If you observe the situation, how your dog rushes from side to side, panics, it has an obvious gag reflex, it often breathes and coughs, which means that it choked with something. In this case, even if her chest moves as if breathing, the dog may not actually breathe. This condition requires urgent intervention.
What if the dog chokes and coughs?
Look into her mouth, pull out the tongue and try to remove the foreign object. If you do not see it, you need to apply one of the techniques in order to dislodge the jammed object.
What to do if a large dog choked with a bone: stand behind her, clasp her in your arms, squeeze one fist and place your thumb on the dog's stomach to where its sternum ends. With the other hand, grab your hand by making a "lock" and push forward and up to the shoulders of the dog. Do it with a jerk - suddenly and with force. Repeat this movement 4-5 times. After that, check the jaw and remove the object. If you still can not see it, repeat the procedure.
What if the little dog choked? Pick it up and hold it so that its spine touches your chest. Squeeze your fist and put it in the stomach where the sternum ends. Hold the head with your other hand. Make 4-5 sharp jerks with your fist inward and upward.
If the dog coughs, as if choking?
It also happens that the dog does not choke, but constantly coughs as if something in her throat hinders her. Probably, she has a catarrhal disease, accompanied by heavy breathing, swollen lymph nodes, a runny nose.
Also, in older dogs, this may result in worsening of the bronchi or spasms of the larynx. Young cough can appear due to the ingress of a large amount of wool into the body. Other causes of cough in dogs are worms and allergies .