my dog with severe collapsed trachea requiring surgery never coughed ( the collapse was very sudden, possibly caused by hitting the door handle while unrestrained during car wreck, she was short of breath with blue gums), but her grandmother with moderate collapse did - it was a dry cough almost like clearing the throat, hers was caused by enlarged heart all five of my girls now take glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM in my experimental attempt to strenghten their tracheas, which are made of cartilage reverse sneezing is almost a snort more than cough, I think sometimes it is caused by allergens or dust in the air
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:56 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a Deaf person, I can't realy hear the reverse sneezing, just see it, > so > I don't realy know what it sounds like....and I have never seen one with a > collapsed trachea, so I am not sure how one would know the difference. > Personally, I would have to rely on someone else telling me something > wasn't "right" with one of mine. My family is all familiar with the > reverse sneezing, so they don't mention that, but quest in my home often > do, lol > Marsha > > > Maybe I should have said reverse sneezing OR collapsed trachea. I think > > they are two different things but from what I have read, they both have > > very similar symptoms. How CAN someone tell the difference? Just > > curious. > > Stefanie > > > > --- On Thu, 10/2/08, dasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <dasha48%40hughes.net>> > wrote: > > > > From: dasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <dasha48%40hughes.net>> > > Subject: RE: [SPAM]Re: [Chihuahuas] Chico pics and a Question!! > > To: [email protected] <Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 7:16 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How can you tell the difference? > > > > Sheila > > ============ ========= ========= == > > > > I'm not 100% positive, but isn't collapsed trachea different from > > reverse sneezing? It's my understanding that both are common among small > > dogs, but collapsed trachea (which has another name) can sometimes need > > to be surgically corrected, usually when they are older. I would be > > happy to hear from others on this subject. Joy B > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." --Galileo Galilei Glenda Poquita, Molly, Isabella, Chandler, Joy Joy and all the fosters and angels
