3 1/2 yr Yorkie,14 1/2 lbs began having breathing, shortness breath, enlarged heart listless?

Question

Our 3 1/2 year old yorkie has been healthy besides having alergies and always rubbing his ears, face. On and off he's had coughing, began snoring louder and louder, and for the last three days is breathing laborously. We've taken him to the vet and he still doesn't know what it is. Took an x-ray and ruled out pnemonia, says he's got an enlarged heart (doctor says it's not that enlarged)and we can hear rattling when we listen to him breath. Doctor just called to check on him and is sending us to get an EKG. He still believes Maximus has very bad alergies and asthma. Has anyone ever had this problem?

Answer 1

I have a Yorkie that is 12 lbs and is NOT over weight. He is a larger Yorkie. Dogs can have severe allergies that can make them miserable. He may have a congenital heart problem too. Get your tests and start treating him accordingly. If your not happy, try another veterinarian.

Answer 2

The dog is EXTREMELY overweight!!!! Your vet didn't pick up on that! Being THAT much overweight in a dog that's supposed to weigh between 2 and 6 pounds puts and exceptionally large toll on it's cardiovascular and respiratory systems. The dog need to have it's food intake reduced and start with small amounts of exercising (walking is the best).

Answer 3

The heart never pains. It doent have the nerve cells to do so. You can have a upper chest side pain, but not a heart pain caused by blockage in arteries. You might have a lung infection because symptoms of heart attack do not include pain in breathing , those are lung related. Either way, go see your doc and they will do an EKG.

Answer 4

for starters, that dog is OVERWEIGHT! this could be the culprit for all the problems your dog is having. for such a small dog to weigh so much, he could be going into congestive heart failure. has he been tested for heartworms? has he been boarded recently? if he has, he could have contracted bordatella (ie kennel cough).