Laryngeal Paralysis
A weakening of the muscles that open the voice box, most often in older large-breed dogs, causing a changed bark, noisy breathing on the in-breath and difficulty in heat or on exercise. Often the first sign of the wider nerve condition GOLPP. A hot or over-exerted dog can tip into a breathing crisis, which is an emergency.
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GOLPP: Why Laryngeal Paralysis Is a Whole-Body Condition
A diagnosis of laryngeal paralysis in an older dog usually comes with three things: it's a problem with the voice box, the breathing can be helped, and there's an operation for it. All true. But it's only the first chapter of a longer story, and I'd rather you heard the whole thing from me, gently...
Laryngeal Paralysis Explained: Reading the First Signs in an Older Dog
Laryngeal paralysis usually creeps in so gently that you only see it looking back. The bark sounds a bit different first, hoarser or oddly quiet, as though your dog has a cold that never quite clears. Walks that used to be easy now end with heavier panting than they should, and on a warm day...
Living With Laryngeal Paralysis: The Everyday Routine
The diagnosis is done. The bark has changed, there's that raspy in-breath on a warm walk, and a vet has put a name to it: laryngeal paralysis, very probably the first sign of the wider nerve condition we call GOLPP. What comes next isn't the science again. It's the ordinary stuff: how you actually live...
Heat and Exercise Safety With Laryngeal Paralysis
A dog with laryngeal paralysis can look completely fine and still be minutes away from a crisis. He's lying in the kitchen, breathing easily, maybe snoring a little, and nothing about him says anything is wrong. Then the doorbell goes, or a squirrel breaks cover on a warm walk, or it's just one of those...
Laryngeal Paralysis and the Aspiration Pneumonia Risk: Feeding, Water and the Lifelong Watch
Once a dog is diagnosed with laryngeal paralysis, or comes through the tie-back operation, the phrase "aspiration pneumonia" tends to get raised, and raised seriously. It's an unsettling thing to be handed, especially when the surgery was meant to be what made your dog better. So let me set out, calmly and clearly, what this...
Tie-Back Surgery for Laryngeal Paralysis: How to Decide
A specialist has mentioned a "tie-back", quoted a number that made you blink, and somewhere in the small print was the word aspiration. The dog in question is usually older, often a Labrador or another big breed, with breathing that has turned noisy and laboured, and perhaps a frightening episode already behind you on a...
Breeds prone to Laryngeal Paralysis
Laryngeal Paralysis is seen more often in some breeds than others. If you have one of these, its breed guide covers what to watch for and where to get help.
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