My dog inhales many times per exhale. Is this breathing normal?

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Why does my dog seem to inhale multiple times per exhale? Is this normal? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed

Destini R. Holloway, DVM · Accepted Answer

This sounds like perhaps a hiccup or respiratory distress, hard to tell based on your description and without seeing the event myself. If your pet seems to be having a hard time breathing continuously or has increased respirations >50 breathes per minute, then I would recommend taking her into the vet for a good physical examination. However if this is intermittent and does not seem to trouble here I would monitor for now, take a video recording of the event and schedule an appointment at some point to get a vet to look at this an ensure this is not something to worry about.

My dog inhales many times per exhale. Is this breathing normal?

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