hiccups?

[uzi900]

Does anyone elses boxer get the hiccups? I notice mine gets them alot. She is 8 weeks old. She gets them after playing usually, but today I noticed she was just sitting in the crate about to fall asleep when all of a sudden she got the hiccups. Anyone know what causes this?

 

[tyson6900]

I'm not sure what causes this but my boxer get's the hiccups a lot too. Now that he's older he doesn't get them that much as to when he was younger. He usually got them when he was excited.

 

[Nakota]

My Brody used to get hiccups all the time when he was little. Our vet said that was common in puppies.
Now that he's grown up, he hardly ever gets them.

 

[Nissy]

Kira is five months old now and she doesn't get hiccups nearly as often as she did when she was younger. Now she only gets hiccups a couple of times per week.

 

[Jan]

Hiccups are very common in boxer puppies. It is nothing to worry about and they usually go away as they get older.

 

[Elsa]

Our three-week olds just hiccups last night so I am glad to know there is nothing to worry about. They seem to get them when they bark and howl a lot (lots of NOISE!! Barking and howling, howling and barking! LOL) then they subside.

 

[Nifftea]

Mine get the hiccups too and I have been meaning to ask about them. Since most of the Boxer puppies have them, is it something in their deep chestedness that causes it?


chestedness - Word I made up to describe Boxers

 

[Chango]

I am about 3 years old and I get hiccups too - sometimes when mom goes to work or if there's any tension in the house :(

 

[Nomi]

Umma has hiccups very often, it happens when she needs a drink, after she had it, when she wakes up, when she finished eating, when air blows in her face and so on... sometimes her body shakes so hard I feel sorry for her, they are though of a short period of time, usually 3-4 minutes so all I do is wait until they're gone and try to keep her calm while it happens...

Hiccups are normal at puppies and they happen less as they grow.

 

[Storri]

Joe is 6.5 months old and still gets them at least once a day (usually at night while sleeping...they always wake me up!). I usually just pat him on his chest or on his side and they go away!