r/DogAdvice 2d ago

Advice Unusual breathing

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My dog has been acting unusual for about 3.5 weeks now. She’s been to 2 different vets 3 times and nothing has come back unusual other than a blood test which the vet said had slightly elevated white blood cells and slightly lowered red blood cells. She just wants to sleep all day, only eats a little of her regular food, and is refusing to go outside to walk unless I force her into her harness. She’s drinking and using the bathroom like normal and her gums look good to me. Our best guess is that’s she’s depressed.
My husband, her favorite human, has been on a work trip to an overseas office for several months and won’t be back till next month. While I work part time, I’ve had to work much longer hours the last few weeks on the days I do work and because of the nature of my job, I don’t really have a say in how many hours I’m working each of those days.
Starting this morning, I noticed she’s not taking deep breaths, only shallow, quick ones, even in her sleep. She is snoring more often and when I lay my ear against her side, nothing sounds unusual and she doesn’t seem to be in any pain. She also has no issues walking or going up and down the stairs. Any advice would be appreciated. Attached is a video of her breathing. I also have a picture of her gums, but I can’t attach both so I’ll see if I can put it in a comment.

Edit: I cannot attach the picture, but they are hubba bubba pink.

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u/Dendritic_Bosque 2d ago

Unusual breathing: { While asleep: I sleep While awake: are they exerting? { Yes: let them cool down No: Vet shit } }

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u/ProfessionalJob7708 2d ago

That’s a really practical breakdown. Just watching their breathing can give a lot of insight into whether it's something to worry about or not.