Is my dog choking?

So I have a video but it won’t attach. My dog went outside to potty I noticed she was chewing on the grass and called her back in. When she got inside I noticed her throat was having some time of spasm. She drank 2 bowls of water and it didn’t stop. It’s almost like throat hiccups. I’m not sure if she has something lodged in her throat and I don’t know what to do. I induced vomiting because no vets around me were answering. She threw up dog food and grass. She is still having the spasms though. I’m not sure what’s going on can anyone help?

Hello!  As you know, it is difficult to diagnose something you can't see and it can often be difficult even when you can see it. However, we would be interested to see the film if you have time.   Keep hold of that bit of film too because the person who most needs to see it, if they haven't already, is your vet ;  it could provide a crucial bit of the jigsaw, together with an examination and history. This could be dysphagia, a swallowing abnormality.  The swallowing mechanism includes the momentary covering of the hole to the windpipe (with the epiglottis). When the swallowing mechanism isn't happening normally, there is always a risk of this not happening and of food going down the incorrect tube causing pneumonia.  This risk of is intensified if large amounts of acidic, liquid food are passing the wrong way through the pharanx ie if the patient is vomitting.  Therefore in dysphagia we do not recommend inducing emesis (vomiting) - indeed it can be dangerous.

Instead I prefer your other idea of contacting your vet.  In the UK, vets will always answer unless they pass you on to an emergency, out of hours vet (try the answerphone message).  Out of hours vets are specialists in 'different,' put of the blue cases and can usually do a good neuro exam.   In other countries, that law (to be available or have an alternative vet out of hours) unfortunately may not be so watertight.

So what might it be?   Possibilities, as you suggest, may indeed include a foreign body, a neurological abnormality, a lump in just the wrong place in the throat, or even an infection such as tracheobronchitis - kennel cough, or another cough eg connected with a heart problem. It does sound uncomfortable for the patient and swallowing problems, one group of possibilities, can be extremely unpleasant   Therefore it is important to at least have the case triaged over the phone by your vet, who then they will arrange to see you on an appropriate time scale.  I hear that you are a long way away from your vet and hopefully that they will take the distance and the severity into account before they make a recommendation.  Furthermore, video consultation may be a possibility so it is worth asking about.