Thanks for letting us know. Reverse sneezing is pretty common and it may just
be from being on the streets/kennel. I would probably get him vaccinated for
kennel cough, just in case. Sneezing and reverse sneezing can be signs of
allergies too.

Hope you stay on the group and tell us all about both your Shibas :)

PJ Boosinger (And Queen Sheba and Lady Bryde [Choc Lab] and Princess, Tigger,
and Pooky [the elder cats of the house])


--- On Thu, 7/2/09, jiloasis74 <jiloasis74@...> wrote:

> From: jiloasis74 <jiloasis74@...>
> Subject: [Shibatalk] Re: Heavy breathing 5mos old Shiba rescue
> To: Shibatalk@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 1:44 PM
> --- In Shibatalk@yahoogroups.com,
> "jiloasis74" <jiloasis74@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all. I'm new and am posting this with hopes of good
> advice from fellow Shiba owners like myself. I've rescued a
> 5-6mos old Shiba male. Animal contoll said he was a stray
> out in the Indio CA dessert community.  We brought him
> home 2days ago in the evening. He appeared fine and in happy
> spirits. However this morning when he woke up, he started to
> make this somewhat deep, heavy breathing sounds quite a few
> times. I asked my partner if shed heard him do that before,
> and she said yes, the previous morning. She said she's only
> heard him breath that way in the mornings right when he
> wakes up, and as the morning progresses it stops.  I'm
> usually around him in the evenings when I get home from
> work, and I've not heard him breath that way. I see him in
> the mornings but only for an hour or two and i'd not heard
> it til this morning when I woke up by the sound of the deep
> heavy breathing he was making.
> > Has anyone else exp. this?  We have a 4yr old
> female Shiba we got from a breeder and we did not have this
> kind of spell from her. Should we be concerned???
> HELPPPPPPP
> >
>
>
> Thank you all for the quick responses. I have since taken
> "Sam" to the vet. We were told he has a reverse sneeze. From
> being out in the streets then to the kennel, he picked up
> some tiny parasites that have gone up his nose. The vet
> prescribed "Revolution" and said that should clear it up. In
> the event that it doesn't, she said to give him some
> children Benadryl. She checked his heart said he has a good
> heart beat. I asked the vet if it was possible Sam
> contracted what is called a "kennel cough" she said from the
> way she heard him, its definitely a reverse sneeze.
>
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