One Puppy Sounds Like Nose Stuffed Up. It sounds like the dog is trying to inhale a sneeze, and it is therefore known as reverse sneezing. In the meantime, there are ways to clear a dog's nose and offer immediate relief prior to a veterinary visit.
One other cause to watch out for is botfly parasites. Respiratory sounds such as snoring or snorting are signs of potential airway obstruction in dogs. Hello everyone, i have a new puppy now 10 weeks old, and she is wonderful, lively, eats like crazy, and is doing great, but on the odd occasion theres no true patten to it she sounds as if she has smoked a hundred cigarettes and its like a phlegmy sound at the back of her throat, i know its not in her chest, she had a check over and the vet said it could be to do with the short.