EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Took my female Catahoula to a friends place and dropped her off for a week to get her bred. Picked her up and brought her home and noticed she had lost her voice. She was amongst a lot of dogs and plenty of barking, so I guess she went to barking with them. I let her
rest for 2 weeks hoping her voice would come back strong. Today I let her come in the woods with me to go feed the hog in the pen.
I let her bay a minute or so from outside the pen. Her voice started strong and immediately got weak and hoarse sounding. I called her off and we left. I think if I hadn't called her off when I did she would have lost her voice again.  Do you think her voice just needs more rest
or do you think it might be permanent damage or maybe some inflammation or what ?   

More rest and predisone, it's a steroid that I've had good success with

Man you've got the ticket, Poacher Style Doggin'  ;D

No bark no unwanted attention j/k

Call me crazy, but singers sip honey tea because it coats their throat and vocal cords... Think you could convince her to drink some and see if it helps?

It sounds to me that if she hasn't had reason to bark in 2 weeks, then she should have made significant improvement. I might would talk to a vet.

Ha,Ha, That's a good one, but my eye sight is getting bad so if the dog can't bark and I can't see, it's gonna be tough  ;D


Nick, is predisone  something I have to get from the vet?

Tiny, she made improvement. When I brought her home 2 weeks ago she couldn't make a sound. Today, she barked strong to start but voice quickly started sounding weak and hoarse. But yea, your probably right, I'll talk with vet.

Yep any vet will carry it.