tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post27658186920928297..comments2024-03-17T08:06:06.686+00:00Comments on Pedigree Dogs Exposed - The Blog: Shocking videos reveal the extent of breathing problems in short-faced breedsJemima Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05092892697145388048noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-45559190759189608902016-03-14T19:18:20.349+00:002016-03-14T19:18:20.349+00:00I see it as strange to see flat-faced dogs as cute...I see it as strange to see flat-faced dogs as cute. I was at the beach with a friend who owns a Shih Tzu and we saw 2 stunning greyhounds. Her comment: "Oh look! There are 2 of those ugly dogs." I think greyhounds are beautiful.Gerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222052287885119903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-86529992273362911732016-03-09T21:39:55.437+00:002016-03-09T21:39:55.437+00:00My cocker spaniel has been reverse sneezing for ov...My cocker spaniel has been reverse sneezing for over 3 years now. No explanation for it. She also has chronic rhinitis. The honk as I call it is horrible and can go on for several minutes or seconds. I put my hand over her nose to get her to hold her breath. It can take a while to stop it. She is so used to it now that she just stops and waits for me to come to her. It is very distressing for both of us, I know it is completely abnormal Peggy knows it, but how these dogs owners can just ignore it and see it as part of the charm of the breed I just do not understand.peggysmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614078293382097618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-7325032824211356012016-03-09T08:51:07.246+00:002016-03-09T08:51:07.246+00:00That sounds like an ashma fit type thing!
If its...That sounds like an ashma fit type thing! <br /><br />If its not, just reverse sneezing apparently if you close their nostrils very briefly once it stops immiediately as they open their mouth and the soft palate relaxes. Or you gently slide your finger over their tongue and hold it down a few seconds.<br /><br />Im not an expert on this, this is just what I saw on youtube and it does seem to stop it immiediately for some dogs. Though blocking the nose of a pug might be rather dangerous or alternatively superfluous. <br /><br />Are your dogs flat faced breeds? If it happens a lot like more than just once or twice in a year best get a another opinion from a different vet. It could be more serious, or an alergy to household detergent something like that, perfume, quite common apparently.Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041212020431214852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-54556141538406219342016-03-09T07:47:20.682+00:002016-03-09T07:47:20.682+00:00Both my pups do the reverse sneezing, and its wors...Both my pups do the reverse sneezing, and its worse than the video above… vet didnt help much, is there something i can do for this????? they are totally paralyzed when it happens… cant move, or walk, they just stop dead in their tracks till its over…… :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-66234596693783198152016-03-09T07:21:35.547+00:002016-03-09T07:21:35.547+00:00Oh IC looked it up, reverse sneezing is just one o...Oh IC looked it up, reverse sneezing is just one of the two ways including normal sneezing to clear the nose of anything stuck in there, hair, dust what ever, general blocked nose.<br /><br />Poor little pug he cant even reverse sneeze properly?!Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041212020431214852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-76568434384833749782016-03-09T07:14:29.538+00:002016-03-09T07:14:29.538+00:00I've often wondered what that reverse sneezing...I've often wondered what that reverse sneezing is. On very rare occasions one of my dogs also does it. I thought it was some kind of mild asthma attack. It only lasts a few seconds, is very rapid and doesn't sound as loud or as troubled as this pug. Almost sounds like he is forgetting to breath out, little panic attack? He has a normal long JRT nose.Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041212020431214852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-4553204676321652352016-03-09T00:21:00.845+00:002016-03-09T00:21:00.845+00:00I even find microcephalic babies adorable!
It'...I even find microcephalic babies adorable!<br /><br />It's of course a tragedy and terrible disease, but have you noticed how luckily these little unfortunate babies are in fact still very much loved by their mothers, siblings and family. I reckon it's because those baby features are all the more pronounced. <br /><br />It's just all adorably expressive grumpy baby face and huge wide eyes.<br /><br /><br /><br />Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041212020431214852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-64743606213863008052016-03-09T00:03:46.882+00:002016-03-09T00:03:46.882+00:00I cant bring myself to even listen.
