What to do when your dogs nose is stopped up?

Answer 1

Dogs will sometimes "snort" or "hawk" a whooping sound like they are sucking in and out. Their heads will go down while they are doing this. This is normal in many dogs (just like us they get irritations once in awhile) and they love it if you message the lower part of the nose on the top and on the sides (the puffy part of their muzzle by their nostrils.) If it continues please take the dog to your vets to be sure it doesn't have pollups in the nose.

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Answer 2

You really should take him to the vet. it could be anything from distemper to heart failure to Allergies to simple kennel cough. If it is diagnosed as a mild virus infection (ie: kennel cough) you can treat the symptoms with Robitusm DM. Go to the vet, check this site for allergies, some are from food some are seasonal http://vetmed.Illinois.edu/petcolumn...article&id=595

Answer 3

Nothing - human medications can be very dangerous for dogs. If your dog is having trouble breathing, you should take him to the vet immediately. However, if your dog is otherwise bright and alert with just a stuffy nose, you can probably just keep an eye on him for a few days and see if he clears it on his own.

Answer 4

Some dogs can just have a runny nose at times. They can have "rhinitis" -inflamation

of the nose. Some will have sinus problems, upper respiratory infection, foreign bodies, nasal irritation, nasal mites, nasal tumors and other things but those problems are usually associated with other signs such as sneezing or bloody nose.

Your dog may just have a runny nose, allergies, most likely a cold. I'd take my dog to the vet just in case, though. He or she might have some good advice.

Answer 5

Nothing - human medications can be very dangerous to dogs. If your dog is having trouble breathing, you should take him to the vet immediately. However, if your dog is otherwise bright and alert but has a stopped up nostril, you can probably just keep an eye on him for the next few days and see if he clears it on his own.

Answer 6

Take it to the vet, or bandage it and then take it to the vet!

Answer 7

A trip to the vets to check that it is a cold and not something else