Tiehdnuzeg. Or, if you're religious enough, Uoy Sselb Dog.

[captainsblog]

One of our Dogs is in an extra bit of need of Sselb-ing right about now.

The older one's had an odd condition for the past few days which can only be described, and therefore is known in the veterinary biz, as "reverse sneezing." It turns out to be an irritation of the soft palate, a more common condition with age, and is generally a benign condition unless it gets so out of control that it freaks out the dog (or, far more likely, her humans).

Emily caught Tasha doing it the other night and woke us both up with the ensuing panic. By the time we came to investigate, she was fine. Likewise yesterday, when Em was the first one home and Tasha greeted her with her ahh-ahh-oohc's; they went right back from wherever they came, and she seems totally unfazed by the whole business.

One of the recommended "cures" seems to be getting her outside, which she never minds unless it's raining (she loves snow, being a Honourary Labradorian and all), so we'll try that if it persists.

Comments

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

I have a sweet spot in my heart for dogs. I hope yours recovers beautifully.

*scratches behind the ears. Of the dog, not you.*

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

Hee. One of the explanatory sites I went to about the condition said something similar:

There lives a small Chihuahua Beagle mix, Cynthia Louise, who possesses a certain PAW volunteer. Cindy was extremely prone to severe middle-of-the-night reverse sneezing episodes when she first came into the PAW program, sending her terrified then-foster mom (now devoted adopter) to the vet in alarm. The vet anesthetized her (Cindy, not her mom) and explored the little dog's sinus cavities as best she could to see if anything was embedded in her sinus passages. Nothing was found, and after a short course of anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics, Cindy recovered completely.


Also, more apropos to my last entry and your icon: I thought kindly of you during last night's Sabres game. This clip isn't from it, but it's from the same arena, and if you stop the tape at 1:37, you'll see a familiar logo in the "UNYTS.org" ad on the "dasher boards" surrounding the ice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hloO0A34aPA&feature=related

The way they've been playing the past few weeks, the "Donate Life" logo on the boards was getting to be a bit ironic.

[bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com]

Is that where they sneeze with their mouth closed? I'm not quite sure I understand..

Regardless, I hope her sezeens are dealt with quickly!

[headbanger118.livejournal.com]

How odd! Hope Tasha is over her gnizeens soon!

I must say about your post title, I had no trouble reading it. After years of looking at kids' work upside down and backwards at Sylvan(the angle I had by sitting in front of them), I'm a pro.

Help for the reverse sneezing

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, I have the cure, straight from my vet's mouth. When I first got Izzie about a year and a half ago (www.izziesworld.blogspot.com , yes, I'm that obsessive), he had a lot of medical problems (to the tune of over $2,000). To this day I know the vet's phone nbr plus the vet hospital's number by heart. Anyway, one day amidst all his other issues, he started that half-chortling, half-hyperventilating sound for the first time. Usually his issues came out his other end,and I was ill prepared for what this thing was. So I called the vet. She said oh, it sounds like reverse sneezing. Just gently massage his throat while he's doing it and it'll calm right down.

Works like a charm. FYI, if I spray too much air freshener or other spray-bottle type substance, it'll set the reverse sneezing off.

So there ya go.