happier puppy news-with pics

[crazycanuck]

Aly-your dog is so cute! I want to jump through my screen & give him a big hug!

awwww..

c

[Tuckervill]

They're just trying clear their sinuses when they do that. My old broad Percy had serious sinus issues and was always sucking backwards through her sinuses. It's not dangerous or harmful. It's normal.

Percy, however, lived for years with constantly draining sinuses, and would sneeze great gobs every morning. So if your pup's nose starts running, too, or he sneezes out gunk, be sure to go and make sure it's all okay. It was late in her life, so we never took xrays of her or anything, because it didn't seem to bother her (the great gobs of stuff bothered me a LOT but I dealt with it). Could have been a sinus polyp or a foreign body from digging--we'll never know. But a young pup might have an infection that could be nipped in the bud.

Clearing sinuses (reverse sneeze)=no problem.
Clearing sinuses with green goo=get checked.

Karen

[sundial]

Aly, thanks for posting more pics of your new boy. I'm in love.

My girls do the backward sneeze too--usually in the spring. If they do it often, I give them a Benedryl and it seems to help.