Dog Reverse Sneeze

Note: The dog is fine we have taken him to the vet and this is a rare thing dogs can have

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Dog
• sneeze
• Inverted
• Reverse

[KianaTheWordsmith]

my rott does this and it scares the crap out of me cause it looks like he's having trouble breathing.

[W88Angel]

I really thought my beagle was the only one to do this. I thought it was because she was out of shape lol.

[marianasbeautylife]

Omg I was soo scared this morning bc my cocker spaniel was doing the same thing and I spent about three hours searching on what it could be and all my dogs symptoms seem to be this and this is the excat way he did it, but even though I have a clue I'll still take him to the vet tomorrow:(

[DoggyPaddleProducts1]

Reba does this from time to time. The first time she did it, I too thought she could not breathe. When her Vet told me it was a backwards sneeze, I thought she was CRAZY. I mean Reba does sneeze the regular way. She sneezes so hard that sometimes she practically slaps her face on the floor!

[dopenoisia]

@dopenoisia Oh, and if you have more than one dog in your house, it's likely they all have the mites, since they transfer from dog to dog. While you are at it, get medicine for all of them. Even if there's one in the house that isn't doing the sneezing.

[dopenoisia]

I'm actually writing an article about this. It's not a rare condition. It's caused by nasal mites and there's even medicine for that. The bugs in the nasal cavity tickle the dog which causes reverse sneezing. There's at least two types of medicine availabe: Stronghold (oil) or Milbemax (pills), both available from vets.

It's not life threatening but a huge pain to have on daily life. If you take care of your dog, fix it.

Please like the comment so we can get it up there and people aware.

[PoloRulesSupreme]

why is it called a reverse sneeze?

[bigydaddy]

oke you have to close its nose then he/she will stop if it comes again just do it again

[jenniferzelnick]

My dog does this too. I've googled it and it says it could be an allergen?! Is that true?

[downwithapathy]

@makarios21 It isn't rare at all.  I've had 4 dogs thus far, and I can remember 3 of the 4 doing it. I can't promise the 4th didn't. Maybe I just never caught it. I think it's just one of those things that dogs do when certain nasal/throat anatomy is irritated. Like how we cough, sneeze, wheeze, snort, etc. My pet hypothesis is that any dog can reverse sneeze under the right circumstances. Some are just more sensitive to environmental irritants than others.