I think I know how Prince may have gotten CT...

[Princes mom]

Originally Posted by ARCHIE

Amazing what you read and learn here on this site. I am sorry
so many of your babies are suffering from CT. It's scary and heartbreaking
to watch a dog gasping for breath. Buddy does this once in awhile.
When he get's overly excited. I read that blowing air into the dog's nose
when he get's like this does help. I've been doing that when Buddy get's
an attack, not sure but I think it does help him.
He didn't have this as a baby it seemed to appear around 3ys. He's never
had surgery except for being neutered at 6mos.

I've heard that too, about blowing in their nose, but I guess it depends of the severity of the CT...that does not work if your baby has a severe case. Prince has never had any surgery except neutering when he was a baby. He's six now. I really think this has to do with his teeth cleaning...the anesthesia application tube.
How was Buddy after his teeth were cleaned?

[Princes mom]

Originally Posted by Theodore

My Wee Ted had major nose surgery two months ago to remove a mast tumor at the back of his nose that they think was caused by inflammation. It's been two months and I thought by now he'd be healed; yet he's still on steroids because when he's not his snorting and reverrse sneezing are so bad. I thought it was part of the recovery process; yet reading this I now wonder if his trachea has been damaged as he was put under anethesia twice prior to the surgery for x rays and ct and then again for the actual surgery. It saddens me to think in order to solve one problem we've created another. I too feel helpless when he stands there struggling for air. Keeping his excitement level down is hard. He can't even enjoy a daily homecoming cause he starts struggling from the excitement. Prayers to all fuzzy butts suffering from this xo

Has Ted been on steroids every day...for two months, or off and on for two months?

[ARCHIE]

Originally Posted by Princes mom

I've heard that too, about blowing in their nose, but I guess it depends of the severity of the CT...that does not work if your baby has a severe case. Prince has never had any surgery except neutering when he was a baby. He's six now. I really think this has to do with his teeth cleaning...the anesthesia application tube.
How was Buddy after his teeth were cleaned?

Buddy has never had a dental and I hope never needs one.
I clean his teeth almost daily and use petzlife and have for years.
He has no tartar build up at all. After reading your story I will
certainly be sure never to stop the brushing.

[Ellie May]

The cause of CT isn't always clear.

It looks like the endotracheal tube most definitely could have made an existing but asymptomatic case much worse though.

So yes, it's possible that if he wouldn't have had surgery, he wouldn't have symptoms. Or something else could have triggered it by now... Did he ever have kennel cough?

[Princes mom]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

The cause of CT isn't always clear.

It looks like the endotracheal tube most definitely could have made an existing but asymptomatic case much worse though.

So yes, it's possible that if he wouldn't have had surgery, he wouldn't have symptoms. Or something else could have triggered it by now... Did he ever have kennel cough?

No, no kennel cough...he was very healthy. (By surgery, are you referring to his teeth cleaning?)

No, not existing...Prince didn't have CT until after his teeth cleaning.

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by Princes mom

No, no kennel cough...he was very healthy. (By surgery, are you referring to his teeth cleaning?)

No, not existing...Prince didn't have CT until after his teeth cleaning.

Yes, the teeth cleaning.

Was he xrayed before the cleaning?
B/c if not, there is no way to know if he had it or not...

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Princes mom

Wow! How is her maltese doing now? If only I had known...
Human hospitals are the same...many careless accidents happen there as well.

she passed away the ct affected her heart and she was taking her to a cardiologist and everything but she was alot older and she was constantly having attacks 24/7 so they had to put her down. Again she was older and she had a bad heart but when i spoke to her i asked when did this all start and she thought real hard and said after that growth was removed and i asked was she under anesthesia and she said yes and my heart dropped to my stomach as i knew this was the cause so she felt horrible as the growth was not that big of a deal - she suffered with allergies as well so she had alot going on

[Theodore]

