Golden Retriever Heavy Panting. 2016-05-27 Excessive panting is a common symptom of discomfort or pain. When you notice heavy and frequent panting of your Golden particularly when it is resting this could mean your dog is in pain.
Finally laying down for a while then hard to get up. Furthermore reactions to allergies and possible poisonous foods can make it challenging for dogs to breathe without pain hence the erratic panting. In fact dogs who are uncomfortable often exhibit panting well before more obvious indicators of pain such as whining or limping arise.
2012-09-11 Congestive heart failure seen as heavy panting at night or more fatigue after exercise may be the cause.
Golden Retrievers pant more heavily than most dog breeds for two main reasons. If you start to notice the dog is panting at any time of the day it is time to find a way to cool them down and give them cold water. I am currently fostering a six year old male Golden retriever called Steel He was with us a few weeks back and did seem to pant alot and is slightly overweight he weighs 34kg so not massively overweight. He was on metacam and then switched him to rimadyl.
