Unfortunately, that appears to be ‘pain breathing’.
I hope he had the good sense to have the dog checked for internal injuries.
I’ve seen *lots* of dreaming dogs and far too many injured dogs.
Is there any way to contact him and tell him to have the dog x-rayed like *yesterday*?
Dogs are built to conceal their pain as a survival tactic.
They can ‘hide’ a damaged liver/spleen/cracked ribs/etc until it’s too late to save them.
My Izzy was _bleeding out internally_ from taking Rimadyl which blew out her liver and I had *no* clue until I found her _dying_ one morning.
In less than a few minutes, she went from looking fine to dead.
Thanks for your reply. I believe you. While the video is kinda fuzzy...I thought Sarge looked like he was dreaming [nightmare from her ordeal]...with the eye movements and twitching leg/paw.
I think this is a general email addy: VeteranDogs*at*pawsandstripes.org