Beagle owners!

[chelsdogs4]

My ten month old beagle has begun making these strange noises. She'll get this funny look on her face then start making hacking sounds like she's going to throwup? Another beagle owner said it's because they sniff so much and get stuff up their noses?

Is it true?

We have to blow in her face. It seems to help her.

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She always sleeps on her back :p

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Silly Molly :p

[Giselle]

It sounds like backwards/reverse sneezing. A lot of small, especially Toy breeds, get it. It can be caused by a myriad of things, but you usually just have to wait it out :) My Peke used to get it a lot when he got stressed.

[Chica]

My sisters beagle does the hacking when she drinks. :love:Nothing to worry about.

[Katelf]

I don't have any solutions for you but I just had to say Molly the beagle is a real cutie patootie :)

[Willow Oak]

Hi. My name is cathy. I hack all the time for apparently no reason, but it doesn't seem to bother me a whole lot. I still run around and chase bugs and have fun and stuff.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii182/eulersequation/HappyCathy.jpg

[dreamparkingspace]

Don't worry, it is likely just "reverse sneezing." My beagle used to do it to, very frequently actually, and I would think, "Oh no! He has kennel cough!" Then eventually I called my vet and was reassured it was likely just this "reverse sneeze" thing which sounds like hacking and snorting. I took him to the vet anyway and sure enough my beagle was just reverse sneezing and this is very common in beagles. They gave him a cortisol shot (or something??) and said that would help his breathing a lot and would prevent him from doing this all the time, and it has worked very well. They said he could get one of these shots every 6 months or whenever needed, but Hector hasn't needed once since his first one. Hope this helps :)