We have a 10.5 yr old male Akita who has been making a rumble, kind of like
a purring, sound when he breathes out. He makes this sound about 1/3 of the
time, when he's lying down usually. He's never done this before and doesn't
seem to be in any pain, but it just started a few weeks ago and we don't
know what to make of it. Anybody experience anything like this??

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We have a 10.5 yr old male Akita who has been making a rumble, kind of
like a purring, sound when he breathes out. He makes this sound about
1/3 of the time, when he's lying down usually. He's never done this
before and doesn't seem to be in any pain, but it just started a few
weeks ago and we don't know what to make of it. Anybody experience
anything like this??




what did your vet think it was?

You need to get the dog to a vet ASAP. This sounds like it could be
pneumonia and if it is and it's not treated it could kill him.

Celeste


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We have a 10.5 yr old male Akita who has been making a rumble, kind of
like
a purring, sound when he breathes out. He makes this sound about 1/3 of
the
time, when he's lying down usually. He's never done this before and
doesn't
seem to be in any pain, but it just started a few weeks ago and we don't
know what to make of it. Anybody experience anything like this??

On 2005-01-31 18:14:26 -0500, "news.1scom.net"
said:

We have a 10.5 yr old male Akita who has been making a rumble, kind of
like a purring, sound when he breathes out. He makes this sound about
1/3 of the time, when he's lying down usually. He's never done this
before and doesn't seem to be in any pain, but it just started a few
weeks ago and we don't know what to make of it. Anybody experience
anything like this??

Ditto what others said; get to the vet. All sorts of things may be
going on or you may just waste some money on nothing. Considering how
badly things can go with pneumonia and some of the other choices, the
price of an x-ray really isn't too bad.

We just went through this with one of our dogs. The x-ray was clear,
but she was put on antibiotics and her condition improved.

The vet couldn't make a determination...of course our dog wouldn't make the
noise while we were at the vet's office! His lungs were clear and labs
normal. X-rays were unclear due to a lot of fluid he's carrying in his
midsection. He's being given some meds (diuretics) to reduce the fluid
retention and then some follow up x-rays after the meds are gone. But
again, he doesn't do this all the time, that's what's so odd.



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On 2005-01-31 18:14:26 -0500, "news.1scom.net"
said:

We have a 10.5 yr old male Akita who has been making a rumble, kind of
like a purring, sound when he breathes out. He makes this sound about
1/3 of the time, when he's lying down usually. He's never done this
before and doesn't seem to be in any pain, but it just started a few
weeks ago and we don't know what to make of it. Anybody experience
anything like this??

Ditto what others said; get to the vet. All sorts of things may be going
on or you may just waste some money on nothing. Considering how badly
things can go with pneumonia and some of the other choices, the price of
an x-ray really isn't too bad.

We just went through this with one of our dogs. The x-ray was clear, but
she was put on antibiotics and her condition improved.