[tangibeagler1982]

I have a two and a half year old female that is turning out to be a nice dog. About two months ago I was running her and after about an hour I couldn't hear her with the rest of the pack. Concerned that something had happened to her I quickly got to them. She was right there in the middle of the race but her voice seemed to be strained and was hard to hear. I rested her for about a week but it was still the same. Took her to my vet and he said it was from over barking and steroids would clear it up. First ten days of steroids there was no change. Increased the dose and all together she has been on steroids for a month with no change. Questions I have are is her vocal cords/throat permanently damaged? Is there any other treatment I can try? Should I consider breeding her? Any input Would be appreciated.

 

[ruger]

Sorry Annie's voice hasn't come back yet. Seems like it should have by now. I'd probably take her back to the vet.

 

[Foxxy]

Its like a singer whose vocal cords get ruptured, strained. I would rest her some more. Then try again. Where does she run in the pack? first, third, middle or last. Maybe she's straining to keep up and is constantly barking and by the time she catches up the pack is gone again, she never has time to be quiet and rest her voice. JMO

 

[Seark]

I’ve been told to dose her with la200 down the throat and I’ve also been told hot mustard will help but I’ve never had the problem so I can’t say for sure.

 

[tangibeagler1982]

Its like a singer whose vocal cords get ruptured, strained. I would rest her some more. Then try again. Where does she run in the pack? first, third, middle or last. Maybe she's straining to keep up and is constantly barking and by the time she catches up the pack is gone again, she never has time to be quiet and rest her voice. JMO

She runs close to the front never in the back end, She's not at all what I would call "mouthy" running or in the kennel. Only ran her one time since I started her on steroids a month ago.

 

[tangibeagler1982]

I’ve been told to dose her with la200 down the throat and I’ve also been told hot mustard will help but I’ve never had the problem so I can’t say for sure.

This is a first for me. Have never had a dog with this problem before.

 

[Grizzly creek beagles]

My male got a little hoarse at last year’s get together but after a few days of not being ran he had no other issues

 

[tangibeagler1982]

Update Vet sedated her to look down her throat a few days ago and could find nothing wrong. Dog looks perfectly healthy! I ran her a couple of hours today. Voice is better but not what it was before by a long shot. Ran two rabbits she jumped both of them.

 

[Hoosierhunter]

I had a young dog do the same thing recently. She was fine took her out one day and she wasn’t opening or so I thought when the rabbit crossed she was up front just barely squeaking. She had a very good chop mouth up until that point I put her up for a week or so thinking she was sick her mouth came back some but would come and go for a month or so. I sold her to a buddy and two weeks or so went by and he said her mouth was back and he didn’t have any more problems so far. I ran with her some last weekend and running wasn’t the best with all the snow but when they had it going she sounded great. Hopefully you have the same outcome. Good luck

 

[Grizzly creek beagles]

I would of thought by now she’d have it back

 

[Foxxy]

Give her some time and let nature take care of it by healing the problem. JMO

 

[Materjuice]

Steve.... I SO wanna get that girl back going!
Keep us updated!

Grizz.... I played like I had a sore throat at last years hunt.... to keep from having to just sit there and listen to Lt blather on and on!
Yo dog may saw that it worked for me and......

Mater

 

[Foxxy]

How your dogs voice any better ? JMO

 

[tangibeagler1982]

How your dogs voice any better ? JMO

Ran her a couple of times. Her voice is better but not back to normal. Will give her some time when season ends so it will hopefully come back.

 

[Marshman]

I went through the same thing back in January. She looks great and hunts hard but her voice is nothing but a high pitch squeak now. It was hit or miss for a while but at this point I've come to realize it's not coming back. I have know idea what happened. I hope you have better luck than I did!