Dog has a heart murmur but sometimes breaths in and heart races when eating...?
Dog has a heart murmur but sometimes breaths in and heart races when eating...? General Dog Discussions
My almost 11 year old female poodle/shitzu got diagnosed with having a heart murmur 2 months ago. Over the progress of one day she kept coughing and I brought her into the vet. Poor Pecky was hospitalized for 1 whole week but thankfully she's home. She's on Lasix and Enalapril and I think she's doing better since she is not coughing. But sometimes when she eats she starts to breath in a lot, arches her neck in and does that for a few seconds and when I touch her chest her heart is racing. Why does she do that? Do I need to bring her in to the vet?