Lots of Snorting with Excitement?

[stedmansmommy]

Tatum snorts quite a bit when she gets excited, for example, when I come home and walk in the door or sometimes when I play with her. I've also noticed it while I'm standing up and giving her a treat and she is on the ground looking up at me....sometimes she will make the snorting sound then too. These are the ONLY times she does it though.

I have started coming down to her level and sitting on the floor when I give her treats so that she doesn't have to look up at me and this seem to help her from making the snorting sound...but again, she still does it when she gets excited about something.

I'm sure you all know the next question I am going to ask....do you think this could be CT? God, I don't even want to GO THERE...

She has already been diagnosed with a grade 3 LP in both back legs and if she were to be diagnosed with CT too, I'd probably just lose it all together My little girl doesn't need anymore problems I did mention this snorting thing to one of the nurses when she was at the vet being diagnosed with LP, but she just passed it off as being reverse sneezing...however, she never heard Tatum make this noise.

Tatum does have an EXTREMELY short nose/snot. It is very, very short - almost non existent at times it seems, LOL. I thought that Stedman's was short, but that was before I got Tatum. I don't know if her having a really short nose could have anything to do with it?

I will try and get a good video of her doing it and post it. I've got to get her excited to do it though and right now the little sweetheart's asleep I don't particularly LIKE having to make her do it, but I need to just so you guys can hear it and give me your opinion on it.

I've watched videos online of dogs with CT and their snorting and some of them sound like Tatum, but then again I've also watched videos online of dogs doing the reverse sneezing and some of them sounded like her also...so I am just plain confused

I will definitely have the vet look into this the next time we go back, but in the meantime I just wanted everyone's opinions on it.

Thanks in advance

[Patti]

Doesn't Tatum have the real short baby doll face like my Pixie? Pixie will do that to and she sort of snores or makes nasally sounds when sleeping. I was told it could be becase they have the shorter nose. Hope that's all it is.

[JuicyGirl]

My sis' chi snorts all the time... we call her miss piggy She has an non existant snout due to her "apple head" ... What exactly is a CT? I hope that nothing is wrong with her... Poor Tate

[xiju]

My MacTavish snorts as well. My Vet, who owns Yorkies, was not concerned. Mac also SNORES big time!

[Amber_lv]

Daisy does it to when she gets really excited or when she drinks water, The vet has heard her and says it's reverse sneezing. I swear she is a camel lol she drinks the water as fast as she can and i think she snorts it LMAO!!!
I have heard said that if it's like a goose honk it's CT(collapsed trechea) Does she stop if you startle her? If i tell Daisy to stop she will lol. Hope all is well with her

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by Patti

Doesn't Tatum have the real short baby doll face like my Pixie? Pixie will do that to and she sort of snores or makes nasally sounds when sleeping. I was told it could be becase they have the shorter nose. Hope that's all it is.

Yes she does. Everyone that has seen her describes her as having the "baby doll face" - her features are very tiny and petite and the same goes for her nose/snout. It is just so so short, it's barely there Your little Pixie actually reminds me a whole lot of Tatum...I have always thought that

She doesn't seem to make any noise when she sleeps (she has before, but not too often) - it's mainly just when she gets really excited or when she tilts her head back to look up at something.

God I really do hope that her having a super short nose/snout is all it is

[FL Tink]

We call Bella Piglet! or miss piggy...she snorts when she is excited too. mostly when she is playing with daddy

[linda44]

I have 3 that do it. Suki has grown almost out of it. Toby Tyler still does it but not as much as when he was little and lil Gidget, well she does it all the time, cuz shes excited all the time. I call it snorking.

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by JuicyGirl

My sis' chi snorts all the time... we call her miss piggy She has an non existant snout due to her "apple head" ... What exactly is a CT? I hope that nothing is wrong with her... Poor Tate

Haha, I call Tatum miss piggy ALL the time....because she snorts and because she really IS a little piggy LOL.

Here is a site that explains CT, which is short for Collapsed Trachea.

Tracheal collapse, collapsed trachea

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by Amber_lv

Daisy does it to when she gets really excited or when she drinks water, The vet has heard her and says it's reverse sneezing. I swear she is a camel lol she drinks the water as fast as she can and i think she snorts it LMAO!!!
I have heard said that if it's like a goose honk it's CT(collapsed trechea) Does she stop if you startle her? If i tell Daisy to stop she will lol. Hope all is well with her

I usually just tell Tatum in a soft voice to "calm down" but usually she can't stop just by me telling her that

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by FL Tink

We call Bella Piglet! or miss piggy...she snorts when she is excited too. mostly when she is playing with daddy

Hehehe Have you ever asked your vet about Bella doing this? Just wondering what he/she said about it if so?

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by linda44

I have 3 that do it. Suki has grown almost out of it. Toby Tyler still does it but not as much as when he was little and lil Gidget, well she does it all the time, cuz shes excited all the time. I call it snorking.

LOL snorking....that's perfect! I wish Tatum would just grow out of it...but I honestly don't know what it is

It's just so weird to me because Stedman never does this. He HAS done it before, but only a few times since we've had him for over 2 years now. Tatum does it every single time she is excited, or when she tilts her little head back...so it just makes me worry Course, I worry about everything!

[JuicyGirl]

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy

Haha, I call Tatum miss piggy ALL the time....because she snorts and because she really IS a little piggy LOL.

Here is a site that explains CT, which is short for Collapsed Trachea.

Tracheal collapse, collapsed trachea

Brooke!!!I am such an idiot for not knowing that lol... Lola has a mild ct ... she making more gagging noises than snorting... or very loud coughing

[RMKC]

Rosi does this too once in a while, i cover her nose with my hand and she is forced to open he mouth and breath then it stops, scares me too, she snores too.

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by JuicyGirl

Brooke!!!I am such an idiot for not knowing that lol... Lola has a mild ct ... she making more gagging noises than snorting... or very loud coughing

LOL it's ok girl! Hmmm....well I don't know - Tatum's definitely sounds like "snorting" to me. When Stedman was a baby he had Kennel Cough and that really DID sound like a cough (well, a "hacking" cough)...but Tatum's definitely sounds like snorting...like a little piggy would do

I don't know...I am totally confused!