Today was nothing if not interesting. Katie's cough has diminished considerably but she still has the ragged breathing and she does this choking thing. Of course, we save the choking thing for in the wee small hours of the night as a rule. So back to the vet we go. Yep, she still has bronchitis. We knew that, it's going to take a bit to get rid of ... but we also have a relatively rare condition known as backward or reverse sneezing. Never heard of bronchitis in dogs and never heard of this before, either. Does this come under the heading of old dog, new tricks? The good news is that it's nothing serious, most likely an allergy. The bad news is, I suppose now I have to clean house.
The vet took me to her computer and brought up YouTube to show me other dogs with this whatever it is. To see this in action, go to YouTube.com and search 'dog - backward sneeze'. The clip that is most identical to Katie is titled "dog reverse sneeze,' and right down to the facial moves that makes it look like she's breathing out of the corner of her mouth, this is basically what I see and hear when she wakes me. Now Kate can get more intense doing this, but then it is 2:am, maybe it just seems more intense at that hour. You tell me, would this scare the you know what out of you in the middle of the night?
Katie the wonder dog; sometimes I really have to wonder!
That backwards sneeze things sounds like trachea problems. My Cotton has them fairly regularly.
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