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  • My shih tzu would do this very rarely and I thought it was a seizure type of thing... now my cockapoo does it (a few times a day) so glad to know it is just a reverse sneeze!

  • My Daisey May does the same thing! She does it when we r outside walking and she sniffs in high grass or weeds! I thought she just kept getting stuff in her nose cuz her nose doesn't leave the ground! I guess it's the beagle in her?

  • So that's what my puggle is doing when she makes that noise. Reverse sneazing. This helps a lot!

  • my vet reccomended benedryl, it works wonders. The first time it really scared us.

  • nooo.. my dog keeps litterly sneezing like a normal person like 20 TIMES!!

  • my dog does this all the time i was really scared in case she was sick but i'll try that next time she does it thanks :)

  • How to tell if the dog can't breathe?

  • @TheTremor209 Good question. I don't know. I am not a vet. :( Anyone? Anyone have the answer?

  • @MrPuggle Oh .. Anyways. . Thank you for the response! god bless! :D

  • scared the bejeebies outta me :c

  • Thank you very much. My dog does this and i didn't know how to stop it :)

  • CUP THE PALM OF YOUR HAND OVER THEIR NOSE - it works same as having a human breath into a paperbag when they are hyperventilating. Have been using this technique for 5 yrs on my 3 Boston Terriers...and it stops within secs without fail. The rubbing throat thing does nothing - only adds to dogs panic...the more you try to soothe them, the more they think something is wrong.

  • I do the same thing with my morkies when it happens to them except I hold the top of their nose so they can open their mouths. It really does help. :)

  • I have rubbed my cane corso' throat and that does not work. Neither does lifting her up behind her front legs. I wont open her mouth, as that souns scary to me...too easy to get accidentally bit. I did pinch her nostrils like in this video VERY briefly, not even a second...and it stopped immedietly. It may be "normal" but when her eyes are popping out because she cant breath then pinching her nose for a microsecond I dont think hurts her. Its the only thing that worked.

  • OMG...that's what this is..wow I thought he was just snorting or something..thanks so much..

  • My dog does this too once in a while. One day, a couple years ago, it started happening every few minutes, so we had to take her to the vet and he gave her antibiotics for it. I don't know if that was stopped it but fortunately it did stop. It was very scary.

  • @furtherbeyond it is VERY scary, especially if you never heard about it and that it is harmless.

  • Yay! This happened to my dog, so now that I know what was happening, I can help him if he needs it :D! Thanks a ton :D!

  • My puggle did this in the middle of the night and woke me up and I was terrified. I tried to give him water and everything. Eventually he stopped but it was so scary to witness! Thanks for the information. Now, I know not to freak out when he does it again. :)

  • We massage our dogs necks when this happens. It takes longer to cure, but it helps stops it and they enjoy the massage, too! :)

  • My Westie does this sometimes when she pulls on the lead or excessively sniffs the carpets. I sit with her and encourage her to stay still and relax till it passes.

  • My dog just did this for the second time that I've had him in a year, and it scared the piss out of me! Thank you SOOO much for posting the video, at least I know what I read on the internet about reverse sneazing is in fact what he has, and I don't need to have a heart attack or rush him to the vet. THANK YOU! <3

  • I have two little dogs that both do this-thank you for posting this video-I am very relieved!

  • I have 2 pugs and they do this from time to time

  • I am a vet, and I have mini Dachshunds that do this; it's called reverse sneezing (NOT a collapsing trachea, which is much more serious). Please do not administer anything by mouth as they may aspirate into their lungs (some suggestions on here to give honey, etc.). I simply rub their throats gently as the swallowing motion interrupts the reverse sneeze and doesn't interfere with air flow. It is hard for owners to watch as dogs look a little panicky.

  • @allymangan thanks doc! I didn't catch the honey post. I will try and find and remove.

  • my dog started doing it when she was alone with my mom , and my mom did not do anything about it , so my dog eventually started wobbeling around, and coldnt' stay on its legs, because it had a hard time breathing. Its because they panic , so when they get a seassure like this , make sure that they focus on something else

  • the vet told me to watch this cause my yorkie does this

  • my dog only does this when we go for walks.

  • Thanks for posting. My dog just started doing this and I got so nervous I called the vet. He said it sounded like a reverse sneeze, but to get on here and look up some videos to see if it was...and it's definately the same thing. What a relief!

  • We have a morkie (Mona Lisa) and we give her olive oil to help her calm down. It's really scary when this happens. I still panick a little when she does this.

