Dog hyperventilating???

[Hunter's_owner]

Cassie is a 3 year old beagle and ever since I can remember having her, she has hyperventilated at times (especially when she was stressed).
What I call hyperventilating is a period where she makes fast breaths, with quick puffs of air. I read about reverse sneezing and it sounds like that I guess, but there is no honking, just the puffing.
For the past 3 mornings, she has either woken up doing it, or has done it within an hour. Yesterday evening I took her for a quick walk and she did it almost the whole time, except the last 5 minutes, when she began panting, she didn't do it at all. I wasn't too concerned, because I read about the reverse sneezing and just figured that it was that. Because when she isn' doing it, she is perfectly fine.
But this morning, she did it for a long time. I rubbed her neck, plugged her nose, and nothing helped, and she seemed concerned about it, it kind of put me in a panic.
Does this sound like reverse sneezing, or something more serious?

Thanks

[pitgrrl]

It's a bit hard to tell what you're describing, but I would go to the vet.

One of my dogs gets really stressed by storms. When they happen he sounds like he's going to hyperventilate, breathing so quick and shallow, but the reason is really obvious and happens only during storms.

The reason I'm mentionning this is that what you are describing sounds similar, but since it happens so frequently, without an obvious stress trigger, I would be concerned that there is an underlying cause that is not being addressed.

[Hunter's_owner]

Yeah, I am extra concerned, and just made an appointment

[Hunter's_owner]

The vet did x-rays and an exam, and said that it must be reverse sneezing. But he also said that because it has happened so much in the last few days, there must be some inflammation going on, so he gave her a shot and said for her to take benadryl for the next couple of days and see how it goes.
But just to be on the safe said, he wants both her and Hunter to come back and get blood work done, and a stool sample, to send off for testing for lung worm. This was due to Hunter's cough that he had last week, that got better over the weekend. It may have been kennel cough, but it wouldn't hurt to get both of them checked for lung worm.

I never knew how scary reverse sneezing could be.... .

[Prin]

Good luck!