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11-11-2013, 04:45 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Summerdale AL Baldwin
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| Did he choke? Can a yorkie choke? Chip was eating a kibble and thought he seen someone at the door and started barking like crazy then was gasping for air for a second or two, now he is just lying down like he is scared. Just wanted to ask the experts. |
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11-11-2013, 05:20 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toluca Lake, CA
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| Yes they can choke. Have you checked to see if there is anything logged in your dogs throat? Are they breathing okay now? Here is a link to other different breathing issues Yorkies might have. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/die...d-trachea.html
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11-11-2013, 05:30 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Summerdale AL Baldwin
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| Thanks, yes he is breathing fine now I will check out the link you posted, |
11-11-2013, 05:31 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | Absolutely they can choke. It's also possible for them to aspirate a small piece of food and have it develop in to a pneumonia. If you are at all concerned about his breathing, a trip to the ER vet should be considered.
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11-11-2013, 05:45 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Summerdale AL Baldwin
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| His breathing seems to be fine, he barked at the door again , an asked for a treat, I think I will call the vet in the morning to be on the safe side. |
11-11-2013, 05:48 PM | #6 |
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| I am glad his breathing in fine. Buster has chocked before when he was eating and then got excited/barked. I hope that is all that is going on with your baby. Best wishes.
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11-11-2013, 05:54 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Summerdale AL Baldwin
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| Thanks buster brown, I looked at the link you posted, it looked like the reverse sneezing more than anything. But you never can tell, I think I would feel better if I called vet. I'm a worry wart. Lol |
11-11-2013, 06:39 PM | #8 |
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| LOL worry wart = Yorkie owner I completely understand
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11-11-2013, 08:33 PM | #9 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| I actually had a 9 week old puppy choke to death...eating and running and playing, and sucked a mouthful of food right down his windpipe.....I cleared his throat so he could get enough air to keep him alive until I could get to the vet.....12 minutes......but he developed an aspiration pneumonia and even tho he was on a battery of antibiotics, that pneumonia killed him.....I have had my little Hailee strangle on two occasions, on small pieces of kibble....eating too fast and once like your baby, eating then jumping into guard dog mode and barking like a crazy woman at someone at the front door....both times, she was not moving any air and she started staggering and fell....I knew immediately what had happened, I stuck my finger down her throat and managed to dislodge the piece of chewed up kibble....she was able to move air well then and didnt need to go to the vet until the next day.....she was fine and did not need antibiotics.....I would see the vet in the am..... Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 11-11-2013 at 08:35 PM. |
11-12-2013, 04:29 PM | #10 | |
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11-12-2013, 06:52 PM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Summerdale AL Baldwin
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| Carried Chip to vets today, she did a X-ray everything looked good, had some stuff in his tummy, but she said he would pass that, got to keep a eye on them all the time. I think he may have a tummy ache, but felt fine till I carried him to vet. So sorry about your little one yorkiemom1. |
11-13-2013, 03:52 AM | #12 |
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| I know how scary choking is. Jada has choked a couple of times simply because she won't chew her food and inhales it. I had been able to dislodge the kibble on past episodes but the last time she was gasping. Thank god my vet is literally 2 minutes away and I called on my way and drove like a maniac. My vet was waiting outside the office to grab her out of my arms. The food had dislodged by the time we got there but she was put on antibiotics as a precaution just in case she aspirated into her lungs.
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12-16-2013, 12:47 PM | #13 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: georgetown texas
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| My Yorker was choking on a treat. Last week my yorkie was around the table where they always are at dinner time. My yorkie Molly started acting funny almost like having a seizure but gasping for air. She was down on the floor making awful noises. Without even thinking a jumped to where she was and stuck my finger down her throat to see if I could help. Never done that before!! But I guess it worked because she coughed a few times and took in air. After about 5 or 10 minutes she was fine. Scared me to death. I don't know dog CPR but I'm trying to find out how to do it so next time if there is one ill hopefully know what I'm doing |
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