https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/11995/hyperventilating-dog I&#39;ve just seen a little 3yro Norwich Me Terrier OOH as it was hyperventilating. The owner reported it was getting very wound up about her bitch in season, so she put him in his crate to settle down, when she went back to him he was panting heavily anden-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/66570?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:12:35 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f742f9ea-02de-47d5-bcb8-22855010308dJo Cobbett<p>His resp rate was in excess of 250 for nearly 2 hours, I wasn&#39;t comfortable telling the owner just to let him get on with it!!&nbsp; The owner reported he had turned blue at one stage (but then so did the owner of the cat having an asthma attack last week, and that was bright pink and trying to escape through the skylight when I got there!), and I didn&#39;t fancy that happening again.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/66569?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:09:35 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:e4094131-732b-4655-b2fa-8d128470a7ddEvelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Jo Jones&quot;] I got his temperature down to normal within about 20minutes, but he carried on panting for another hour and a half!!&nbsp; He was quite bright and happy the whole way through, and seemed more intent on sniffing under the consult room door than anything else![/quote]</p> <p>Ummm........ I wasn&#39;t there, and maybe I&#39;m missing something, but did he actually need any treatment then?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/66505?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:28:43 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:5e3522eb-cc79-4c6c-b2d0-7f293bd8a442Jo Cobbett<p>[quote user=&quot;Evelyn Barbour-Hill&quot;] <p>[quote user=&quot;Jo Jones&quot;]What else could/should I have done?&nbsp;[/quote]</p> <p>Cold water?</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> [/quote]</p> <p>I&#39;m not sure temperature was a major factor.&nbsp; I got his temperature down to normal within about 20minutes, but he carried on panting for another hour and a half!!&nbsp; He was quite bright and happy the whole way through, and seemed more intent on sniffing under the consult room door than anything else!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/66496?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:26:14 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:679263f6-e95b-4772-926c-e8cdebe94c5bDavid Mills<p>[quote user=&quot;Evelyn Barbour-Hill&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;Jo Jones&quot;]What else could/should I have done?&nbsp;[/quote]</p> <p>Cold water?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Yes the army in Afghan/etc tend to throw overheated dogs in a glorified large barrel cold water and let them swim around for a bit which works very well</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/66495?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:18:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:11eefc6a-bc9c-44ab-b399-6483264c670dEvelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Jo Jones&quot;]What else could/should I have done?&nbsp;[/quote]</p> <p>Cold water?</p> <p>Well done, anyway.</p> <p>As an aside: it irritates me beyond reason when owners (and journalists) say &quot;hyperventilating&quot; when what they mean is breathing very fast... or panting hard... <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Angry_smiley.png" alt="Angry" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/66492?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:27:22 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4197954a-4860-471b-ac7b-e68d559e427bNoweia<p>Was it maybe a form of heat stroke brought on by overexcitement?&nbsp; </p> <p>Did the paper bag work?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>