Eddy does this snorting thing where he breathes very rapidly in through his nose and blows out through his mouth.

Today he had a really bad attack so I looked it up to see if there was anything I could do.

Apparently it's called Canine Reverse Sneezing (which is actually nothing like sneezing).

If your dog has it, check out this link that explains what it is and how you can help your dog get over an attack of it:
http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_ReverseSneezing.html

Hmm thats really interesting - Gadget has mild bouts of that, after he's gobbled his food or drink too quickly. Good to know why, cheers Lotti! :thumbsup:

Thanks for that, my dog has done that on a few occasions.

I am glad you posted that! My dog has done this on a few ocassions, and seems to be gasping for breath. I have mentioned it to the vet who didn't seem to think it was very important and so we have simply lived with it for years.

I don't think we will do anything differently, as it doesn't seem to bother her much, but it is nice to know what it is.

Pippa does this Lotti! I always panick when she does it! but now i know what it is, thanks chick! :)

Our dog used to do it too! Never knew what it was.

jack does it all the time, never worried me and asked vet who said not to worry either! nice to know what it is though.:D

Two of my cavaliers do this and i was told by the vet to hold their mouth shut and pull their nose down this relieves the soft palate so they can breathe . I have to say it works with my two.
J x

Brude does this in moments of excitement - usually meeting other dogs

Somebody showed us how to hold the muzzle to supposedly shorten the attack, but in reality it doesn't - I suppose it makes people feel better that they're 'doing something'

Maybe I having a dog with such a cavernous throat makes me more confident he's not in danger of suffocating than other dog owners with different breeds?

One of my dogs does this, it used to scare me to death when he did it. At first I thought he was choking. I rub his throat and tell him to calm down, it seems to work. Bless him! everytime he does it he looks over to me as if to say help mam , poor little thing. :)

One of my dogs does this, it used to scare me to death when he did it. At first I thought he was choking. I rub his throat and tell him to calm down, it seems to work. Bless him! everytime he does it he looks over to me as if to say help mam , poor little thing. :)

My first Cavalier used to have thie realy bad,
I was always convinced she was going to choke,
but we used to put our hand over her nose for a second and hold her head down it always worked,

Ellie gets it some times, but funnily enough it seems to be with pollen
or scenty things, convinced its a bit like hay fever with her.

It does say in the link that it can be sparked by pollen - it irritates the soft palate :)

Meg does this to now and then, she recovers really quickly though, when i think about it it probably is around summer she does it as it seems a really long time since i heard her do it.

Perhaps Brude's allergic to dogs? :D

Thanks for this info Lotti and yes, the dobermutt sometimes does it, but then again, she also has a curious habit of rolling in cut grass, on muddy fields and on sandy beaches (the shame of it- usually where lots of people with sensible dogs are walking past- they must think she is a shilling short!), so the pollen thing makes a lot of sense.

a couple of ours do it occasionally, i always put it down to furballs.