Why does your dog keep gagging and trying to cough something up?

Obviously, I am no animal diognostician however, my West Highland White terrier has recently been ripping up grass and munching on it - my Father and I though this was really abnormal considering she has never done this kind of thing in the past.

However, once researching into this little incident, we found out this aas quite common in dogs; they apparently do it to "throw up", if they have a stomach-ache, feel sick, and occasionally do it just for a snack, and therefore we never really thought anything more about it.

Anywho, my dog started to gag and cough and choke - it went on all evening until we agreed to consult a vet, however just in the car as my Father was driving my dog and I to the vet; I managed somehow to green stand out of her nose along with some blood.

To sum up, what we thought would be an intense, and extortinate surgery to stop my dog from choking herself turned out to be a blade of grass stuck down her throat which came out her nose.

However, if you find no grass or other things your dog may have choked on that you could manouvere out his/her nose or mouth or throat - it sounds much too serious and dangerous; and it would be preferable to consult a vet as soon as possible.

Just a thought also - try getting your dog to drink from his waterbowl (this could help the gagging, and soothe his throat as well as washing anything unwanted away into his stomach: therefore, make his waterbowl more available to drink from - eg. Shove it under his/her nose).