Breathing Heavily in Dogs

13 y/o dog with heart failure groaning when resting or sleeping. No rapid breathing. Appears comfortable but this a new behavior we have noticed. Could this be related to his heart failure? Possibly need medication adjustment?

My 7 yr old fixed female pit is a house dog, but she woke up from a nap taking short breaths and vomited a little water. I gave her 2 tums & small amount of food. She did one diarrhea and urinated when walked outside for a short distance. She's back inside and still has shortness of breath.

My dog Spaz and I were sleeping in bed, under the covers, when I was awoken by his heavy, excellerated breathing. When I picked him up he was very hot and the bed was saturated by where is mouth had laid. I tried to get him to drink from his water bowl with no success. I tried putting his head very close to a water bowl where his tongue (Hanging out" would touch the water, but with little success. so I took a cold wet cloth to his body to cool him off. I finally have him sleeping next to me breathing normally, but the whole episode lasted about 1 hr. Spaz is a 15yr old pug with severe arthritis in his back. It has affected the nerve damaged in his hind legs, so walking is difficult. He does a lot of "hairball" hacking, and has had a couple of seizures. He has lost the hair off his tail and is down to 16 lbs. I know his time is near,but is this episode just another sign of his old age or is it something more? Is it painful? I have not been able to give him any pain meds because he has a very sensitive stomach. He is on a special diet. I would appreciate any help you can give me. My finances are tight, so I have to be careful on making vet appts. just so they can tell me "he's old."

My 10.5 month old puppy breaths heavy and pants when we take him on a walk its been pretty warm outside but he even breaths heavy when playing inside in the house in the air conditioning he doesn't pant in the house just breaths heavy why is this?

Hi, I have a 3-4 year old Female Maltese named Daisy. Daisy is usually very active and playful, however, she was born with a Heeart Murmur that, according to the vet, is still there. Just recently, (yesterday and today), she has been sleeping a lot and not wanting to be active at all like she usually is. Just today, we noticed heavy breathing and it just doesn’t sound normal out of her. We called our Veterinarian and he said he would call us back with details but he never did and they are now closed. We are just looking for any kind of advice as to what we should do because Daisy has become like family to us and we would hate to lose her and so soon.

Happy is my neighbors dog, I don’t really know his age but I know he is older than 10. They don’t let him come inside and if they do he is cramped in a crate too small for him, we dog sit him every once and a while, but each time we do he is always breathing loud and sometimes limping. We secretly took him to the vet and they said he might need surgery on his leg, it was a genetic thing. But then we didn’t know anything about the breathing, it was fall when we went to the vet so it couldn’t be a heat stroke. He doesn’t like to play or exercise much because he is old. I looked at the symptoms and he might have a heart problem, he doesn’t cough. But his gums have grey and blue. He is always outside at least 12+ hours a day when he is at his backyard. He probably has mosquito bites. He has a lot of fleas that I took out of him. There are probably more. He rolls in the dirt sometime. He sleeps in piles of leaves in the fall to keep warm. He might have ticks. It hurts him to get up and down from sitting / laying down. He is somewhat depressed. He doesn’t wag his tail to often. And now when he eats food and I walk by he growls and stares at me. He usually loves me no matter what I do. It might of been because we brought a puppy back home a couple months ago to foster. He started leaving his mark everywhere. Even on my sisters backpack. I don’t know what’s wrong but I’m guessing it’s something to do with his heart. I need another answer though just in case. We only have 4 days with him left, answer soon because I need to know what to do.

our pit bull has rapid breathing all day and she drinks her water all the time but it still happens what do we do? should we take her to the vet? she had parvo recently about a month ago and recovered great. could this be another sign?

