Madison yorkie playing (collapsed trachea)

[KYGoddess88]

@kimbrouc, if you don't like it who cares. I've seen worse.

[KYGoddess88]

I'm sorry you lost your dog. I have a Chihuahua Yorkie mix and I hope never to lose her. I also live in NC, in Hope Mills.

[kimbrouc1]

This made youtube? This was the most unentertaining video ever. This lady has zero character and is trying to live vicariously through her dog -- who does not appear to have an illness to me. WTF? Weird? OMG.

[mich5chen]

Hi there,

It wasn't so clear on this video, but the "Self drying Yorkie" video it IS clearly collapsing trachea (not reverse sneezing). Unfortunately collapsing trachea is not "curable", except perhaps with surgery to implant a stent in the walls of the trachea where it's collapsing. Nothing is a guarantee, but it can help a lot. But since it's a specialist surgery, it's pretty expensive depending on the prices in your area. Losing weight helps & keeping him cool/AC when hot outside. M

[andie361]

My dog has this also...and like your dog it's when she gets excited...vet told me it was harmless though...now I'm scared. So sorry your little buddy passed away :o(

[jennifferjoseph]

hi i was wondering how you found out she had a collapsed trachea ? by xrays ?

[Nakedpetals]

I am so confused with collapsed trachea and reverse coughing, my yorkshire does the snorting and then coughs at the end... I'm really worried now because all I've read it that collapsed trachea and reverse coughing is the same and there is nothing to be worried about.

So he died from collapsed trachea?

I'm so sorry about your yorkie, he is so cute!

[mich5chen]

@Nakedpetals  I'm a vet in CA. Reverse sneezing is usually never dangerous. But, collapsing trachea CAN be so severe that a dog can't breath, It happens mostly in small dogs, (esp short-nosed pugs, poms, and worse with heat, chubbiness, & age) when they get excited (greeting u when u come home) or with eating/drinking./exercise. Trachea (windpipe) flattens with the pressure of taking a breath inward (most common) or outward.

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[mich5chen]

@Nakedpetals Severely affected dogs can stress out & try to breath so hard their throats are irritated & swell shut, and are brought in on emergency turning blue & need oxygen & possibly a quick acting steroid injection. Some even have to be intubated under anesthesia,to have a tube in the throat to create an open airway & to knock them out to stop stressing.

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[mich5chen]

@Nakedpetals Part 3 - Collapsing trachea sounds more like a dry/honking cough, similar to a dog with kennel cough (Maltese Collapsing Trachea??). If dogs are severe enough, there's a surgery (done by board-certified surgeon) for collapsing trachea where a circular mesh stent is embedded in the walls of the trachea to stiffen and hold it open where it's collapsing.

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[mich5chen]

@Nakedpetals Part 4 - There's 2 types of reverse sneezing. The "classic" inward snort (Utube videos: Greyhound Reverse Sneezing, Larson's Breathing Attack- Reverse Sneezing?) or an outward snort (Mr. Puggle's Reverse Sneeze & How to Stop it.). But it's NOT recommended to cover the nose, massaging throat or neck is ok. Benadryl at the same dose for allergies (1mg per pound up to 3 times a day) helps since it often occurs with seasonal allergies.

Hope this helps, Mich (aka Michifur)

[Nakedpetals]

@mich5chen oh wow thanks so much for all this information, we keep taking my yorkshire to the vet and he is given these tablets to HELP the situation, not to make it all go away... we're making him lose a lot of weight to see if his weight is part of the issue, he is around 5KGs at the moment! Trying to get him to drop down to around 3.5-4kg

[born2befree4life]

Aww i'm sorry bout your lost :(

[SweetCupcakeShortie]

My friend is moving there lol