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frogdog1
19th January 2005, 01:54 AM
I wasn't really sure where to post this since it's not a real health problem, but I was wondering if it was normal?
Isabella gets frequent hiccups and I burp her to get rid of them. It doesn't take but less than a minute usually, but all three of my dogs seem to have this problem a lot. They are fed at a regular time, the older two dogs ( pug and boston 2x daily and Izzy is still on 3 x a day. ( She will be 3 months on the 27th) Do all brachycephalic types dogs suffer from this? Nan
Olivier
21st January 2005, 11:33 AM
Athlon gets sometimes hiccups and there are scary as it is like he can't breath well and it is loud. It is also for about a minute. I think in Athlon's case it is called reverse sneeze.

Olly
gilazno
21st January 2005, 12:28 PM
I have never seen Biggie hiccup that I can think of..but I have seen one of our cat's hiccup:-)
Carolyn
23rd January 2005, 09:13 PM
Nan: Ferris got hiccups a lot when he was a pup. He seems to have grown out of it for the most part. Here is a link to info regarding reverse sneezing...which is a whole differnet thing:

http://www.petplace.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=603

Carolyn
Olivier
25th January 2005, 06:51 PM
Thank you Carolyn, that's exactly what Athlon has from time to time.

Olly
abitofwhimsy
30th January 2005, 08:18 PM
Hello, I don't have a Frenchie yet.. still in the tear inducing search.. I think I am not the only one who has felt this way,

ANyway, I have a one year old Boston Terrier and she reverse sneezes. I used to think she was choking and would give her the Heimlich.. :D it was so pitiful because she would scare herself and come running to me.. and all the kids and I would gather around her and coo and worry and think we were saving her life! LOL that dog had it going on! I think she tried to get a sneeze episode going just for the attention.
Finally my sister, who used to breed Shitzus told me what it was and to just cover her nostrils for a few seconds until she breathes through her mouth.. It works like a charm. but now she doesn't come running to me.. now that we don't all go into spazms when she does it.. but I do love her! Little Ham!

Valerie