posted 04-07-2003 02:52 PM         

my 8 month old malti-poo woke us up in the night with a violent episode of what i thought of as snorting (for lack of a better description) it lasted for approx. 4-5 minutes, it seemed much longer. she could not seem to catch her breath and i was truly concerned that i was going to lose her. luckily i had an emergency number to the vet from when i'd had her spayed, they thought that she was having an episode of reverse sneezing or that she could have a blade of grass up her nose or that she was having an allergy attack. we stayed awake for over an hour after it was over checking her gums for pink. i took her to the vet the next day and they kept her for observation for the day. when i picked her up i did not get to talk to the vet, had to talk to one of the techs. she told me they found no obstruction in her nose, that they had looked her over and found nothing. they said this could be an isolated incident of reverse sneezing or possibly an allergy. they diagnosed a half tablet of benydryl twice a day for two weeks. there have been no repeat incidents.