Swallowing Difficulties in Dogs

In the middle of the night, my 6 year old pit bull got up and kept making sounds like she wanted to throw up and then kept trying to swallow. We gave her water, and she licked the bowl clean but kept making those noises. She calmed down for a bit but kept licking everything in sight and trying to swallow. Now she is calmer but still making the hard swallowing motion and burping. I don’t know how to help her and she’s scared. Help please!!

My 9 year old pug/shar-pei has been drooling excessively for about 6 months now. Slowly getting harder to him to eat dog food (soft and hard). It started with me having to wipe his face maybe once or twice a day but now its every few minutes and he's choking on his own saliva. He has started to have trouble drinking water even and is losing weight. We saw the vet after he got a bite of a hot dog a couple months ago and was choking for almost an hour, barely catching his breath. The vet said he seemed fine but his health has been declining pretty fast since. I'm worried it's time to say goodbye. We have an appointment with the vet tomorrow.

Our dog came in from outback one morning and was suddenly drooling on his right side only. He wouldn't eat, just put food in his mouth and then drop it. He didn't really want me looking too long at his mouth. We took him into the Vet and they said they couldn't see anything obviously wrong and his teeth even looked very good actually. Said without putting him under anesthesia they didn't know what happened. Possibly a wasp sting or spider bite. He still drools occasionally and acts like it is hard to open his mouth wide. He has started eating some but less than his normal. What do we do??

My dog has started to sit and look at food before eating as though reluctant and then after few mouthfuls briefly has difficulty swallowing, sits again then continues to finish her food normally. She has also started getting anxious at bedtime or being left

My dog has started to sit back and look at her food as tho reluctant and then after few mouthfuls has difficulty swallowing briefly then con tines to finish her meal normally. Also started to be anxious when left or at bedtime

My 11 year old wheaten terrier started having episodes of swallowing and gulping the past year. It happens most often at night when she'll seem to get into a frenzy and walk over for comfort. If I pet her she calms down but continues to swallow and gulp as well as occasionally licking the carpet / nearby pillows. Just recently she's been swallowing and gulping intermittently for about 72 hours.
My vet believed it to be acid reflux, but giving her pepcid has not helped her these past few days and I hate for her to be so uncomfortable. Even giving her the pecid in a treat, she went into a gagging/swallowing frenzy. What can I do to keep her comfortable till her vet visit next week and what should I do in the future?

My y dog suddenly having difficult drinking water and eating. He eats rather slowly and sometimes half his food falls off from his mouth. He drinks water very slow but he takes out a lot of saliva that the water becomes foamy. His behaviour otherwise seems normal. He running around barking and playing. Just been drooling a lot and pawing at his face.I don't know whatb is going in with him. He is a year old chow chow.

My dog has a swollen neck (found out by vet thru X-rays). He is having a hard time eating and swallowing food. I also noticed he has been breathing heavy. Help, I do not know what’s wrong with him now.

My baby has problems swallowing he'll chew it and swallow but then he will puke and puke it all back up as a foaming mess but then he'll eat it so does that mean he gets all of his food? He was born with other defects like he only has two legs (back) and he's had these problems for a while if not all of his life. The only way I've noticed that he will not puke his food up is if I had feed him three to four pebbles of dog food at a time

My 11 month old beagle has suddenly begun to eat grass continually to make himself sick and has now started to act as though he is trying to swallow over and over again.
He is always finding things to pick up and chew that he shouldn't and I'm worried that he could have done this however, he also currently has an ear infection and wondered if this could be linked?

My Labrador sometimes partially loses his appetite and appears to be swallowing hard. Grabbing only a few pieces of food and chewing it more than normal, then gulping hard. I have a video of him eating. Can I send someone the video to watch?

My 10 year old Lab is having periodic episodes of choking and gagging. Sometimes just dry and others with a small amount of semi clear vomit
He's eaten very little the last 24hrs, he's certainly not himself. He's also not as playful and lacks his usual energy. Same diet with almost no new foods introduced, he did have some salmon last night with the skin that was leftover from our dinner. That would be the only thing he's never had before as of late

So out of character, I'm obviously concerned

Thanks in advance..
Russ

My 5 yr old lab acts like he forgot how to chew and eat. He has always chewed every kibble piece very well and eats slowly. Last week he would pick of food and just wallow it around and swallow. If you give him a chunchy treat bone he acts like he doesnt know what to do with it. He just wallows it in his mouth and then tries to swallow it whole. I took to vet and they checked his teeth xrayed jaw and did laryngeal exam and can’t find problems. I am feeding him canned food but he licks it and doesn’t get in mouth to eat unless i hand feed it to him. Need help!!!

