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Conrad: "The Gulps"
Here is my dog Conrad having one of his periodic fits of compulsive licking and swallowing, plus an occasional sharp cough. (If it gets really bad, he'll attempt to ...
My gf's dog, Tyler, has the EXACT problem yours does. Licking of the lips,
gulping, and then loud wretching. It usually occurs when she gets excited,
wakes up from a deep nap, or eats/drinks. Tyler is about 4 years old and
is a full blood blue-heeler. Its been happening for about 8 months and
numerous vets don't know the problem, after they initially thought it was
acid reflux. The vets have done bloodwork to test for several diseases, a
furouscopy, etc but everything came back negative. We haven't tried or
heard of Zonisamide yet, so we'll try that next. We're up to trying
anything and everything from this point forward. If you would like, i can
give you my private email or skype to keep in touch.
Just want to share my boxer started to have these gulping episodes and for
3 months vets, meds nothing worked well one day I read on raw diet and
figured out a good raw diet for MY boxer the results are dramatically
great. To a point he rested like a baby and stop guping well I got lazy and
would forget sometime or maybe I got cheap and would mix kibble in some
days I notice every time I gave him any kind of kibble even the most
expensive brands he would start to gulp so I cut him off kibble completely
its been a while and no gulping and the results are fast . take them off
kibble completely and just feed the right raw diet for your dog and watch
the results
Our dog Hines had these same gulping episodes, and it was exhausting. He
would try eating everything he could get his mouth on. We treated every
conceivable gastrointestinal issue we could, with no success. Finally we
got him on anti-seizure meds, which have worked like a charm. Our best
guess: complex partial seizures cause him to swallow air. That causes
secondary symptoms of a gastrointestinal nature. I wrote a blog post about
our experience here:
//www.jasonbk.com/2014/02/hiness-gulping-a-cautionary-tale/
My 4 year old Bernese also gets the gulps fairly regularly. He begs to go
outside then eats as much grass as he can. He doesn't vomit it back up.
Eating the grass relieves the immediate problem but is not a cure.Someone
suggested it could be due to acid reflux. Our vet put him on a bland diet
and I'm now giving him digestive enzymes (Eagle Pack Holistic Solutions)
sprinkled on each meal as well. It's too early to tell yet if it's helping
or not. Will post an update when a little time has past.
My dog gets this also. We have found a few things to help, and might
indicate a potential cause. She seems to be trying to eat the hair that
collects in corners of our apartment, and our initial thought was that she
has something stuck in her throat or near her tongue that she was trying to
pass. I have tried a few things, crushing up tums in some water, benadryl,
but the thing that works 90% of the time is making her lick pepto pismol
out of a bowl.
My dog had this sometimes. Just tonight she was licking and gulping worse
than I'd ever seen. She finally managed to throw up everywhere. I got her
some water which she gulped down very eagerly and then she threw up just
clear water. She seems to be calming down now, but she's still licking. Not
gulping any more at least. I've been looking for answers :/
I believe these are a neurological problem. Partial or complex seizures,
maybe. My dog stopped having these episodes when I stopped giving him
flea/tick/heartworm meds, and using lawn or house pesticides that contain
the neurotoxins. He has been gulp/ tremor free for almost a year.
Hi Diana, My 2 year old boxer has had the same issue since she was quite
young. The vet put her on acid reflux meds and for about 8 months the
episodes disappeared but have suddenly come back full force. Any word on
what it could be? Desperate for answers!
My Great Dane has this issue...its from swallowing too much air at once. I
give her two 180mg Phazyme gel caps and within 15 min she starts getting
better and belching.