[nagdu] Do dogs get sleep apnea?

[Becky Frankeberger]

The Tomato Head lab at our house offen sleeps on his back. Yes the breathing
sounds strange. Sometimes he will wake up and backward sneeze or just plane
sneeze when he gets up. So we try when we can to roll him on his side to
sleep.

Tomato Head is an eighty three pound yellow lab. My husband's guide dog.  

Becky and sixty three pound golden Jake who never makes such noises, sniff.
Jake is also from the Seeing Eye, smile.
-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Jones via
nagdu
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 8:50 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Do dogs get sleep apnea?

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.


_______________________________________________
nagdu mailing list
nagdu at nfbnet.org
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nagdu:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/b.butterfly%40comcast.net