[nagdu] Do dogs get sleep apnea?

Jeff Crouch k8tvv kd8qiq at gmail.com
Tue Oct 21 17:54:12 UTC 2014


Hi,
My labby does the same thing, he will snore, but sometimes he will
make this high pich weezeing noise and it sounds like he is gasping,
its strange, he'll be 3 in January.

Jeff and Benson
On 10/20/14, Bryan Jones via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Greetings Everyone,
>
> My dog Marqi is an active, 7 year-old, female, 60 pound Black Lab / Golden
> mix from TSE. She is my first guide and is in great overall health according
> to her Vet visit of a couple of months ago.
>
> I've recently noticed she has begun occasionally making breathing sounds in
> her sleep that remind me of the sounds made by people who have sleep apnea.
> It's a sound like there is some type of obstruction in her airway, and I
> think it only happens when she is laying on her back or maybe when her head
> is in an awkward position. Aside from the yips & growls she makes while
> dreaming, she has always been a very quiet sleeper, rarely snoring. I was
> wondering if it is possible for dogs to acquire this condition and if anyone
> here has experience with a dog who has had it.
>
> She has gained some extra skin around her neck area over the past couple of
> years, which the Vet told me was normal as dogs age, so early this year I
> replaced her original TSE choke chain with a longer one which is actually
> quite loose around her neck, and that change was made many months before I
> started noticing these apnea-like sounds.
>
> THank you,
> Bryan in chilly southeast PA.
>
>
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