Trouble Breathing

Today around 2:00 pm Chauncey was standing by the door watching Bob leave for work, when he started breathing heavy, gasping, sucking for air, nasal flaring. He scared the crap out of me. I ran out and yelled for Bob and by then Chauncey had stopped and was looking at me like I was a crazy woman. It lasted about 30 seconds. I do remember him hacking once or twice this morning, not really a cough. He has seemed fine since and believe me, I've seen just about every breath. What the heck could it have been??
If it happens again I will be one of those doggie mom's that show up at the emergency vet with a perfectly normal looking dog that just wants to play.
Kathy
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reverse sneeze

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=reverse+sneezing+in+dogs&mid=FEC8C22DB07C51212479FEC8C22DB07C51212479&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1
Not as noisy but very similar. Okay now the tough question.....why? Should I call the Vet??
If they continue the reverse sneeze yes. It means they have a cold or the flu...

The vet says it is kinda like a human. A lot of sneezing means your body is trying to fight something.
It's the weirdest thing, isn't it? Below is an article on reverse sneezing from
Drs. Foster & Smith.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... 6&aid=1112
Fight the urge to rush to the vet and grab your video camera instead so we can see what it looks like in a sheepdog.

Anything like this?
Thank you Ron for posted video. I have seen that happen years ago to my dogs and never knew what it was. I thought it was a form of hyperventilating or they couldn't catch their breath?
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