The last tim...I cant bring myself to even listen. <br /><br />The last time I heard sounds like these was when I was visiting a home dealer in teak Morris-chairs which I was looking for for our beach cottage. <br /><br />The sounds were coming from behind a closed door. Not subtle sounds either and getting progressively distressing. I assumed some kind of Brachy breed, bulldog or..... So inbwetween ooooing over wood grain, quality and natural waxy finish (recycled mature "Burmese" teak to boot) I asked what the dogs were. She must have misread my concern because she looked at me and smiling lovingly, whispered "Bostons". <br /><br />Before I could utter a word in concern she had opened the door and unleashed the two darling freaks. <br /><br />OMG! Sadly breathing wasn't the only issue. These elderly lovelies had huge popping out milky blue eyes that went east west like mutant goldfish and were all over me in utter joy. In their excitement they began making even more terrible sounds. My neat cotton pressed travelling trousers were soon covered in slobber and dog hair and what smelled rather like urine. They seemed to shed (everything) in equal measure to their enthusiasm! <br /><br />Lovely, lovely doggies, pity about the breed.<br /><br />Brilliant conclusion Jemima.Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14041212020431214852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-71682029856431214212016-03-07T18:09:16.543+00:002016-03-07T18:09:16.543+00:00See, I clearly don't have that thing that make...See, I clearly don't have that thing that makes me view flat faced dogs as cute (Im also happily child free and don't find babies at all cute, so perhaps thats something to do with it). I just find them deformed looking, I can't get past that; to me, a dog has a long nose, and I can't personally think of anything more adorable than a long houndy face and those doe eyes that go with it. <br /><br />But even if I did find the brachy look cute, how torturous would it be to see something you love suffering every day just to appease your love of those looks? It must cause a ton of guilt, or it would to me; perhaps thats why the cognitive dissonance is so strong with some brachy owners? Its gotta be extremely hard to admit to oneself that prioritising looks over welfare has resulted in a pet with a more difficult life than it needs to have. <br />I had a severely brachy cat, a rescue, certainly not a breed I'd have chosen, and she had never-ending problems; you could hear her breathing from the other room and I toyed with euthanising her a number of times but the vets just said 'thats how the breed is' and didn't think it was bad enough for that. It wasn't good enough for me. If any other cat lived as she did and struggled to breathe as she did, and nothing could be done to ease this, it would be pts. <br />But even though I didn't pay for her or seek out an exotic short-hair, I still felt guilty every day I saw her, guilty for not being able to do anything to help her. <br />I don't own pets to be depressed every time I see them, and I don't think anyone does; hence, cognitive dissonance 'oh, it isn't as bad as people say!' 'my pug doesn't have any problems at all!' 'if she was suffering, she wouldn't eat or drink or play!' All that illogical rubbish to make one feel better about owning a deformed animal. <br /><br />Im not saying by breed is perfect, far from it; it concerns me hugely the way my breed's health and lifespan is going. But he can breathe freely, and run for hours (demands it, in fact) jump, climb, swim, do everything a canine should be able to do. He is conformationally sound.<br />Sad as it is, I'd rather a dog that lives to 8 or 9 but lives a free, unhindered life where it can do the things its nature tells it to, than a dog that might live a few years more but its entire life is spent struggling. <br />I think any human would choose the former life over the latter too. <br /><br />Yet, once again, we assume dogs to be so distinct from us that the ability to breathe un-hindered, clean themselves correctly, eat easily and run without collapsing on a warm day isn't that big a deal to them. <br />In fact, to a dog, those things are the BIGGEST deals. <br /><br />Its just sad all round really. But fortunately, I have noticed opinions changing, at least among joe public if not among the people that matter most yet :(Ziggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375457121293992887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-7156730130628727502016-03-07T18:06:19.906+00:002016-03-07T18:06:19.906+00:00Dear Christ. Those dogs sound like they're dy...Dear Christ. Those dogs sound like they're dying. Mikkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583324614847679562noreply@blogger.com