Dora played quite a lot today and was breathing heavily after that for nearly half an hour. She was playful throughout the day.
At night she was super active so i took her out and she played again by running and again is breathing heavily and normal after sometime and this keeps going on

Hello, I own a Papion Poodle who is about 4 years old and weighs around 20lbs. He is a little chubby but I have been noticing him breath a lot heavier than normal. He also continues to do this strange gag/hacking up motion but never throws up.
Could my dog have asthma?

Recently, my dog, Max, will start breathing very heavily. He could be laying down, doing nothing, and he will just start breathing very heavily. These episodes can last either 2 minutes or 20 minutes.

I have a Pomeranian and he has started to breath heavily but isn't lethargic and still eats normally, I do know that he has bad hips and a floating knee cap could the pain make him do this?

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My sisters dog is 13 years old and breathes heavily. He also has a tendency to drink lots of water. He falls over when he urinates. Should I be concerned?

My 5 month old puppy broke a piece of bone off his growth plate on his knee and the vet wants to do sugary after not even seeing the puppy just seeing the xrays and will charge us 2500. I read online that some owner this happens to don't do surgery and just let it heal on its own. what is your opinion? surgery or not? My fiance is a vet tech and having it be her animal she is very emotional. I think we should just let it heal on its own. Whats your opinion?

My 8-9 year old Cocker Spaniel has been breathing very heavily for quite a while, recently he has started to cough it almost sound like a goose. He also has been bitting his feet a lot and has a rash by his genitals that seems to be bothering him.

My dog is breathing fast and he has never done thar before .and i dont know if its normal if the inside of his mouth should be warm..im just really worried and wondering what should i do

Buttons woke us up tonight because she was yelping. She stopped after a minute and we thought maybe she'd just had a bad dream, but now she's taking quick, somewhat shallow breaths. Because of her age I get a little nervous every time she acts out of the ordinary, should we be concerned there is something serious going on?

My pitbull puppy I just got today is breathing fast, but she’s still playful. is something wrong? I don’t know if she’s just panicky from a new home but I’m really worried.

Our girl Saddie was pretty normal until 2 nights ago. After trying to eat a treat whole, the next day we woke to her breathing heavily and lethargic. She has improved since then, wanting to go out, drinking water and eating some soft food but her breathing remains the same. Should we be more concerned than we already are?

I came home a couple of weeks ago and my dog, Donut was breathing extremely quickly on the couch. The couple nights before I noticed she had been coughing, breathing maybe a little deeper, but nothing super crazy. I thought I would take her to the vet, but upon seeing her breathing so quickly i rushed her to the vet. After blood and vitals came back normal, they ran x rays. X rays came back clear but had a small area in lungs that was fuzzy. They sent me home with an antibiotic and hydrocodone for the cough. She didn't improve a ton, and after the meds were almost done I scheduled a follow up after one night where my dog couldn't get comfortable and was sleeping sitting up/head stretched out.

Now she is on termaril - p since Friday night and the cough only comes when she's over excited and it went from a gagging/puke sounding cough to a much quieter dry cough. Today for instance it only happened twice. The meds knock her out, almost sedated at night. While I've seen some improvement, I'm still so nervous that we don't have the proper diagnosis. Vet thinks bronchitis or asthma, but said we can't be "100% sure." She's assured me it isn't "likely" that it's her heart, and that termaril p would make it worse if it was, but I just really want a hard answer. Any advice or second opinion would be so helpful :(

My Dog, Bentley is breathing heavily, sort of panting, while resting and walking. He doesn't want to run, but walks really slow. He has been eating very little and continues to drink water. He continues to eat his treats and he has also lost weight.

My 5 year old Shi Tzu/Maltese mix Love of my Life, Gabriela, has been breathing heavily, panting & she was also shaking a bit while going back & forth to the bathroom & in & out of the tub & around the back of our toilet all of a sudden in the last hour or 2. What could be going on with her & what can I do until I take her to the Vet tomorrow?

My dog started panting all of sudden, is having muscle spasms on both her legs, and is refusing food or water which is unlike her, is also limping one of her legs