Here is a image of a Tracheal collapse in a small dog
Tracheal Collapse Problems
Tracheal collapse is more of a common
problem than one might think especially in puppy mills. Puppy mill
dogs are so suppressible to diseases than most dogs bred in homes and
by credible breeders. Especially Yorkie breeders.
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January 23, 2012, Our beloved Samson, 11-1/2 year old yorkie started honking badly and by the end of the day was having great difficulty breathing. We took him to our Animal Emergency in NJ where they said his trachea was collapsed and they put a tube in his throat. He could not breathe on his own without a respirator. They suggested we transfer him to another Animal ER that had specialists that could help him. They helped us transfer him to the other ER. He went into cardiac arrest twice when they tried to take the tube out. He was unable to breathe without being on a respirator all night with a tube down his throat. The doctor called us the next morning and said they could put a metal stent in his throat, however, he would still constantly cough from having a foreign object in his throat, it might break in half in which case since it was a permanent thing, they would have to reoperate and put another one inside this one. It might grow tissue around it and cause infection problems among other things. He would have to be on 3 types of medication, one for life. We would have to take him back to this hospital every week for xrays, blood work, etc. to make sure all was well, for months this would go on. The cost for the operation alone, was well over $5,000 without the weekly visits. In addition, there was no slight guarantee that all this would help him. We could not put our little buddy through this type of trauma, he would have never survived the surgery and stress associated with recovery, we couldn't bear to see him suffer through such an ordeal. In addition he suffered from occasional seizures, what would happen if he had a seizure with this metal stent in his throat? We are heartbroken and miss him terribly, it cost us $3,000 for the Animal Emergency visits and we are so sorry we couldn't save him. If we knew surgery would help him we would've come up with the money someway to do it. His quality of life would've never been there after surgery, we had him euthanized and he is at peace now. We miss him terribly. Yorkies are a very special breed of dogs.
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