dog hacking

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:58 pm

my dog has been hacking for about 5 days now. He does it for about 15 minutes when he comes back from a run. I let him out and he runs the woods for a while( couple of hrs) with my farm dog and when he comes back he is hacking, a little spit comes up thats all.any ideas

tiffinis · Post by **tiffinis** » Wed May 09, 2007 11:12 pm

Have you done a mouth and throat inspection. Any chance he has chewed up a stick or something that part of it has gotten lodged? Sometimes this appears worse after exercise because of trying to get more air, then they will try to hack it up and spit it out. This is often accompanied by a tongue action that reminds me of having peanut butter stuck to the roof of ones mouth.

Otherwise I would ask, does his breathing sound clear before running? Nose and eyes clear?

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Wed May 09, 2007 11:16 pm

I am going out right now to take a good look. his eyes looked red. I will check his throat. I will probably take him to the vet in am..

tiffinis · Post by **tiffinis** » Wed May 09, 2007 11:18 pm

Worst thing I have seen lodged in a throat was a piece of a Pepsi can. TG I did, quick trip to the Evet to get the rest removed from his stomach!! The whole can EXCEPT the top. $470 Pepsi can..... Plus a green marble and some screen from a screen door......

Pine MT Beagle Runner · Thu May 10, 2007 12:24 am

Tiffinis,

I have read many posts on here about how tough these Patch Hounds are. Gosh, whatch'a gonna feed them next bullits and barbed wire?

Mo beagler,

My stepdad had a dog get chicken bone stuck in his throat. The dog finally worked it out but tore his vocal chords in the process. He now has very strange raspy to coarse bark that doen't carry very well.

Good luck with your dog.

Chris Chandler

tiffinis · Post by **tiffinis** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:22 am

LMAO... if it makes you feel any better, it was one of my Labs when he was 5 months old. MIL was puppy sitting for the day and one of the teenagers left a can in the yard. To this day if you hold any kind of can down to his face, he will curl his lip at you!! Cured him of chewing things up though.

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:12 am

pine mt,

My dog already has a raspy voice. when I pulled his kennel mate(my bitch ) in to the house to have her litter he barked for 2 weeks and made himself hoarse. its comming back but I dont know if it will ever be right.

tiffinis · Post by **tiffinis** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:00 am

Our male loses his voice every time one of our females is in heat. Takes about a week after for him to recover. He isnt barking, but rather a whining, moaning complaining kinda sound. You know...typical male... LMAO!!

Ronnyg · Post by **Ronnyg** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:40 am

ouch that hurt....lol

Windkist · Post by **Windkist** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:49 am

Could this just be kennel cough? How old is the dog? I'd be a little worried if its not KC and its just after running.

Might wanna get him a check up at the vet.

Leah

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:58 am

NOT KC !! the vet said it was allergy. snortin pollen and anything else. heart sounded good. no fever. gave him two shots. I dont know what it was called but I heard the word steroid. he said it should straighten him out in 24 hrs and not to run him for about 3 days.also on antibiotics that will help it not go into the lungs.looks like baytril ? 68. 1/2 tab 1 time a day. I also asked him about giving the pups ivomec he said over 10 wks old on a beagle no problem. His partner last week said not till 4 months but she is just a women....

...LOL girls.. LOL>>
gene

ps. he is 1 yr 7 months..

tiffinis · Post by **tiffinis** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:27 pm

men.....

remember me asking about the eyes? that is the biggest sign of allergies.

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:39 pm

I forgot . Doc said I could give him benadryl. I forgot to ask how much?

tiffinis · Post by **tiffinis** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:43 pm

1 for every 25 lbs of body weight

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:51 pm

1 what??