My dog has a long soft palate and seasonal allergies, so I'm used to her occasionally reverse sneezing, and allergy-related symptoms.
She has just spent around 10-15 minutes madly pacing, frantically licking the floor, while hiccuping/swallowing. I couldn't distract her from this at all. Around halfway through she stopped and hacked like she was going to vomit, but nothing came up. This is new for her - I've not seen her do this mad licking before.
She's settled down now and seems fine again. I've felt her stomach and it doesn't feel distended. She's only had on-lead walks today and I've not noticed her picking anything up, apart from a couple of twigs which I told her to drop and she did do straight away. She's eaten and drank normally today.
I phoned the vet's, described what had happened and asked whether I should be worried/come in to see someone, or just monitor seeing as it only lasted 10/15 mins and she's ok now. They were non-committal and just said I can either monitor it or make an appointment if I was worried.
I've googled it, but have only found anecdotal stories - mostly I found that the frantic licking of the floors seems to be due to the dog feeling nauseous and the equivalent of them trying to find grass to eat. But I also came across bloat, which is why I mentioned her stomach not being distended.
I suspect it's more likely something as simple as nausea, or it's to do with her long soft palate being irritated. But if it's something else then I'm conscious of ignoring it as so many things I take her to the vet for end up being down to allergies or her palate.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar?
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Dog episode of pacing, licking floor, hiccuping/swallowing
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FishChipsAndBeans · 06/02/2017 16:50
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