Hi all - it's outside vet hours here so I'm hoping to get a couple of answers for my friend.
Fred is a lab, 10yo, in otherwise good health but has gradually been wearing down.
It's very hot where we are.
Fred's breathing is rapid and laboured. He's drooling a lot. And when we just took him for a walk he threw up. The vomit was clear with a bit of froth, partially digested food from last night's dinner and some light brown, sticky substance in there as well.
The most troubling symptom though is that he stops breathing for about three or four breaths and then starts up again.
I've listened to his abdomen and there's a noise prior to the breathing stopping. It sounds a bit like a rumbly tummy but is clearly in the chest not the lower abdomen.
His temperature is about 39.3 C.
The vet has seen him in the last day and given him a Histamil / Dexapent injection. He also prescribed Prednisolone tabs 20mg and Fred has had one of those this morning.
The main thing we're trying to determine is whether this is a temporary thing that we just wait out or, at his age, whether these are signs of something more serious.
Any information, especially about the breathing stopping and starting again would be great.
