Don't scare me like that, or your momma!! Eat slowly from now on. Just pretend you are nibbling on your Clovis.

Try putting water over the bowl of food as if it is a bowl of breakfast cereal. I do not soak it first. This works on all my dogs that gulp their food. This works so well that sometimes the dog doesn't want to try it. But they will if this is all you offer. The water slows down their eagerness to eat it fast. Make it just like you were eating dry breakfast cereal for yourself with milk.

What's that?

Murph no rock gulping ...I mean it handsome...ce

the bully won't swallow it,just put it in the middle of the bowl and make them work for the food..most gulpers are food lovers and they will work for ever last nibble......smile...ce

That's the first time I've heard about rocks. I sounds like a good solutions to food gulpers.

Maybe just give him a little at a time. I don't know why he would be choking on his kibble.

like 2 spoon-fulls every few minutes. That's what works for Leeloo. Silly bullies!

- Cristina (& Leeloo)
"the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

It is so terrifying. Sheldon choked on a doggie bagel last week. The thing must of been so hard, cause I saw him trying to chew it and it just wouldn't break. He swallowed the darn thing whole but thankfully threw it up after a good 30 seconds of sheer terror on my part. Sheldon used to gulp his food down real fast, but is much better now. At the time, the vet recommended that we soak his food in water to soften it. I have heard a lot of people suggest the rock thing. Good luck.

Joanna & Sheldon

LOL! He just wants to be spoiled like all the other bullydogs!

I can just hear him now..."Mom, I can't eat like that...out of a dog bowl. A dog bowl, aren't those for, ehmmm....dogs!? I need to be hand fed or I'll just choke, Mom! And I'd prefer some steak and jif...dog kibble. Hmphf, that sounds like it's for dogs too!"

I think I'll try to rock in his dish, but don't be surprised if I make a post about a naughty dog that ate a rock!

Emily

I have no idea about alergies or the soft palate (sorry). the only thing I can suggest is the you wet his food a little bit and smooch it so that he can't choke on it so easily. Or feed him one kibble at a time, so that he learns to take his time. Hope this makes sense. Good luck!

Carolina & Lola

You need to slow down his eating somehow. That is why I started hand feeding Theo, it worked but I am still hand feeding and guess I always will. LOL

chumping down too fast....and then trying to hack it back...
...a elongated palate would have some other symtoms I suspect....
Symptoms:
open mouth breathing
noisy breathing
excessive snoring
choking and gagging
spitting up phlegm
cyanosis (blue-tinged color) eyes
exercise intolerance
gurgling,raspy loud sounds with little exsertion of energy.

i'm not sure about the alergies...

Murph...be have....
slow down...and Em...have your tried putting a large rock in the middle of his food dish?
it slows them down...because they have to eat around it..
also I find for my gulpers I have 3....(and yes they have rocks in their bowls..some folks use tennis balls two..but I found that meant play time, lets toss the food covered ball all aroud...)
any way I founfd it's harder for them to gulp small bits food then larger chunks....
hope some of this helps..mug hugs Murph ..and behave!ce

I don't know much about what I'm doing, as all I want to do is make my baby breathe again. But the first time he did this I tried to push on his tummy like the heimlich , but nothing came out. So I stuck my hand in his throat hoping to grab it out. I've heard that this could make it worse by lodging it in farther. I never actually get a stuck piece of food out by slamming my hand in his bulldoggy mouth, but it does make him gag and vomit up what ever is blocking him up.

When this happened the first time, I thought I was gonna die more that Murphy! I posted about my experience and Patti told me that I did do the right thing so I have been doing that since...and I think he's choked like 3 times now. But like I said, this last one wasn't like the first two. It was more like he was gagging on phlegm cuz he's was all snorty and stuff.

I dunno, but don't you just hate when our babies put us thru that stuff!?

Emily

not the funnest thing (for either of us) but it beats the alternative!

- Cristina (& Leeloo)
"the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

what a trouble-maker that Moopster is - scaring you like that! Boys!

Actually Leeloo does that too.. she eats so fast that she sometimes throws up and it's whole kibbles covered in mucus that come up - so I started dividing her food at each meal so she has to eat half- then wait a few minutes, then she gets the other half... that seems to work. Because otherwise she's a little chew-less vaccum cleaner!


- Cristina (& Leeloo)
"the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."

Emily,

So sorry you had to experience such a fright. Also, sorry that I don't have any advice for you.

I do however, have a question. How do you do the doggie heimlic or force a vomit? Sheldon is not a good chewer, either. Quite a few times, (most recently last week) Sheldon has choked on a treat he swallowed (rather than chewed). His sides get all sucked in, just like you described, and he is earily silent as he tries to cough it up. It terrifies me. What else can I do to help him if this happens again? The only thing I know is a sharp pat on the back. Thanks. Hope school is going well for you.

Joanna & Sheldon

Lily does the same thing. Why do they do this. I hope he is ok now,.

very much!

...it slows them down when the eat, as they have to eat around the rock.

I saw your post about Murphy when I just updated about Fluff. I'm at work so can't read all the replies, so may-be others have said the same.

Yes, an elongated palate can and will make them phlemy and gag on food.

Also, try wetting his food, so may be he won't get such a big mouthful of unchewed food he is trying to swallow, that it will be less likely to choke on it.

I'll check back tonight.

This is great info to keep on-hand:

http://members.aol.com/henryhbk/acpr.html

nm

Gosh how scary is that.....I am glad he is ok.
Give him a BIG hug from me and tell him to slow down a little bit!

David, Holly, Dozer and Angel