Swallowing Difficulties in Dogs

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!!!

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?

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 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