Popping Sound when puppy uses voicebox? - Page 2

I am going to monitor the puppy for 24-36 hours and chart out just how many times he vomits the food. MegaE is too bad of a condition to jump into this. The puppy acts fine otherwise so a few more hours of closely documenting the situation will not hurt anything. Thank you all.

You should take all these pups to the vets and get them thoroughly checked over.  Megaesophagus is also too serious a condition to delay diagnosis.

Here is an xray of a pup of mine with a Megaesophagus, taken last year. Her symptoms were exactly as you discribe.

Sorry. I hope that your pup does not have this condition.

Puppy threw up again tonight..... Wouldn't he throw up every meal and be loosing weight if it was MegaE? ------------ Also, does treatment alway require medication?

No, they often do not throw up after every meal at first but as it progresses the trachea muscles become more relaxed and more food becomes trapped in the sac that develops and the food takes longer to reach the stomach and the puppy will vomit more often and it will lose weight.

After the diagnosis I thought that I could manage my puppy but the heart wrenching descisson was later made have her PTS when she started to lose too much condition.

I am not sure what is wrong with your pup although MegaE sounds like something that a puppy I once had was diagnosed with when he was 9 weeks. This was about 25 years ago and he was PTS at the time of diagnosis. I did want to note the separation and crate training. Is this just a short time each day you are doing this? If otherwise, 5 weeks is too young to be separating them for any real length of time. They are just entering a critical learning phase where they will learn tolerance and manners, as well as critical play development and this is learned by them being together as a sibling unit. This is also when mon will really start weaning the puppies and will start to growl and possibly snap at them. It may neem scary to you but it is a very important stage. It teaches the puppies about their role in the pack as well as the things I mentioned previous, tolerance, manners etc... Anyway. I'm sure we are only talking like 10-15 min here but I just couldn't read this and not say something since no one else brought it up. I hope you are able to find out what's going on with the pup and that it is treatable as it apparently wasn't 25 years ago when my pup had it.

Oh yes. 5 - 10 min are these training sessions and they usually include the stabilizer puppy. Full 20 minutes sessions do not start till 7 weeks. ---------------------------- As for MegaE. From what I have read, still no cure and still a long road for the pup and the owner. I am trying not to cry, as the pup is so full of life. He is going to the vet today. I have puppy viewing this weekend and already have 2 families interested in him. As a breeder, I need final results before then.

Breeders question:------------ if this is worst case, do I let the interested families know or do I simply make the puppy no longer available? Obviously I am not going to ask anyone to pay money for a puppy with a medical issue.

Good luck with your puppy I hope that he is healthy, though from what I have read here and from what I know first hand I doubt that you will be able to rehome him anytime soon if ever unfortunately.

I knew that for me rehoming was NOT an option even though the emotional part of me said yes I could not allow anyone else to have that responsibility.

Worst case scenario you keep the pup yourself and try to raise it, it can be done, but it takes real dedication.  You can't ethically pass this pup onto anyone if it has megaE unless they are 1.willing to try and raise it or 2. experienced in raising a pup with MegaE.

Me personally, if a pup of mine was diagnosed with megaE It would be PTS and my bitch spayed and the stud dog owner informed of the pups condition.  It is unknown if megaE is merely a congenital deformity or hereditory, however it does seem to pop up in certain lines.  I wouldn't take that risk.  If my stud sired one, he's be neutered.