  • Thank u for watching my vids

  • I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who is about two and a half years old. Because of her squshy type face, she does this occasionally. What I do to help it, is gently massage her neck in a downward motion. (:

  • it bothers me because it seems like they cant breath and choking

    but it help to now no its harmless

  • all pugs and puggls have nose problems cause of there smushed in nose

  • wow, im soooo glad its nothing serious...my dog suddenly started doing that and we were freaking out. all i knew was that massaging his throat downwards seemed to help.

  • It can also be behaviourally induced so I would avoid paying the dog too much attention during the episodes (as scary as it sounds) as you may encourage it to associate the behaviour with affection and hence, it will do it more frequently - weird condition

  • It is caused by stress. Pick the dog up and stoke his ears. He will then stop.

  • My 4-year old Pekingese does the reverse sneeze every now and then; do pretty much the same thing to get him to stop, but I put the pad of my thumb over both his nostrils and use my fingers on the same hand to scratch his ear while holding him against my chest...doesn't work without me babying him a little, he's such an attention hog lol

  • i have a 5 month old boxer and this happen while he was eating i wasnt sure if he was choking or doing this.. so could i just rubb his neck while he is doing this or ... ?

  • The best way that I have found to stop reverse sneezing is to get the dog to swallow, either by rubbing their throat or offering something really tasty.

  • We are babysitting our Puggle Granddog and she did a reverse sneeze for the first time. We thought she was going to die. She stopped after 5 minutes but it was scary not knowing what was happening. We thought she was choking on something. We'll try the brief nose pinch technique next time it happens. Thanks for the info.

  • cute dog

  • I took my labrador to the vet today because he had a episode today and sure enough it was reverse sneeze. SCARY when it happened it lasted almost a minute and I had no idea what was happening. It's comforting to hear other stories and that this was normal thank you for your video

  • My doggy recently started doing this and I was SO scared! Going to by a humidifier tomorrow to help clear the air a bit more for him.

  • OMG i panicked when my dog did this.. i thought she was going to die... i was patting her chest and trying to rub her belly and her throat, i had no idea what was happening.i also thought she has something in her throat or anything.. i was going to take her to the vet and she stopped.. .and went back to sleep... she has done it twice since and it still makes me panick a lil when she does it... have a look at her on my channel... she even takes on a click beetle and the beetle lives !

  • Can reverse sneezing cause the dog's throat to collapse? My ma thinks so, and it freaks me out because my dogs do this.

  • Our mini-pin has been doing this for a week now. She will get little episodes of it. I thought she had something caught n her nose, we also suspected allergies. We took her to the vet today to get her checked cuz she used to sneeze regularly on occasion, but never the reverse type.

  • My dog has been doing this, and last night it just kept happening and I couldn't get it to stop right away. I'm so glad to hear this will not kill her. I am taking her to the vet on Monday, but I'm relieved that this is not an emergency. I was so scared. :( Thanks so very much for posting this video!!

  • I am so glad I read this. Like so many others, I was worried about what might be wrong. We knew a woman who's little dog had a collapsing trachea and I was terrified it might be something like that.

    When our dachshund does this I don't pick her up but I do pet her and talk to her, telling her it will be alright. I would never pinch her nose like that though. Seems to me it would only aggravate the situation.

  • ok it scared me i thought my dog was having an ashma attack i was soooo scared!!!!!!! i thought she was dying :(

  • @superbam6 me too! :(

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  • @Stef9521 Thanks Doc for the info. We just lightly pinch his nose for a moment. We only do it when it lasts over a minute. Sometimes he will start and do two snorts and stop. So we wait and do it as a last resort. It is so funny that it is such a mystery and so many vets have different views on it. It is frightening for dog owners. Thanks again. :)

  • @Stef9521 I just take and gently rub the dog's throat. It doesn't always stop it 100%, but it does calm it down significantly. Talking to him and getting his attention while he does it also helps.

  • @Stef9521 but you are only pinching for a nano second...what are the negative impacts of cutting off that supply for a nano second? Just curious as this method is the ONLY thing that works for my girl. Massaging the throat does not work on her.

  • Tilt the dogs head up, and if you can grab it's tongue to pull it out to make room

    Rubbing the neck to encourage swallowing.

    The Epiglottis is folded up stuck to the upper palate.

  • This is dog asthma attack! Try to tap harder on his back and ur doggie will feel better!!

  • @TheShinchibukai Moron, don't posting nonsense. :/

  • My dog haskennel cough and does this! D: Can this kill them?!?!?!

  • @Viperclan2

    I am not a vet. My vet said it is harmless and natural. I think it is scary to witness.

