is there a remedy for my dogs snoring?

Question

I have a 1 yr old beagle who snores. she used to sleep in the same room with me but it was so loud that i have to put her in another room at night which she hates. any suggestions for stopping or lessening her snoring?

Answer 1

Beagles as a =Breed= are not commonly snorers - which leads me to Q what makes Ur Beagle different from the average.

** is she FAT?
overweight = Is = a common Beagle- problem; they've never met a food or anything resembling food, that they didn't like!

look at Ur dog FROM THE SIDE, at about Ur own waist-height; put her on a bench, table, or stairs-landing, so U can get a good look at her whole-body profile.

she SHOULD have a chest that is not more than 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch >>deeper << than the point of her elbow - CLUE: if U can't find the point of her elbow, she is morbidly obese, and her vet should be publicly spanked for letting her get so desperately out of any shape!!

she should have no fat-pad on her chest: it shoud be muscle from upper foreleg across to the other upper foreleg. if there's a wad of loose flesh U can pick up in Ur palm and 'heft', she's way too hefty!

her ribs should not QUITE be visible; they should be just barely seen, as a smooth Xylophone-shape, under a thin layer of MUSCLE. they should be readily PALPABLE: light pressure from Ur fingertips should be enuf to locate each rib. there should be a smooth flat bone, and a narrow 'dip' between it and the next rib. Beagles are smooth-coated, so the ribs should be 'ribbier' in appearance than on a furrier dog, like a GSD or Samoyed.

her BELLY: still looking from the side, at the end of her ribs U should see a smooth line in a curve upwards - that's the underside of her 'waist'. it shouldn't be as exaggerated as a wasp-waist, but she shouldn't resemble a length of pipe (straight line), let alone HANGING Flesh, where the abdomen sags with suet!!

From Above:

again, put her on a flat surface, and look straight down, from her butt forwards:

her shoulders should be the W I D E S T part of her body, her neck should taper toward her head, her ribs should be narrower than her shoulders, her butt only slightly wider than her ribs at their midpoint. (the widest girth of her ribs should be just behind her elbow- they should taper behind that point to her waist.)

she should have a DISTINCT 'waist': behind her ribs, in front of her hindquarters, there should be a neat little tuck on either side, like parentheses: ) (
her waist should be in proportion to her overall size: not scrawny, but athletic and tight. it's about one and one-third the size of her NECK...
assuming, of course, that her NECK is not fat!!

again from the side, there should be a smooth curve where her rump turns down beside her tail, and forms the back of her upper thigh: )~
if she has a SQUARED-OFF butt when U look from above, '--,--' that's a fat-blanket; i've seen dogs so fat that it looked as tho U could pick up that puckered quilt at the edge, and just peel it off their bodies.

unfortunately, it's not that easy: dogs are even Better!! than humans at maintaining their weight. U have to BOTH decrease calories >In, AND Increase calories
IOW, cut back on food, AND get more exercise.
exercise must be taken with the dog's fitness level always in consideration: U cannot JOG a fat dog on hard surfaces!! a ruptured ACL will not help the dog lose weight.

start out walking further; then walk faster. then walk Both! further AND Faster. Then and only then, JOg the Dog - After the VET says it's Okay, and after weight-loss and some conditioning. And always jog with the dog on a soft surface: U can be on paving, the dog needs the shoulder, grass, sand, what have U.

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if she's not Fat - then what?
my next guess is stenotic nares: that's what we call nostrils in humans.
well-shaped nares in a dog should look like fat commas, upside-down:
the little tails point up and out from the center, the fat black DOTS are the nice round nostrils.

for good examples of stenotic nares, which look like SLOTS, up and down, instead of nice plump round dots, look at any Boston Terrierist, Pug, Eng Mastiff, or other brachycephalic breed. those are the 'squashed-face' breeds, and they DO Snore - precisely because their sinuses are accordioned up under their eyes, their nares are restricted, and the sinuses behind those nares are also way too narrow.

as a result, they are at extreme risk of heat-stress, or heat-stroke, as compared to 'more normal' dogs with longer muzzles, more sinus, and open nostrils.

solution to stenotic nares: surgery; one-time, permanent fix.

THIRD possibility:
her soft-palate is too long, and occludes her airway when she relaxes into sleep.
when awake, she has enuf muscle-tension to keep the tissue retracted, at least part of the way; unconscious, it relaxes and blocks the throat.

fix-it: surgery; pretty simple, she gets better rest, and so does everyone else!

hope this helps!

BTW: crate-training can help with her separation-distress, even at night. a 'bedroom' of ehr very own keeps her calmer, gives her setback from the door (where she might scratch, whine, etc), and gives her a very predictable routine.

once she's not snoring anymore, U can move the crate and Ur Beagle into Ur bedroom at nite; use a fiberglass shipping crate, NOT ! a wire 'show' crate; they are prettier, but less private, less comforting, and less SAFE if U need them to evacuate, keep her at a relative's house, transport or ship her, etc.

shipping crates are also handy for storing her leash ON THE ROOF of the crate:
in an emergency, U know exactly where the dog is, where her gear is, and can grab them in a hurry and get outta Dodge.

Answer 2

is she overweight? sometimes that can cause a dog to snore. i would take her to the vet and make sure there is no medical reason for her snoring.

Answer 3

no but i need a remedy for my husband snoring!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

String.

Answer 5

my rottie does that to there is no cure u will get used to it