collapsing trachea
jkrey...@comcast.net
has told us that this is a common mallady in Poms. Our puppy is 7
mos. old and has been coughing alot. He says it is either kennel
cough, which he is medicated for, or this trachea problem. Please
give any info. you may have on this.
Thanks
montana
jkrey...@comcast.net wrote:
> collapsing trachea
I searched on Google
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&q=collapsin
g+trachea+in+dogs
and found a good bit of information...
Dana Travo
I saw your message on the newsgroup. My little dog "Toto" had that same
condition and lived for almost 10 years. I recently had to put him down due
to some other health issues.
You should probably go on-line for information, which I did, but don't have
it handy right now. It was described to me by my vet as the trachea being
like a loose rubberband in a slingshot. When the dog breaths heavily, it
gives the sensation that the trachea is going down the windpipe, and he
wants to cought it back up. It happens more frequently when he gets excited
running around or also for some reason, as soon as my dog would wake up from
sleeping or a nap, it would occur. I guess he was excited about life! One
time he even passed out because he wasn't getting enough air, and then he
relaxed and "came too". It was scary, but after going through episodes -
sometimes a few a day, I started getting used to it. The vet I went to
didn't offer a remedy, but I believe I heard that there is something out
there that you can give them. Check it out on-line. Type in collapsed
trachea, and hopefully you'll get some advice.
Good luck, and let me know if you have any success. I'm considering getting
another pom, and I would like to know what to do if that happens with the
next one.
Dana Travo
Orange County, California
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Marlena V
syrup and it tends to get rid of the cough....
Dana Travo
it's like to have that problem and not get answers. My little dog had this
for years but was able to deal with it.
I would really like to know if you've gotten any responses back, as I plan
on getting another pom and I'm concerned that I'll have to deal with it
again.
Good luck, and please let me know.
Dana
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Al
I had a dog with the same problem and found a site called
www.caninemedicinechest.com they helped my dog so check it out.
Good Luck,
Dawn
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Dana Travo
problem and I want to purchase another one, and am concerned about having
the same problem. I'm wondering if there isn't an operation to correct it?
Dana
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Bubba
"Snort Attacks". We had a beagle who had the same problem. The
Pomeranian's attacks seem to occur when she gets excited. They are not
too bad and usually last only a minute. Now the beagle we had, he
would almost pass out from lack of air. The only thing we found we
could do to help him was to place your thumb flat one his tongue while
grasping his lower jaw and pressing down on out on his tongue. Well,
that's not much help but that's been our experience.
ARF
ReeRee
ewis...@rfburst.com
"reverse sneeze". Our vet (and the information I've been able to find
online about it) said that it's a very common thing and nothing to worry
about. We had heard about the problems of collapsing tracheas in poms so my
wife and i decided to just use a harness for him instead of a collar, and so
far things have been pretty good.
gr
thumb is that you should easily be able to feel their top rib along
their back, or they are too fat.