I feel your pain LOL I thought I was alone š
My girl has had random episodes of this for about a year. It really is a really scary thing to watch my poor puppy do. She too gulps, Licks the floor, Tries to eat anything off the floor she can, Licks the air, Swallows hard Repeatedlyā¦
One time when I took her to an emergency vet for this he did an x-ray. I was worried she was bloating but the x-ray showed that the air was passing through. It also showed irritation in her duodenum.
I saw a scope specialist a couple times and he suggested the cause is her having a mild tonsillitis flare-up that is provoked by allergies, she has seasonal allergies. He gave me Sulcrate Which coats the stomach And an anti-acid To give in combination. This seems to fix the problems for a little while. She was good for about six months until tonight. It seems like psychology has a major play in it, like she panics because of how she is feeling and gets āstuckāā¦the only thing that takes her mind off of it is if I walk her so I took her for a walk and I gave her the Sulcrateā¦hopefully it fixes it yet againā¦but the walking I cannot stress how much this seems to help. Not fast, just an easy walk to get things moving, it works for people too š
The other suggestion he had is that this could also be either trachea irritation caused by stomach acid (I too use a harness as well, as she pulls really hard in a collar) or post nasal drip from her runny nose from allergies. But judging on experiences I would agree with him as I explained aboveā¦
The pondering continues and I am glad to see this thread and hope all gulping pups get better soon š
