how long does a dog with trachea collaspe live ?

Question

I HAVE A PUPPY WITH A COLLASPED TRACHEA HE COUGHS MOSTLY AT NIGHT WHEN HE TRIES TO SLEEP

Answer 1

Mine lived for 16 years. I just had to be careful not to tug at him on a leash and to make him take it easy when the weather was hot and oppressive. When he did have an attack of coughing, I would go to him and pet him and talk gently to him. I think that it must be somewhat like hyperventilation in a human: It scares them, and the more scared they get the more it continues.

Answer 2

key Q: =How Old Is Ur Pup?=
& how old was the pup when U got them from the breeder, shelter, resQ, other?
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another common birth-defect that causes coughing [often soft, chronic wet coughs] is a PDA: patent ductus arteriosis, a 'shunt' that's spozed to close at birth stays open, causing the dog's blood to be low in oxygen.
CARDIAC INSUFFICIENCY: can have mult roots, from valvular defects to oversized-thinwalled hearts with weak beats.

if this has gotten worse as the pup grows, the prognosis is grim; the larger volume of body/blood is adding more stress, & the pup will die young. If, however, the symptoms are staying stable, the dog/pup may live a pretty normal lifespan, >> If ! << U get them on a good diet, keep their WEIGHT Down, & keep them on any meds the vet recommends. sometimes diuretics are needed to manage cardiac insufficiency, to keep fluid from accumulating in the lungs & "drowning" the dog.
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stenotic nares: if Ur dog/pup has vertical 'slits' for nostrils, & is a push-faced breed, the problem is not just the trachea, it's the sinuses, soft palate, & narrow-nostrils.

a dog's nose should have wide-open round DOTS for nostrils for free air-flow, with curved 'tails' from the bottom of each dot, going out & up;

normal nostrils look like upside-down, fat commas.
stenotic nares can be surgically corrected; so can a soft-plate that occludes the airway. but BREEDING only open-nostriled dogs with good airways is a heckuva lot more ETHICAL, & certainly a lot =cheaper= than fixing a defective pup/dog!!

[breeders please note! - thanks]
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if the VET has given U a diagnosis, they are the best-source for an estimate of how serious this problem is/how much it will shorten the dog's life.

if U are -assuming- that Ur dog has a collapsed trachea, just because of a nocturnal cough, U need to get a vet's opinion ASAP.

Answer 3

It depends you will always have to keep him lean as any extra fat will cause the trachea to have more issues ,there are some oral medicines that can relieve the coughing and actually we have a client who had an extremely experimental surgery done here in Canada(only has happened in Europe prior to this)where a special mesh(not sure what substance it was made from) was inserted into his trachea which then expanded and now he has better support, he was so close to death prior and now the owners are so happy.We sent him a downtown VEC specialist who ordered the part from Europe and surgically placed it.Good Luck with your pup!!

Answer 4

have you been told that is the problem? if so, your vet should be giving you advice. walk with a harness only, nothing around the neck. a lot of factors ae involved - how old is this dog? was it injured or born with a defect? breed?

Answer 5

I had vet bills for my pup, he had the same. I had him 6 yrs till he got hit by car so it wasn't the collapsed tr. that killed him