Thank God for the ER Vet.....

[kimlovescats]

My dachshund has always had the reverse sneezing and I never really considered it a collapsed trachea! My vet has never said anything about it being that either. Betina (my chi) also does it at times but again she doesn't seem to stop breathing! This must have been very scary for you!

I think I need to do more research on this condition!!!

[CathyBogart]

Scary!! Mister, don't do that to your mama!! I'm so glad to hear that he's okay. I would have been petrified too, and you betcha I'd have been right over at the e-vet!

Reverse sneezing is NOT THE SAME as collapsed trachea by the way. It's a pharyngeal reflex! Reverse sneezing is not dangerous(despite how scary it can look) and some dogs actually learn to do it for attention.

[Sevaede]

Scary!! Mister, don't do that to your mama!! I'm so glad to hear that he's okay. I would have been petrified too, and you betcha I'd have been right over at the e-vet!

Reverse sneezing is NOT THE SAME as collapsed trachea by the way. It's a pharyngeal reflex! Reverse sneezing is not dangerous(despite how scary it can look) and some dogs actually learn to do it for attention.

Heart murmurs, also, cause something that looks like a collapsing trachea. I was made aware of this when I had taken my RB Yorkie to the vet (in preparation for a flight) and began discussing her history with the new vet. She explained to me that Little Dogs heart murmur was causing her to have such mannerisms.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I knew that collapsed trachea and reverse sneezing aren't the same. Sorry. My bad. I used a bad choice of punctuation and reference. Collapsed trachea is much more severe from what I've read. Actually, let me make this clear that my girls only have reverse sneezing and NOT collapsed trachea. I know I need to be more careful in how I say everything. Thanks ladies.