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12-01-2008, 11:18 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Estill Springs, TN USA
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| Non-Emergency: Daisy-Lynn Sounds Like She is Hacking Up Something My Daisy takes spells when she sounds like she is hacking up a furball or something. The vet says she is healthy. She didn't start doing this till recently and the only thing I can think of is that I had her in a regular collar and tried ONE time to leash train her. One of the members here said that these little furbabies have a fragile trachea. Could I have caused her to start the Hacking? My fiance' thinks she might have puppy asthma because most of the time she does it after she has been chasing one of her fetch toys or doing her nightly laps around the house. She doesn't throw up anything. If she does, as gross as it sounds, she must swallow it. She eats only Iams puppy food, no table scraps at all and filtered water and will be 20 weeks old on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. She might weigh 2 pounds sopping wet.
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12-01-2008, 12:10 PM | #2 |
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| Yorkies do have fragile necks and their leashes should always be connected to a harness, not a collar. I'm really doubting that putting her in a collar one time would cause all of this though... Yorkies do get collapsing trachea. The vet can do an xray if you are concerned. Is there a way you could post a video for us to see because explaining the nose doesn't seem to help...? It could be reverse sneezing and that would happen when she is excited/playing. If that is what it is, you can put your finger over her nose for a couple seconds and it would stop. Are you sure she isn't coughing?
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12-01-2008, 12:22 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Estill Springs, TN USA
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| The vet says she is okay. Nothing life threatening. So, apparently not a collapsing trachea. Have never heard of a reverse sneezing. Sometimes it does start off sounding like coughing. You know how when you are coughing and you kinda gag? That is how it is sometimes. Then, other times, it is just sounds like a cat trying to hack up a furball. That is the best way I can explain it. Can she get a cold even though she never hardly goes outside? I can TRY to catch her on video but my camera isn't all that great and she normally does it at bedtime, right after we have been playing hard. That is why we thought it could be puppy asthma.
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12-01-2008, 12:58 PM | #4 |
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| Have you introduced anything new to the home? New blanket, clothes, carpet, cleaning products, etc? Could be allergies/asthma caused by something in the home... This actually happened to my yorkie... Does it happen more at night or during certain times? Could be kennel cough/upper respiratory infection... Has she done this since you got her? Hopefully she doesn't have collapsing trachea, but I would think the vet would need to perform some diagnostic tests to determine whether she has it (ie. palpating the trachea to check sensitivity, x-rays, etc.)
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12-01-2008, 02:27 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Estill Springs, TN USA
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| Nothing new to the home when she started it. The vet has done x-rays and tests and said she is healthy. She only does it after playing fetch or doing her nightly laps, as we call it. It happens more at nighttime and rarely during the day. She has not done it since we got her. She just started it a couple of weeks ago but we have had her to the vet and he said she was fine but she wasn't doing it when she was there, either. Her throat isn't sensitive to palpation at all, she just seems like she gets to coughing after playing and running hard and gags. I just wondered if this was normal for Yorkie puppies. And if she will grow out of it.
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12-01-2008, 08:54 PM | #6 |
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| so it is not kennel cough ? Did she get a bordatella vaccine recently? you can see reverse sneeze and collapsed trachea on youtube by searching and you can see dogs that do this and i would think kennel cough would be on there too -- is she over weight as over weight can put pressure on the trachea causing the coughing sound. Heart problems can manifest in coughing too but since your vet said all is good -- i would do a search on youtube for dog coughing myself |
12-02-2008, 02:53 PM | #7 |
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| I have the same worry about my Effie. I asked the vet last week when she went for her yearly shots (shes 14 months) and she confirmed that it was reversed sneazing. The doc made the noise and everything. Mine does it when she gets excited, for example when i come home from work, or when we just start to play. Maybe twice a day? I asked about the trachea too. The vet tested by a small pinch to the neck which made her very incomfortable. Reverse sneazing is when they have some nasal drip, and its just there way of trying to clean it. |
12-05-2008, 12:27 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Estill Springs, TN USA
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| Thanks everyone. I think I have learned enough to determine that it is nothing to be concerned about and to use a harness to leash train her.
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12-05-2008, 08:03 PM | #9 |
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| I found all this very interesting. My 4 mo old Reggie has been coughing a gagging type cough for about 5 weeks now. The vet gave him an antibiotic which seems to be doing nothing for him. He said if the antibiotic didn't help we would need to x-ray him for collapsed trachea. I looked up the U-tube videos for both reverse sneezing and collapsed trachea and I think what Reggie is doing sounds more like a reverse sneeze. He tends to gag and sputter. All the videos I saw of a collapsed trachea sounded more like a honk like a dog with kennel cough to me. I sure hope Reggie is reverse sneezing and not the collapsed trachea. I will probably have him x-rayed at his recheck next week to make sure. So, what causes a reverse sneeze? |
12-06-2008, 12:54 PM | #10 | |
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HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 10 YEA [YEA] 11/21/2008: Tom from Atlanta, GA writes: "The hydrogen peroxide for the cough works, but I did not want to wait for my dogs to drink the water as most recommended.. Since I have 3 dogs and am aware of the cough spreading to the others so I sterilized all the water bowls and applied 3 drops of the 3% peroxide with 2 teaspoons of honey for each 8 oz. glass and filled their bowls. Then I made the same mixture in a 4 oz. glass and I took out their toothbrush and brushed their teeth gently most of the time they just kept licking the brush. All coughing stopped immediately. If any coughing continues I'll brush again." [YEA]11/25/2008: Anna from Houston, Texas replies: "3% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WOW!!! I thank God for this imformation, i just read this about an hour ago and tried it, and i can not believe my ears my 13 year old little bits has not done that anoying cough im still waiting to see if im just not hearing things but i went out side he drank this thing he loves it and he has not done the cought when he sees me, he used to cough alot!!!! when he would see me, but i just can't believe that he has not done it again thank God for this information and may the Lord bless you for sharing this with us. [YEA] 02/02/2008: Rebekah from Jacksonville, fl writes: "Kennel cough cured! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I tried the food grade hydrogen peroxide remedy. Just to be safe I diluted it to an extreme. I put 3 drops of the mixture in Shelby's water bowl and immediately (within a 2 days) she was almost completely cured. I had gone to a vet and was prescribed some expensive medicine that did NOT work at all. This natural remedy was nothing short of amazing!" motherhen | |
03-26-2009, 05:36 PM | #11 |
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| Reverse sneezing is when the soft palate is irritated...kinda like a tickle in your throught. Guppy started doing this about a week ago after barking like a madman at a dog in the yard behind us. He barked so much, that by the time I got him his mouth was foamy...yuck! We determined the dog behind us has been getting out and when he comes to the front of the house has been jumping up on the gate and driving my dogs nuts. I guess it's a territory thing. Anyway, he rarely ever barks so the vet thinks he's just been irritating his throat from all the barking and I can't let him out in the yard...I have to walk him for a week or two until I get him to break the habit of barking at the fence. So, in addition to the items above that can cause this condition, excessive barking can also be added to the list! Good luck, hope your little one gets better soon. Last edited by seainthecity; 03-26-2009 at 05:40 PM. |
03-26-2009, 05:41 PM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Orlando
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| Oh, and by the way, you can often get them to stop by gently blowing in their face... |
03-26-2009, 05:57 PM | #13 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Orlando
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| Wow, I really misspelled throat above! Sheesh, how'd I do that? |
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