{"id":1742,"date":"2021-06-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animalmedical.net\/blog\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T08:00:00","slug":"honking-after-barking-dog-tracheal-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalmedical.net\/blog\/honking-after-barking-dog-tracheal-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Honking After Barking: Dog Tracheal Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Does your dog have occasional coughing fits where it sounds like they\u2019re trying to \u201chack something up,\u201d but nothing comes out? If your dog is middle-aged or older, we may need to rule out tracheal collapse. Small or toy breeds are more prone to this condition. Your team at Animal Medical Hospital & Urgent Care<\/a> is here to help shed some light on dog tracheal collapse and how life can get better for our furry friends who have it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Your dog\u2019s trachea is their windpipe, which is made of rings of cartilage. Think of a vacuum hose, and that\u2019s what it looks like! When that cartilage making up the rings gets weak or starts to deteriorate, the trachea can collapse in on itself as air passes in and out. There are varying degrees of severity of just how collapsed the trachea is. With dog tracheal collapse, we tend to see one or more of the following signs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n