Puppy Gets Hiccups
Usually theyre nothing to worry about.
Puppy gets hiccups. Dont be alarmed if your puppy gets them often puppies tend to gulp air with their mouth open a lot. Your Puppy is Getting Nervous or Excited Excitement and nervousness are both triggers for puppies to get the hiccups. The reasons that your puppy gets hiccups so can include eating and drinking too fast and swallowing a lot of air.
Nervousness or excitement can also cause hiccups in a puppy. This can cause them to inhale too much air at one time and cause the hiccups. Dog hiccups can be amusing but they can also be a sign of something serious.
As with humans they are usually perfectly harmless and very cute. Treatments for hiccups As a rule it is best to do nothing if your dog gets the hiccups. Hiccups occasionally are mistaken for reverse sneezing which happens when your dog sucks air in through her nose.
If this is the case with your pup you should try slowing the eating pace. There might be a lot of external stimuli going on that has your puppy all worked up. These can be positive stimuli such as toys and playing or something more negative such as nervous feelings around other animals.
Hiccups are simply uncontrollable spasms that contract the diaphragm muscle causing your pup to begin to breathe in. Puppies are still developing and will wolf food down really quickly a habit from being in a litter where its a mad fight for food taking in air which can then cause puppy hiccups. Dont be alarmed by your pets hiccups.
Why does my puppy get hiccups. Heres what you should. Oh sure its cute when they get jealous of you cuddling with another human but that shit gets old after 30 seconds.