Hello Doctor,

My dog age is below 1 year. It was good in days by eating chicken and mutton bones. But recently it couldn't eat and become very thin due to lose of excess weight. It likes to eat but his tongue didn't come out fully to pick the food. he feels hungry but couldn't get the food. Even If it picks anything it couldn't chew the food. All the food picked by the dog remains in chin of the mouth as it couldn't swallow. But If i feed liquid milk using tube to the deep throat, it can swallow. this is how i am feeding. His neck slightly bended to the right after this problem occurred. but No bone injury happened. All another things his mind is good. Only problem he couldn't pick & lick & swallow the food. Please assist me with better diagnose with medicine .

Regards

Saravana

My dog can't pick up her food or water. Almost like she's forgotten how to pick it up. She can swallow and is wanting to eat. She walks around with her mouth open. She can close her mouth and has licked her face so her jaw isn't stuck open. She slobbers when eating or drinking. She doesn't seem so be in pain just hungry.

12am: My dog’s doing this weird thing where it’s like there’s some food that didn’t make it all the way down and he’s trying to swallow it. Happens every 4-5 minutes. For some reason he wouldn’t drink water after he ate dinner (around 7pm), so that probably has something to do with it. And he won’t drink now either. :( Is there anything I can do to help?

My dog had his first ever seizure over 24 hours ago. He had a second one not long after. The vet prescribed him with 2 days worth of Keppra (250mg per tablet). Following his seizures and medication, he restlessly paced around the house and would not lie down, would not let me touch him (he would just move away), and he would not sleep. It wasn't until this morning (over 24 hours after his first seizure) when he finally lied down and slept for about 5 or so minutes. Up until this point, he would excessively drool as if he would forget to swallow...he would just let his mouth fill up with saliva. Now when he sleeps, he wakes up with his mouth full of saliva, and begins to drool and behave almost as if he were choking on it. I try to come and clean it for him and he just runs away, lets it drool and then shakes his whole body. Then he's fine for a while, and then it starts again.

Is this something I should be concerned about? Is this just a symptom of the drug and part of the post-ictal phase, or could there be a greater underlying problem?

I have checked his teeth and gums. They look healthy and clean.

My doggie Labrador is secreting thick saliva and is unable to swallow and lap up milk. While drinking water she is immersing her mouth in her bowl and has not eaten for two days. She has been injected antibiotics which has stopped the saliva secretion but she is unable to eat and during her attempt to eat she is again secreting the saliva and is dropping any solid food from her mouth.

why wont my dog eat. vets have done blood tests, xrays, scan, and cant find an answer now has feeding tube , bowels have only moved once in 10 days temperature is now normal has not eat food for 14 days struggling to drink water ,she does not not seem to be getting any better and vet fees getting expensive with no answers as to what is wrong

Our Newfoundland has a congenital swallowing issue. At this point we have tried about everything to get calories in her. She is slowly withering away. She eats, throws up, eats again and gets 1/2 her meal down after. Recently we would a calorie dense product that we can pump into her mouth followed by a treat and she keeps it down. Great! The problem is this stuff is $25-$30. If we can get something into a gel like consistency, we could supplement her with extra calories. So what can we use? I was thinking the big (and cheap) weight gain tubs that body builders use. We are willing to mix, blend,mash whatever we need ourselves but can't afford the store bought stuff for a dog that should be 120 pounds

My dog is a 10 year old golden doodle, on Saturday he started with some blood dripping from his nose and was overall pretty lethargic he sounded as if he needed to cough with rapid breathing. Since that time he would occasionally eat but wasn't pooping. He now has some diarrhea which is a gel material and is drooling as if he won't swallow his own saliva. His nose is no longer bleeding but sounds congested and has crusted dark blood in both nostrils. What could be going on?

My 6 month old French bulldog is not able to keep food down like our other dog. When given hard food, we find him not being able to completely swallow or digest his food. He develops a large bulge in his throats that does not allow him to breathe very well and ultimately regurgitates whatever it was that he tried to eat. Even Certain soft food can't be given to him. He is only able to eat soft patties that are mashed up by my wife and I. What can be the cause of this?

My chihuahua is 10 1/2 years old , she was having trouble with choking when she drank water , they put her on antibiotics and steroids which made her worse , they stopped that and have ran all kind of test , x-rays show inflammation in her esophagus and blood test for myasthenia gravis was neg , she is steadily getting worse , she can't even swallow her own saliva and mucus , she is still at the vet on fluids until we decide what to do , any suggestions would appreciated . They are going to try a very high dose of steroids until Monday and then we have to make a decision to put her down or not.

My dog has difficulty swallowing, it happens often and I give her buckleys . What else can I do to help?