It might be a trachea issue
http://marvistavet.net/html/body_tracheal_collapse.html
or it could be an upper respiratory infection such as kennel cough.
www.marvistavet.com/html/body_kennel_cough.html
For either you can try getting the bathroom steamy and bringing him in there to see if it helps his breathing.
You can also see if you can get him to lick on something cold (vanilla icecream - no chocolate as that is toxic to dogs, an icecube etc) to see if that helps his throat too.
Sometimes some Karo syrup or pancake syrup will help soothe the throat area too.
If he keeps it up seeing the vet is your best bet.
Hope this helps you!
Edited by NHolmes on March 17 2006 at 12:24am
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