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My dog sneezes constantly with a whistling nose, vet found nothing.

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Basenji | Male | neutered | 11 months and 19 days old | 19 lbs

Our dog is constantly sneezing & it sounds like there's a slight whistling coming through his nose. He had an X-ray that shows nothing in his nose and Dr said he's at 100% oxygen. He is acting normal when he eats, plays, and goes to the bathroom w/o problem nothing seems different except sleeping he's freq. wakes up. If they don't see anything blocking or stuck in his nose what do I do? The vet also did a full blood work-up and everything is fine. No nose discharge but slight watery eyes.

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Answered By Lauren Kennedy, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 1st, 2017

If you haven't already tried it I would recommend a trial of antibiotics and antihistamines to rule out allergies and infection in the nose. If you have already done this then it may be time to refer to an internal medicine specialist since your vet has already done a thorough work up and could not determine the cause of the problem. The specialist could do a CT scan of the head/nose or a scope of the nose (where they look up the nose with a special camera) to see what exactly is going on.

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    Answered By David Darvishian

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    Hi and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Sounds like all of Winston's tests came out great. Maybe he is having some irritation from some allergen or irritant in the environment right now that is bothering him, similar to an allergy. You can definitely use antihistamines if it appears to be allergic but that is something that you would have to discuss with your veterinarian. Also, there are antihistamine eye drops for humans which can be used in dogs for problems with allergies. I hope Winston gets better soon.

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