Persistent shallow rapid breathing
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Persistent shallow rapid breathing
Chow shallow breathing (not panting). Seems like I can’t attach a video so I uploaded in Imgur here: https://imgur.com/a/2zrVVu1
I have a 7 year old, 59lbs chow chow who as of a few months ago started breathing in a very odd way. This way of breathing is now her normal breathing pattern, and I first noticed it in May. She only breathes this way now, unless she is in a very deep sleep. It looks like she’s taking multiple breaths at once. She is acting otherwise extremely normal. Eating, pooping, exercise, behavior, no differences what so ever. Even when she is breathing like this, she seems happy and not in pain. Her breathing is not loud, it’s just this twitching-like movement. I have gotten blood tests done, an x-ray and have seen 4 different vets, the last being an internal medicine specialist. They don’t know what it could be. Some recommended I just continue to monitor, but my brain would never let me do that. The internal medicine specialist, who I saw today, recommended I get the urine cortisol creatinine ratio ZN test as the first step to rule out Cushings and she mentioned she was going to consult the neurologist to see if it could be a muscle spasm of some sort. I really don’t think it’s Cushings and not sure if I’m using my money wisely. If you could offer any insight, that would be great. If I could provide some additional details into the blood test results as well, please let me know.
We live In Southern California, so it does get hot in the summer. Could she be hot? We’ve always lived here, and this has never happened before
Background: back in September of 2023, my dog had an Oral extramedullary plasmacytomas (cancerous) in her gum that we got treated via radiation. Her recovery has been great since, with no new growths. Note these are are uncommon tumors that rarely metastasise in dogs.
I have a 7 year old, 59lbs chow chow who as of a few months ago started breathing in a very odd way. This way of breathing is now her normal breathing pattern, and I first noticed it in May. She only breathes this way now, unless she is in a very deep sleep. It looks like she’s taking multiple breaths at once. She is acting otherwise extremely normal. Eating, pooping, exercise, behavior, no differences what so ever. Even when she is breathing like this, she seems happy and not in pain. Her breathing is not loud, it’s just this twitching-like movement. I have gotten blood tests done, an x-ray and have seen 4 different vets, the last being an internal medicine specialist. They don’t know what it could be. Some recommended I just continue to monitor, but my brain would never let me do that. The internal medicine specialist, who I saw today, recommended I get the urine cortisol creatinine ratio ZN test as the first step to rule out Cushings and she mentioned she was going to consult the neurologist to see if it could be a muscle spasm of some sort. I really don’t think it’s Cushings and not sure if I’m using my money wisely. If you could offer any insight, that would be great. If I could provide some additional details into the blood test results as well, please let me know.
We live In Southern California, so it does get hot in the summer. Could she be hot? We’ve always lived here, and this has never happened before
Background: back in September of 2023, my dog had an Oral extramedullary plasmacytomas (cancerous) in her gum that we got treated via radiation. Her recovery has been great since, with no new growths. Note these are are uncommon tumors that rarely metastasise in dogs.