Worried about my pup

[claireandnadia]

For a few weeks now when my 4 month old lab gets excited she gags, chokes and coughs for about 10-15 secs and then she's fine again.
I've booked her into the vet tomorrow. Anyone else had any experience?

 

[mattilda]

'My rots have all done something similar when they get their knickers in a twist. It has never bothered them and I have never had it checked. I usually just calm them down a bit...not always easy!! Hope your pup is OK.

 

[claireandnadia]

'My rots have all done something similar when they get their knickers in a twist. It has never bothered them and I have never had it checked. I usually just calm them down a bit...not always easy!! Hope your pup is OK.

Thanks. I need to get it checked just for my own piece of mind tho.

 

[littlemisslauren]

Betsy does this if she gets herself really worked up about her dinner / drinks when shes excited / is generally being a tit.

I think shes just too dim to function properly when something exciting happens.

 

[paisley]

Oh yes- we had this at about 6 months old, to the point of looking like he was about to vomit. Went to the vets after 2-3 episodes, who diagnosed a ' tracho-bronchial irritation'
*Bit of a pause from me*.
'You mean a sore throat?!'
He still gargles and honks very occasionally after lying asleep upside-down on the sofa for the usual 4-5hrs, but it's not something I'm worried about. I went to the vet just to get anything awful ruled out.
Yes, if you're like me, searching the internet convinces you that your dog has a soft palate deformity and will need extensive surgery! Or it could have been a mild spell of kennel cough, the more likely culprit. Ahem!