  • wow.. this is funny because my dog just starting doing this maybe a week ago and freaked the crap out of me!!! it really crazy to see it so common.. and i also noticed this is happening to alot of other people during this season.. hence all the new comments.. is it a seasonal thing? cold? thanks for that nose trick.. will try

  • My puggle does the same thing, and I never knew it was a "reverse sneeze." Thanks for the tip. I'll have to try it out next time with my puggle.

  • My puggle has done the very same thing since I've had her! I had no idea what it was. I saw another dog do it and did a search on Youtube, but hearing another puggle do it, sounds just like my dog. It's nothing to be concerned about?

  • my puggle does the same thing!!!!!!

  • My puggle does this too! I had no idea you could plug their nostrils to stop it... thank you for the video!

  • A “reverse sneezing” episode surely looks disturbing, but is not a harmful condition."

    in any case, I would probably be somewhat unhappy if some guy squeezed my nose while I was sneezing :p

  • Thanks for posting this! My pug does this occasionally. I finally recognized what it is, so when it happens to her, I just talk to her in a soothing voice, telling her she's ok, and it will stop. She usually will relax and it stops without my having to do anything else, and I think it keeps her from panicking.

  • What is that? Is it allergy? My puggle has been doing that lately.

  • i really want to thank u for posing this at 3 in the morning my dog woke me up by doing the same thing i panicked and was crying i didt want to call the emergancy vet without knowing what it was as it costs alot of money so i went on google and looked it up typed reverse sneezing in here and found it was nothing to worry about :/ thanx :) xxxx good night to all!

  • I just want to thank you for posting this. My Boston does this often, and it happened last night, so I pinched her nose holes shut, and she stopped. She wagged her little tail like "thank you mommy"!

  • are you supposed to like plug it?

  • You're supposed to massage the throat to relax the dog's muscles, although sometimes dogs whip their heads to much and you risk hitting their throats. But you're also supposed to plug the nostrils (by either pinching gently or covering the snout) so that the dog is forced to breath out of his/her mouth. It stops them from inhaling all that air through the nose because when a brachycephalic (or smushed face) dog starts snorting, it's hard for them to stop.

  • thank you soooo much!!!!! my litttle chihuahua has been doing this for days and now he's all better!!! thanks again!

  • Thank U Sooooooo Much I Maybe 10 But U Helped My Dog Thanks

  • lol my dog always does that when hes excited then i scratch him under the collar and he stops :S

  • Thank you so much for this video, I will try it next time on my baby.  =)

  • My dog started doing this tonight and I panicked. So,here I sit at 3am looking for what to do. Thankfully, I stumbled upon this post. He's stopped now. Hopefully, he's ok.

  • @KamClark hey same here!!!!

  • Thanks for this tip, very helpful, my dog does it a lot and I never know what to do, I panic and think his chocking! I will try this next time :) Thank you

  • Yes. This is even something our 3 year old Beagle does. It doesn't happen a lot but it does happen. We asked our vet and he said it was nothing to worry about.

  • They can have reverse sneezing due to a collapsing trachea or smelling something like dust. If your pet is reverse sneezing a lot Benadryl (diphenhydramine) can help. Call your Veterinarian for a dose.

  • My old german shepard used to do this and it scared us, we thought something was wrong. Good to know other dogs do it too

  • Yes THANK YOU so much! My dog does this as well. I always feel so bad for him!

  • THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I have a boston terrier that does this all the time. It used to scare the crap out of me because it looked painful and there was nothing that i could do about it. Thanks again!!

  • its normal. my shorkie does it all the time. I don't think you can stop it though

  • I have two chis. One never reverse sneezes, the other one does it when he wakes up from a nap and when we jog outside.

    When he starts, I stop any physical activity or excited talking and, if it continues, I wet his nose with a bit of water. Stops right away.

  • My 7 month POM is doing this, thnx to this lady at the clinic i found out tht he had reverse sneezing and hopefuully i can cure him with this trick...THNX

  • Thank you so so much for posting this.

  • I never knew what it was called, though all the dogs we've had over the years did it occasionally, some more than others. We just called it "snart-problems"- for lack of a better term. Thanks

  • indeed, or little chi dos that alle the time closing her airways for 2sec helps alot :)

    also if you calm her down and pet her a little.

    i start to think that its her way of asking for attention ;)

  • Thanks for the info with the light pinch,

    My chihuahua does the same I thought she was having a seizure or getting sick. FREAKED ME RIGHT OUT.

    Thanks again

    like PieGirl23 said

    I"MMMMM SO GLAD I WATCHED THIS VIDEO

  • funniest thing i ever saw!

  • Max does that! we thought Max was trying to throw up...

    I'M SOOOOOOO GLAD I WATCHED THIS!!!!

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