Puppy Hiccups

BrooklynBasset · 08-16-2010, 05:55 PM

We've only had our 8 week old basset, Higgins for a couple of days but I've noticed on both days that he has had hiccups. They dont last long.. maybe a minute or two and only once or twice a day and it's usually after waking up from a nap and he starts to play. Is this normal for a puppy or do you think it warrants a vet visit?

Yogi's Mom · 08-16-2010, 06:09 PM

Seems to be pretty normal. I remember all of our dogs doing that quite a bit as pups but never really seeing it when they are adults.

Mikey T · 08-17-2010, 02:15 AM

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Seems to be pretty normal. ...

exactly not a basset thing but common to all puppies, usually out grown by adults.

smitte21 · 08-17-2010, 02:32 AM

Yep nearly every puppy I've known has gotten the hiccups on and off. Nothing unusual nor anything to be concerned about. You can help them get rid of them by tapping them on the back gently just like you do a baby who has gas. I do it if it seems to be distressing them.

CharlieSue · 08-17-2010, 08:48 AM

Charlie had the hiccups.. and I always thought it was so cute when she got them, ha. She is 8 months now though and rarely gets them

Kirska · 08-17-2010, 11:01 AM

Anabelle is at least 8 years old and still gets hiccups pretty regularly. I think she has figured out how to make them go away though.

Boomer's Mom · 08-18-2010, 10:50 AM

Boomer is 4 mos and hiccups on occasion. It's kind of funny to see his whole body jump from it.

Nitrosmom · 08-20-2010, 12:21 PM

We have had Nitro for two weeks and he seems to get the hiccups every evening around 7:30. Usually when he is sleeping. I was scared at first because we has a beagle the had seizures and had to be put to sleep, but now they are funny. His whole little body gets going. I laugh so hard!

mhvonalmen8908 · 11-26-2010, 12:44 PM

Virga who is 16 weeks old gets them fairly regularly too. She just sits there and looks up at us with this pathetic look on her face like, "Make them go away please!" It cracks us up. Doppler had them a lot when he was a puppy too.

08-16-2010, 05:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
BrooklynBasset Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 29	Puppy Hiccups We've only had our 8 week old basset, Higgins for a couple of days but I've noticed on both days that he has had hiccups. They dont last long.. maybe a minute or two and only once or twice a day and it's usually after waking up from a nap and he starts to play. Is this normal for a puppy or do you think it warrants a vet visit?

08-17-2010, 02:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
smitte21 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: WI Posts: 295	Yep nearly every puppy I've known has gotten the hiccups on and off. Nothing unusual nor anything to be concerned about. You can help them get rid of them by tapping them on the back gently just like you do a baby who has gas. I do it if it seems to be distressing them. __________________ Proud owner handler of AKC/UKC Ch. Olde Fashion Agent 99, CGC, TDInc. and Beauregard Smith, CGC www.savybassets.net

08-17-2010, 11:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
Kirska Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 783	Anabelle is at least 8 years old and still gets hiccups pretty regularly. I think she has figured out how to make them go away though. __________________ Mom to Anabelle and Lila, 9 (?) and 8 years old rescued ladies and Harley, 11 year old Corgi/Beagle/Basset/?? mutt "Saving just one dog won't change the world, but it surely will change the world for that one dog." - Richard C. Call

08-16-2010, 06:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Yogi's Mom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,032	Seems to be pretty normal. I remember all of our dogs doing that quite a bit as pups but never really seeing it when they are adults.

08-17-2010, 08:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
CharlieSue Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 78	Charlie had the hiccups.. and I always thought it was so cute when she got them, ha. She is 8 months now though and rarely gets them

08-18-2010, 10:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
Boomer's Mom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Nebraska Posts: 1,561	Boomer is 4 mos and hiccups on occasion. It's kind of funny to see his whole body jump from it.

08-20-2010, 12:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
Nitrosmom Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 65	We have had Nitro for two weeks and he seems to get the hiccups every evening around 7:30. Usually when he is sleeping. I was scared at first because we has a beagle the had seizures and had to be put to sleep, but now they are funny. His whole little body gets going. I laugh so hard!

11-26-2010, 12:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
mhvonalmen8908 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sumter, SC Posts: 671	Virga who is 16 weeks old gets them fairly regularly too. She just sits there and looks up at us with this pathetic look on her face like, "Make them go away please!" It cracks us up. Doppler had them a lot when he was a puppy too.

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