Asthma attack, breathing attack, bad dream?

Marley is a healthy 2 year old boy whose has these random "asthma"-like attacks when he's sleeping. It happened a 2nd time early this morning. We were asleep (he sleeps in our room on his bed) and all of a sudden, it sounded like he was either having trouble breathing or having an asthma attack. Then after about 30sec, it was gone and he was asleep again. The first time happened with similar circumstances, him being asleep in the night. Does this happen to anyone else's corgi? I googled and it came up with a wide range of possibilities: reverse cough, ringworm, upper respiratory, collapsed trachea... Is it normal for him to do this? We're worried :( Our last vet visit was about a month ago and the vet said he was healthy.

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Permalink Reply by Yuki & Ellie on May 2, 2011 at 10:03am

I would call your vet's office and ask for his/her opinion on the matter. You'll feel a lot better about it. The internet is great for many things, but looking up a health problem is often a double-edged sword. I'm sure, somewhere out there, you could plug in the symptoms for seasonal allergies and get brain cancer as a cause. :/

Having said that, a lot can happen in a month. Since you have a list of things that it might be, you can ask your vet if it sounds like it could be any of those. Take him in (they'll probably want to see him to make sure he's ok), let them examine him and listen to his lungs.

In my personal experience, a dreaming dog can make all sorts of funny noises. Panting, barking, a wheezy sort of sound, whimpering... Did it wake him up at all or did he stay asleep?

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on May 2, 2011 at 10:07am

Hi Jmuxlilo, if Marley looked like this, then you have nothing to worry about, it's reverse sneeze.

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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on May 2, 2011 at 10:53am

The first time I had ever seen reverse sneezing in our dog, I thought it also was like an asthma attack.

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Permalink Reply by Jane on May 2, 2011 at 11:06am

It sounds like a reverse sneeze to me as well. Sometimes stroking their throat or gently holding their nose helps, if you can get them to swallow it usually stops.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on May 2, 2011 at 6:28pm

Sounds like reverse sneezing to me. Frank does it every once in a while too. I wouldn't be worried if it is such short duration and he goes right back to sleep

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on May 2, 2011 at 7:29pm

I agree it is most likely a reverse sneeze. Some breeds, corgis included, are prone to sniffing dust etc up their nose. At the dog shows I have seen the handlers just cover their nose so they have to breathe out of their mouth and that usually stops it. It is not a big deal but sure looks like it!