Thank you all for the compassionate responses.

And no worries Fat_Mike I did not take your or anyone else's as being cold or insensitive. I found your response(s) compassionate towards and animal you thought was suffering.

Luckily he is not at a point of having to let him go. He will wake up and cough a little bit and occasionally during the day make a honking cough sound, he gets winded faster also. We were concerned about it and the vet did xrays to find the collapsing trachea.

The Doctor says treat the symptoms and he will be here for a good while longer but I have to think that putting a stint in the trachea would have to help breathing. Why isn't that the first option considering they make lots of money on surgery makes me winder if it is a troublesome procedure?

Still researching and thank you all again for your responses. I know his time is getting shorter but as long as he isn't suffering I don't have a problem with paying some money to make his life better.