breathing problem???

[Tippy_Luvver]

let me try to put this in words. lol. my yorkie, occasionally, she makes these noises from her nose. its like when u have a cold and your trieing to breathe but ur nose is stuffy? this happens usually when i come home and/or when shes excited...what could it be....shes been doing this all the time...

[ldw]

Mine does that!! She turns into a little grunting pig.. I keep trying to video it so that I can show the vet. He said that it could be just slightly constricted bronchiols...

Anyone else have any ideas??

[alaskayorkie]

It sounds like a very common condition that is nothing to worry about: reverse sneezing.

If you're concerned, search for "reverse sneezing."

Here's one I found just now, and it includes a video.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78517

[hha]

Mine does this a lot(reverse sneezing), that's the only time she will let me hold her..I pick her up and love on her, they're not breating out of their mouths at the time, so you need them to open it..you can either make them give you kisses, or gently close their nose so they have to open their mouths...somedays haley does it a lot, and other days it's not too bad..

[clearblue]

We recently lost our Yorkie to a genetic condition named"Collapsing Trachea". She was diagnosed @ 5yo and died @ 9yrs.old. She experienced this reverse sneezing,honking problem frequently --especially when excited.

We found that keeping her from being to heavy helped.
Keeping her cool. House temp set at 69 degrees @ night,
Keeping her from getting too excited.

She loved most of all going for car rides,a lightly baked beef rib bone at night once a week,a new toy,and of course her mom being close by.

Vet advised that there was no really effective remedy yet.

Maybe someday there will be progress in identifying those
bloodlines that this condition shows up in.

Please note I am not saying your pet has this problem just relaying what happened to us and hopefully giving you a
research option.

[clearblue]

I forgot to add that it will only worsen with age.

[Buddy-licious]

Originally Posted by alaskayorkie

It sounds like a very common condition that is nothing to worry about: reverse sneezing.

If you're concerned, search for "reverse sneezing."

Here's one I found just now, and it includes a video.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78517

Didn't know this....thanks for sharing!!!!

[troop120]

Originally Posted by Tippy_Luvver

let me try to put this in words. lol. my yorkie, occasionally, she makes these noises from her nose. its like when u have a cold and your trieing to breathe but ur nose is stuffy? this happens usually when i come home and/or when shes excited...what could it be....shes been doing this all the time...

Did you find out what causes this?
troop120

[littlewhip]

My charlie has had this since he was a baby, He has gotten better, he is now 3, its usualy bad if he is very excited, The vet said it was normal.

[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by clearblue

We recently lost our Yorkie to a genetic condition named"Collapsing Trachea". She was diagnosed @ 5yo and died @ 9yrs.old. She experienced this reverse sneezing,honking problem frequently --especially when excited.

We found that keeping her from being to heavy helped.
Keeping her cool. House temp set at 69 degrees @ night,
Keeping her from getting too excited.

She loved most of all going for car rides,a lightly baked beef rib bone at night once a week,a new toy,and of course her mom being close by.

Vet advised that there was no really effective remedy yet.

Maybe someday there will be progress in identifying those
bloodlines that this condition shows up in.

Please note I am not saying your pet has this problem just relaying what happened to us and hopefully giving you a
research option.

Excellent post. I should have mentioned that. My understanding is that collapsed trachea and reverse sneezing aren't related, but some of their symptoms can be similar. Definitely ask the vet to make sure it's not a collapsed trachea.

[lovmyyorkie]

Hi Gang,

My 10 1/2 yr old Buffy has a nice combo of these problems plus some more


1. she has a heart murmur = Meds for this is Enacard 1mg 1 a day

2. she has chronic bronchitis for this is Theophylline 100 mg 1/4 2xs
a day (this one I get at Walgreens). During summer when air is very dry or the air is bad from fires
3xs or also in the winter when we have the heater on.

3. she has sinus problems, very prone for sinus infection can easily happen
from ear infection then goes to the eyes, then to the chest. = Meds
lots antibiotics must treat all at once ears, eyes, nose, and chest infection

She gets stuffy in the winter from the heater along with the bronchios
close up with the heater. Med for the nose is Prednisone Acetate 1% 2
drops in each nares......is works great opens up the nose in about 5 mins.

4. she also takes a medication call Salix 12.5 mg this is so water does not
build up in her chest and pressing up on her trachea leaving a very
small air way and causes the that honking sound. Some times when they
are struggling with this part they panic, freak out and it causes a heart
attack........


One thing I have found that helps in the summer and winter is a Cool Mist
Humidifier......pay close attention "Cool" not the ones with hot steam, with this
we can have the heater on and Buffy won't have breathing attacks also you
will sleep better your sinus wouldn't be so dry and help snorring too.

Until you get one you can take them out side when they get a breathing
attack to get cool air.......I would stand at my sliding door way
in my night gown at 4 am with her all wrapped up in her blanket for about
1 or 2 minutes until she was breathing ok.

Also hold them try not to put presser on her chest and talk to them very
calm teaching them to calm down and take their time breathing.......after
a while Buffy did this automatic. Also you can put them infront of a Fan,
this save Buffy's life one night a 4 am while we drove her to the ER.

The reason this works is the cool air opens up the bronchos just like the
pump for a person that has asthma, it pumps meds with a cool mist into
the lungs.


I'm no expert I'm just sharing by experience with Buffy, if it wasn't for the right meds and tons of praying with her I would say she would not have made it to 8 yrs. She was having breathing attacks 2-5 a day now its about once or twice 5 to 6 months......big diff's the first she didn't have a breathing attack for 2 wks oh man I wanted to go dancing to celebrate after almost 1 yr of daily attacks

Sorry this is long....if any of you have any questions please feel free to pm....I put it all here you take what you think applies to your furkid(s).

Best Wishes,

[AUBLUE]

I believe my 4 year-old yorkie may have collapsed trachea. She has had counghing/hacking bouts lately which occur mostly after physical exertion. I took her to the vet and he treated her for kennel cough with an antibiotic injection and a take-home round of clavimox. He then hinted that the problem could indeed be collapsed trachea but stressed that x-rays were needed for a proper diagnosis of this sad condition. Does anyone have any advice or knowledge of this condition? I have never had any major health problems with her for 4 years. I hate for my baby to be sick.