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Question
MY DOG HAS COPD AND ITS VERY SERIOUS. SHE COUGHS A LOT AND JUST LATELY ITS BEEN NON-STOP. ON TOP OF HAVING COPD SHE HAS A COLLAPSED TRACHEA AND IS ALLERGIC TO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY TYPES OF SURGERY TO HELP WITH THE COLLAPSED TRACHEA? SHE IS ON SOME PRETTY STRONG MEDS FOR THE COPD. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

Answer
No Eric,
I am sorry to hear this about your dog, but to date there have been no surgeries that have been very successful for collapsing trachea.
Here is an article on some treatment from the ASPCA:
http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/dog-care/dog-care-tracheal-collapse.aspx

All you can do is give her breathing treatments when needed, and keep her on her meds.
You might want to contact a local vet hospital or university about the surgery.