doug
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- Mar 13, 2022
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- Benzo
Hey Everyone,
I wish I discovered this forum sooner - it would have come in handy quite a few times over the years. I have an English Bulldog, named Benzo, who just turned 9 years old. He's in generally good health, especially for his age, but started doing something in his sleep yesterday that my wife and I have never seen.
1st example:
2nd, more extreme example:
He was fine all day, acting normal, until he fell asleep in the early evening and woke up doing that. He did that around 10 times throughout the night until he stopped at around 3am. Anytime he laid down, he'd quickly sit up and just stay there sitting and looking tired (almost like he was nervous to fall asleep). He seemed pretty uncomfortable and became noticeably sluggish, but otherwise was breathing normally, had an appetite, etc. It seemed like anytime he actually fell asleep, he'd wake up screaming.
After a while, we decided to take him to the emergency animal hospital. They looked him over, poked around, did their tests, and said he seemed fine... great even. They gave us some painkillers in case he's in pain and told us to keep an eye on him/bring him back if it gets continues or gets worse. We've had blood work and x-rays done within the last 6 months to a year and everything came back perfectly. I originally did the blood work/x-rays because he was throwing up very often (multiple times a week, mostly after eating/drinking but sometimes randomly).
Some more background - He had soft palate reduction surgery around 3-4 years ago but definitely still has a pretty narrow passage (he still snores, has issues eating food, drinking water, he throws up often, etc.). He hasn't done that screech since the medicine we got from the emergency room kicked in, so don't know what to think. I'm super confused and justy want to do my diligence and cover all bases.
Sorry for the long story. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
I wish I discovered this forum sooner - it would have come in handy quite a few times over the years. I have an English Bulldog, named Benzo, who just turned 9 years old. He's in generally good health, especially for his age, but started doing something in his sleep yesterday that my wife and I have never seen.
1st example:
He was fine all day, acting normal, until he fell asleep in the early evening and woke up doing that. He did that around 10 times throughout the night until he stopped at around 3am. Anytime he laid down, he'd quickly sit up and just stay there sitting and looking tired (almost like he was nervous to fall asleep). He seemed pretty uncomfortable and became noticeably sluggish, but otherwise was breathing normally, had an appetite, etc. It seemed like anytime he actually fell asleep, he'd wake up screaming.
After a while, we decided to take him to the emergency animal hospital. They looked him over, poked around, did their tests, and said he seemed fine... great even. They gave us some painkillers in case he's in pain and told us to keep an eye on him/bring him back if it gets continues or gets worse. We've had blood work and x-rays done within the last 6 months to a year and everything came back perfectly. I originally did the blood work/x-rays because he was throwing up very often (multiple times a week, mostly after eating/drinking but sometimes randomly).
Some more background - He had soft palate reduction surgery around 3-4 years ago but definitely still has a pretty narrow passage (he still snores, has issues eating food, drinking water, he throws up often, etc.). He hasn't done that screech since the medicine we got from the emergency room kicked in, so don't know what to think. I'm super confused and justy want to do my diligence and cover all bases.
Sorry for the long story. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!