Prince's mom, yes, poor Ted's been on steroids for two months. We tapered down and when I reported his snorting and snorting, they put it back up to 5 miligrams cause we couldn't risk inflammation causing another mast tumor. Then he is doing it even on the steroids; so we're tapering
down again...cause, really, what's the point if he's snorting anyway? So now I worry about harm to his liver; yet I had to follow doctor's orders or I'd have felt terrible if his nose inflammed again. I guess we just wait and see now. Just try keep him calm. Was wondering if anyone used some sort of herbal remedy to keep our little guys calm? I don't want to put him on some relaxant that will make him just lie there to be calm, and from the sounds of it, that's their next plan of action....more drugs. Anyway, hope Prince has a nice calm day. I took Ted to the park for a stoll. People must think I have a pot belly pig cause he's swollen from steroids and snorting like a littl piggy. Seems he can't sniff without snorting anymore. Compared to how he sounded with the tumor in his nose, at least I know he's more comfortable than he was prior to surgery. Just those episodes scare the heck out of us, don't the????

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Princes mom

No, no kennel cough...he was very healthy. (By surgery, are you referring to his teeth cleaning?)

No, not existing...Prince didn't have CT until after his teeth cleaning.

call them and ask them what size tube they used and if they have the cat tube as there is a ferret one i believe too - there are many different sizes of tubes

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Theodore

Prince's mom, yes, poor Ted's been on steroids for two months. We tapered down and when I reported his snorting and snorting, they put it back up to 5 miligrams cause we couldn't risk inflammation causing another mast tumor. Then he is doing it even on the steroids; so we're tapering
down again...cause, really, what's the point if he's snorting anyway? So now I worry about harm to his liver; yet I had to follow doctor's orders or I'd have felt terrible if his nose inflammed again. I guess we just wait and see now. Just try keep him calm. Was wondering if anyone used some sort of herbal remedy to keep our little guys calm? I don't want to put him on some relaxant that will make him just lie there to be calm, and from the sounds of it, that's their next plan of action....more drugs. Anyway, hope Prince has a nice calm day. I took Ted to the park for a stoll. People must think I have a pot belly pig cause he's swollen from steroids and snorting like a littl piggy. Seems he can't sniff without snorting anymore. Compared to how he sounded with the tumor in his nose, at least I know he's more comfortable than he was prior to surgery. Just those episodes scare the heck out of us, don't the????

here is my friend's site and she has used herbal stuff

CollapsingTrachea

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by Princes mom

Collapsed Trachea in Dogs

This is a long article covering several topics dealing with CT:
Trachea Problems

Collapsed Trachea|Small Dog Throats


Prince doesn't cough, although a of yorkies with CT do.

ct is more of a goose honking nose than a cough

[dwerten]

here are the three videos i found to help people distinguish between three sounds

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...d-trachea.html

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by ARCHIE

Amazing what you read and learn here on this site. I am sorry
so many of your babies are suffering from CT. It's scary and heartbreaking
to watch a dog gasping for breath. Buddy does this once in awhile.
When he get's overly excited. I read that blowing air into the dog's nose
when he get's like this does help. I've been doing that when Buddy get's
an attack, not sure but I think it does help him.
He didn't have this as a baby it seemed to appear around 3ys. He's never
had surgery except for being neutered at 6mos.

if it is reverse sneeze the best way to stop it is covering nostrils and opening the mouth and it will stop immediately as you are telling them to breath through mouth not nose

[dwerten]

Originally Posted by brendah

I would have never imagined that this could be so dangerous. Does anybody know how common this is? Any statistics? Does this have to do with the size of the tube used or the size of our yorkies?

size of the tube as you need to ask this whenever going under anesthesia as some vets do not carry all the small tubes and why it is important to make sure your vet or specialists deals with small breed dogs as if they work mostly with large breed they may not have all the sizes I know there are cat tubes but there are even smaller tubes used for ferrets

[Princes mom]

Originally Posted by dwerten

she passed away the ct affected her heart and she was taking her to a cardiologist and everything but she was alot older and she was constantly having attacks 24/7 so they had to put her down. Again she was older and she had a bad heart but when i spoke to her i asked when did this all start and she thought real hard and said after that growth was removed and i asked was she under anesthesia and she said yes and my heart dropped to my stomach as i knew this was the cause so she felt horrible as the growth was not that big of a deal - she suffered with allergies as well so she had alot going on

I am so, so sorry.