When our pets start coughing we often panic as we don’t know what’s causing it. Just as with our coughs, if your pet starts coughing, there are numerous harmless and a few problematic reasons.
First and foremost, you should refrain from panicking unnecessarily. It’s perfectly normal for a dog to lightly cough from time to time if there’s some mild irritation in its troat.
What To Do If Your Dachshund Is Coughing and Gagging Continuously?
The only immediately urgent cause of a cough is a bone or another object stuck in your dog’s throat. If your dog has just eaten bones, that’s a very serious possibility.
If it’s mostly coughing and just gagging a bit at the end of each cough – it’s probably not a stuck object. In that case, the problem isn’t immediate and you should wait a bit to see what happens.