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Over the past week, my labrador has been making a hacking sound. It's not a cough. It sounds more like when a cat has a hairball. Just an exhale hack in the throat.
When I do a search on the internet, it only brings up "hacking cough" but he's not really coughing---just hacking.
It's not constant, just on and off with some days not happening at all.
It's not asmtha. My beagle/basset has asthma, not my lab. It's not allergies either.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what's up with my labrador?
Anyone ever had a dog who was hacking like a cat does with a furball?
This sounds just like what my dogs do and it is from allergies. My one dachshund has a snorting like sound that come with his hacking but that is from a collapsing trachia. I hope your Vet can help him.
I agree with taking him into the vet it can be a myriad of things; allergies, asthma, a growth that you can't see, reverse sneezing... the list goes on. Please let us know how he is.
Has the dog been exposed to other dogs, especially puppies, or other dogs that may be carrying bordetella? (kennel cough) It could be some kind of upper respiratory infection. Kennel cough often sounds like there is something stuck in the throat. My dogs got it when my mom adopted a dog and though she wasn't showing symptoms, had recently gotten over kennel cough and was still carrying it, and it sounded like they had a bone caught in their throats or something.
My dog was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease over 10 years ago. Typical symptoms are coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath.
Yep, it's the same thing humans are diagnosed with.
While there is no cure or reversal for it there is therapy through meds.
I'm not saying this is what your dog has I am only sharing my experience.
It's best not to ignore even something that some people would think is minor such as a cough. Rule out as many things as possible. (pneumonia, canine cough, etc.)
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