My chihuahua/rat terrier mix has sniffles really bad, and it sounds like she's drowning when she breathes in. She has asthma, and when I gave her a whiff of her inhaler, it stopped, but the sound was not like her "normal" asthma.
Master Advisor Matthew says:
October 30th, 2008 at 03:36 AM
Hi,
Breathing problems in pets have to be taken seriously as some of the possible diagnoses are life threatening. I would definitely want to have a good listen to your dogs chest to see if there is any fluid in there, though that is more likely to cause a cough, you need to rule out heart failure. If the noise is coming from the upper airways, then Dinky Dog probably has a respiratory infection (basically a cold), which would need antibiotics if it was severe enough.
Good luck
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