Comments on: Wheezing/Seizure-Like Episodes

By: Sandy and Jim

Sandy and Jim — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:13:41 +0000

Our 9 yr old spayed female is having choking spells after drinking her water and at times falls on her side and stiffens out with her back arching , head thrown backand screaming so loud.We grab her up and put our mouth over her nose and puff air into her. She then continues to breathe heavy. Our vet exrayed and found a leaking heart valve with some liquid in her left lung . She is on heart meds and 2 fluid pills. These attacks I believe undiagnosed trachea collapse and we will take her back a 3rd time! Cost an arm and leg, but she is loved like our child. Oh by the way she is a tiny chi. Pray she’ll get through the night. What a fright this last attack was!

By: Deandre

Deandre — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:34:24 +0000

My sweet pea is 7 and sometimes when nothing is going on it’s like she’s at attention and her head goes from left to right then down. She will continue this motion for hours. What is the issue

By: Alicia

Alicia — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:21:45 +0000

My Charlie is 14 weeks and he breaths fast and even while he sleeps. I just wonder if its callapse trachea or more lungs or heart. Im so afraid to know. I just lost my 8 year old chihuahua only month and a half ago and it was so tramatic for me. He past unexpected right in front of me. Im still going thru it and im not wanting to know any bad news about my new little sweetheart.

By: Laura Macka

Laura Macka — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 23:15:35 +0000

My 12 year old male Chi had what I think was a seizure today, but as I’ve never seen him do this I’m not sure. I’m reading, researching, and I’m pretty sure this is what happened. We have a family business and I take hi into the office daily. He of course barks as ppl come in, and will continue to until they acknowledge/pet him. Today right before we left, a couple I’ve known for years came in. He barked they walked into the inner room from the entry way, and I look bk and he is laying flat on his belly on the floor, but jerking like he’s humping or swimming, but stays on the ground. My customer says oh he’s having a seizure, that hers had once. I was just shocked, and she says let him be or you can make it worse of something like that, but honestly I was freaking. Within a min to a min and half, he finally gets to his feet and has urinated on himself. Now, I will not claim he’s above peeing if you don’t take him out, of something is brought into his territory smelling like another dog or home, but he never just randomly pees on himself, and never even has the aforementioned almost spiteful pees at work. I feel like he was just not right the whole way home, and honestly even now as we’re laying on the couch together at least an hour and half later. I’m petrified, so idk how much of my judgement of his current actions are accurate. Pls someone respond, am I crazy?

By: Rachael Kemp

Rachael Kemp — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 06:14:57 +0000

Please take your chi to see a Neurologist if they look like they are having seizures or spinning or yelping for unknown reasons. My Chihuahua was diagnosed with GME a couple of years ago and is a really horrible condition especially for your chihuhua to endure. It can be controlled though but you must. I recommend a website called http://petparentsfightinggme.ning.com.
All the best

By: lisa crowson

lisa crowson — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:31:13 +0000

Hi all x my 1 year 6 month chi …has had I fit I think he went all stiff with no eye movement and locked his gaw after 3 mins he went off playing as though nothing as happened it’s frightened me to death. As anybody any idea what happened x it’s now happened twice

By: Deb

Deb — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:46:32 +0000

my Chihuahua is of unknown age and literally will not stay still spining in circles for 20 hours i think some days. . I have watched him go over 200 full spins in. Less than a half an hour non stop its like he is on acid and speed. Whats wrong with my baby ??

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 21 May 2016 07:06:17 +0000

My little girl was born a week early. She has wheezing deep breathing issues (as you can see here chest sucking deep when she is asleep). I told my vet she aspirated her mother’s milk, he said my little girl’s lungs were damaged and that there was nothing he could do. Is this right?

By: Haley

Haley — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:00:04 +0000

Mine has the same problem but the vet had said depending on what the episode looks like it could be a tracheal collapse of an over extended palate. Hope this helps.

By: Marissa

Marissa — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:20:05 +0000

@Roger, my 11 month old female chihuahua, Baby, is doing the same thing. Have you figured out what’s wrong with him? It sounds and looks like pre-seizure symptoms but no seizure.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 22:12:58 +0000

I’ve got a 7 yr old neutered male chihuahua that I’ve had for a couple years now. The frenzied running, the hiding, the yelping, & the appearance of an intense fear of something totally freaked me out. These ‘episodes’ last anywhere from a few minutes up to 10-12 hours. They are random, out of the blue with no obvious tell tale signs before they occur. I’ve found that holding him & focusing on him by talking to him helps calm him down. That is if I can find him & he lets me pick him up & hold him. And yes, these episodes still freak me out when they occur.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 02:01:25 +0000

I have a 14 week old chihuahua named Ralphy. When i got him he was eating wet and dry dog food but now for the past 2 or 3 weeks he wont eat it all he wants to eat is cold meat or chicken, is it ok to keep him on cold meat or what do i do? Because i dont think hes getting the vitamins he needs that he will get off dog food.

By: Kelsey García

Kelsey García — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 03:25:43 +0000

My boy Chihuahua who isn’t quite a year old was laying with me I was petting him all of a sudden he starts yelping like he’s in pain and is frozen and starts peeing everywhere this just happened this is the first time it has happened but now he won’t really come near me and when he does he just lays down like he’s in trouble I didn’t yell at him or anything he wags his tail it just really scared me does anybody know what this could be

By: famous chihuahua editor

famous chihuahua editor — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 19:49:22 +0000

In reply to Savana Fletcher.

See here http://www.famouschihuahua.com/chihuahua-health-concerns/tracheal-collapse-in-chihuahua-puppies-and-dogs/

By: Savana Fletcher

Savana Fletcher — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:07:36 +0000

Hi my 3 month old Chihuahua keeps coughing and wheezing is it normal for a puppy this young to do this? Also she’s been eating very slowly and will eat a lot if u stand with her at the food bowl is this bad? Please Answer I’m very worried about her.

By: nicole

nicole — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 00:00:58 +0000

I have a Chihuahua that pees where she lays. Just this evening Bella (our chi) was laying on my husbands lap and she just peed. She never moved or seemed upset if my husband didn’t feel the wetness it would have gone unnoticed. Even in her little doggy bed she lays in shell pee and just lay there. She was fixed when she was 10 wks old could they have done something while fixing her?

By: Suzette

Suzette — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:50:06 +0000

Hello,
Last time I took my toy chi to the groomer he came home a different chi he started walking as if he was drunk, limping on one leg then the other then coapsing some days we thought he was better. We first thought they clipped his nails too short. Took him back as this is also his get and she said he has cervical disc disease common in his breed. Wondering what you think about this should I get a second opinion?

By: sher

sher — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:24:12 +0000

My 5 year old chi has started doing a high pitched wheezing sound whenever she inhales. IT’S particularly loud THEN she is barking, but i can hear a wheezing type sound when she is breathing. IT’S ONLY when she inhales. at first, i thought she was hoarse, since it sounded really dry, but i DON’T know WHAT to think. I’VE not been able to find anything on the internet that is similar to what I’M describing. any ideas?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:53:19 +0000

Excellent information. Did not realize this so com mom in chi mine does the gagging and trying to breath. Never knew about holding the nose. I give mine 1/2to1/4 tablet of Temaril P which really seems to help. I put it in a small piece of Vienna sausage. I’m going to try the nose method as I don’t like giving meds. All the time

By: jerry

jerry — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:57:48 +0000

I just adopted a Chi, and in two weeks he has had 3 seizures that lasts for hours. It’s a terrible sight and don’t know what to do? Is their a medication for these seizures that work? Please leave me feedback if you have any details!