Snoring Habit In Dogs

This interesting article addresses some of the key issues regarding snoring habit in dogs.

A careful reading of this material could make a big difference in how you think about snoring habit in dogs.

It’s late at night and after a long day the kids are settled and its bed time. Its off down the hall to the bedroom once the dogs have come in. The big dog is only a puppy so she sleeps in the crate.

After sometime during the night a low background noise begins to seep into your dream, waking you up, the sound is coming from the sleeping dog at the end of the bed. Does that sound familiar?

Interestingly of the nearly sixty percent of pet owners who allow their pets to sleep with them in their bedrooms most of them allow their cats on the bed but not their dogs.

Yet pet owners, even ones with dogs in their bedrooms, tend to brush the snoring off claiming not to be disturbed by it. Studies have shown that twenty one percent of dogs have the habit of snoring.

Most of those are the shorts faced or pushed in faced ones. Although the snoring may wake their owners up, it probably isn’t bothering most breeds of dogs. How can you put a limit on learning more? The next section may contain that one little bit of wisdom that changes everything.

Causes Of Snoring In Dogs

Like human beings there may be many causes of snoring habit in dogs. The animal may be allergic to something in his surroundings. The allergic reaction can constrict the airway causing the snoring.

There may be an obstruction like postnasal drip or a floppy bit of tissue in the throat; any of this can be the causes of snoring. None of these is a problem that you need to be concerned about.

Overweight

Or it’s possible that your dog is overweight. Like people, excessive weight is a also one of the causes of snoring in dogs. You will snore if you weigh too much, so will your canine companion.

Shape Of Your Dog’s Face

The snoring should disappear if you correct your dog’s weight unless your dog is one of the breeds with the pushed in faces. This list includes, but is not limited to, English Bulldogs, Boxers, Boston Terriers, Pekinese, Pugs, Shih Tzu, and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

These beautiful animals have been bred to have a rather usual face shape. A short snout or pushed in face affects the nostril openings. It means these dogs are trying to push air with a thin passageway.

It would be like a human being trying to breathe using only twenty five percent of the space of their nostrils. It takes a lot of work for them to get enough air; hence the snoring sound, if your dog is one of the breeds with a short face.

Eventually the windpipe could actually flatten which of course would make it even harder for them to breath and increase their sleep time racket is one concern with these breeds.

There are some vets that are suggesting a little minor surgery when the dogs are still young that will open the nostrils, enhance their breathing, not affect appearance and solve the snoring problem.