I had a bull dog that was strangled by my best friends son when I left her with them while out of town. My Sophia suffered a broken trachea and infections related to the injury. I had to sign her over to Pam in Indiana because she never fully recovered and her breathing became very labored with little to no excitement. Florida was just to much for her. Pam emailed me and told me that the Vet she took Sophia to told her that Sophia's trachea was calcified so there was nothing they could do to help it. However they are going to do pallet surgery to help open her airway up more. I just wanted more information. I still love my Sophia so much and worry about her daily. I'm like any bully mom I want to know as much as possible.

I had a bull dog that was strangled by my best friends son when I left her with them while out of town. My Sophia suffered a broken trachea and infections related to the injury. I had to sign her over to Pam in Indiana because she never fully recovered and her breathing became very labored with little to no excitement. Florida was just to much for her. Pam emailed me and told me that the Vet she took Sophia to told her that Sophia's trachea was calcified so there was nothing they could do to help it. However they are going to do pallet surgery to help open her airway up more. I just wanted more information. I still love my Sophia so much and worry about her daily. I'm like any bully mom I want to know as much as possible.

What type of examination brought forth this determination? What previous illness or condition existed, that you know of, such as injury to throat from mishandling or history of repeated vomiting, infections, poisoning, etc.?

What type of examination brought forth this determination? What previous illness or condition existed, that you know of, such as injury to throat from mishandling or history of repeated vomiting, infections, poisoning, etc.?

www.marvistavet.com/html/body_tracheal_collapse.html

Read this website. MarvistaVet has some wonderfully clear explanations for canine health issues, including this one. I still think that several of my questions are pertinent to helping understand whether this diagnosis was made with factual tests and experience backing it. Damaged trachea, other than that resulting from birth defects or severe mishandling of this breed is not common. Avoiding use of a collar would be, IMHO, taking an extreme view, but to those who are very concerned about the vulnerability of their bulldog to tracheal damage they will find use of a harness to be more to their liking. Certainly there are proper ways to use a collar, both fixed and "slip-chain" styles, and we can discuss that if you wish, or there are notes in the files you can access using the SEARCH function at the top of this page, and enter "collar vs harness" for some pros/cons. I'm curious to know if this was mentioned when a bulldog was intubated for anesthetics, and if so, an under-sized trachea could possibly be misdiagnosed as a 'damaged one'????

www.marvistavet.com/html/body_tracheal_collapse.html

Read this website. MarvistaVet has some wonderfully clear explanations for canine health issues, including this one. I still think that several of my questions are pertinent to helping understand whether this diagnosis was made with factual tests and experience backing it. Damaged trachea, other than that resulting from birth defects or severe mishandling of this breed is not common. Avoiding use of a collar would be, IMHO, taking an extreme view, but to those who are very concerned about the vulnerability of their bulldog to tracheal damage they will find use of a harness to be more to their liking. Certainly there are proper ways to use a collar, both fixed and "slip-chain" styles, and we can discuss that if you wish, or there are notes in the files you can access using the SEARCH function at the top of this page, and enter "collar vs harness" for some pros/cons. I'm curious to know if this was mentioned when a bulldog was intubated for anesthetics, and if so, an under-sized trachea could possibly be misdiagnosed as a 'damaged one'????