Hiccups

[Casger]

Why do puppies get hiccups?

 

[cali~jenn]

I do not know why exactly. I know skin babies do too but I cannot for the life of me remember what the dr said to as the why. Something still developing I think.

 

[mygirlsmomma]

Isn't it because they eat/drink too fast it causes a twitching of the diaphram??

 

[ChanelnBrutus]

Brutus used to get them a lot! I would lay him on his back and rub his chest and sometimes pat him and it would go away!

 

[JeannieCO]

Emma got them a lot from 8 weeks to 12.5 weeks. She hasn't had them too much the last month, just here and there.

 

[Davidh]

Because they want too. BAHAHAHAHAHA sorry just could not help myself.

 

[Cooper11]

I dunno why they get them cuz coop will get them out of the blue wether he just ate or drank something or not. He hates them too! They seem painful sometimes lol!

 

[Fergie]

Fergie seems to get them after drinking h2o and before dinner. So maybe it has something to do w/ the EB being hungry?

 

[BearNDown]

Tank got them alot when we was between 8-16 weeks and they have tapered off from there. Just babies being babies i think!

 

[ollieivy]

they just little puppers....their bodies are learning them.

 

[Vicaroo1000]

My Mable used to get them something fierce. She outgrew them, as I recall now. Bo has never had them that I know of and Bo has had them maybe twice? I would sure like to know WHY though. That's a great question.

As a bartender for many years, I used to have a dozen "cures" for the hiccups. The one that always worked was a concoction/ritual using sugar and bitters. I think the taste shocked you out of having them....

 

[relayer13]

Tater gets them quite often, but it doesn't seem to bother him and only last a short time.

 

[RaRett]

Hershey used to get them horrible, but over the last 2-4 weeks they haven't been noticeable (he is now 6 months old)

 

[elearn]

Herman had them everyday when he was younger. Then around 5-6 months they stopped daily, now he gets them every now and then... he had them this morning when he woke up (7 months now). He'd have them many times when he'd wake up and just randomly throughout the day. I'd just start playing with him to get his mind off it and they would go away in about 2 minutes.