weeks ago after having her nails trimmed and she never said anything and Kayla was in full swing. |
03-07-2011, 10:27 PM | #13 | |
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03-07-2011, 10:27 PM | #14 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas
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| But could 2 or 3lbs. make that much of a difference? I could see if it were about 10lbs. or so but she looks more stocky than fat. She feels as solid as a brick wall. |
03-07-2011, 10:32 PM | #15 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Idaho
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| Ok, we are probably cross posting rite now but Yes 2 or 3 pounds is a Huge thing for a little dog and the fat around the trachea can put enough pressure on it to cause this problem. |
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