A collapsed trachea is a condition that can happen to all types of dogs, from beagles to bulldogs. In many cases, it will require medical attention and may not be reversible without surgery. Pet ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: Our Yorkshire terrier Bentley has a dry, honking cough. His ...

Q:My 14-year-old dog had a collapsed trachea. Our veterinarian put her on Cerenia as well as a steroid and an antibiotic. My dog is much improved, is hardly coughing and is acting normal again. My vet ...

An obturator is a curved rod that fits inside the tracheal cannula, which is a tube inserted into the trachea during tracheostomy. Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure that creates an opening in the ...

Bacterial tracheitis is also known as bacterial croup or acute laryngotracheobronchitis. It is a rare but often life-threatening upper airway disease that almost always occurs in children. Rapid and ...

When a mouthful of water goes down the wrong pipe – heading toward a healthy person’s lungs instead of their gut – they start coughing uncontrollably. That’s because their upper airway senses the ...