Like humans, dogs will also experience various physical abnormalities. So, as shovelers, how should we deal with it? Let me share with you a piece of information that can easily deal with dog diseases at home.
1 Digestion
Cause 1: Indigestion
In the absence of other abnormal symptoms, puppies (especially puppies within 6 months) are more prone to soft stools, most of which are because they eat too much and have indigestion. You can give the dog some probiotics, replace the appropriate dog food, and reduce the amount of feeding appropriately.
Reason 2: Change dog food/food
If a puppy eats unsuitable food (such as human food, raw meat, bones, etc.) or during the change of dog food, it is very easy to cause gastrointestinal disorders caused by lack of digestive enzymes. You can add probiotics to your daily food and water to regulate your stomach and intestines to relieve diarrhea symptoms.
Reason 3: Gastrointestinal disorders caused by cold
Season changes and temperature difference changes greatly, many dogs are prone to diarrhea. As long as their mental state and appetite are normal, you don’t have to worry too much. Pay attention to keeping your dog warm and try to avoid letting them lie directly on the ground.
Reason 4: Parasites
Common parasites include roundworms, hookworms, tapeworms, etc. These parasites may cause symptoms such as diarrhea. Therefore, the dog should be dewormed regularly.
Reason 5: Enteritis
If the dog has diarrhea and is accompanied by poor spirit, decreased appetite, and increased body temperature, it is very likely that it is infected with enteritis. First of all, we should stop diarrhea and prevent inflammation, because puppies are prone to rapid dehydration due to diarrhea. If you have serious symptoms, it is recommended to send it to the hospital for treatment immediately.
2 Anorexia
Non-pathologous anorexia
Picky to eat or estrus.
Picky food often occurs when changing food or eating too much snack. It is recommended to change grain step by step. You can choose high-quality dog food with palatability and high fresh meat content. It is recommended to buy low-allergic baked dog food.
In addition, dogs in estrus will also experience food and food, and will recover as the hormones in the body stabilize. There are many reasons for morbid anorexia. Generally, dogs are accompanied by depression and loss of appetite. It is recommended to judge based on other specific symptoms.
3 Vomiting
In addition, if you have these diseases, you will also have symptoms of vomiting, such as enteritis, parasites, uterine pus, chronic renal failure, gastrointestinal obstruction/intostussy, etc.
Among them, if the stomach and intestines are blocked by foreign objects, the dog will vomit violently. If it is confirmed that it is swallowing foreign objects, it should be sent to the hospital immediately. Instussusception usually occurs when dogs are overly hungry and drink too cold ice water. If the dog is found to have severe abdominal pain, rolling on the ground, and is highly uneasy, the owner should consider that he may have this disease and should send him to the hospital in time.
4 Hair loss
Hair loss is a normal metabolism of dogs. Every time the season changes, the dog will change its hair to cope with different climates. But if local hair loss occurs, it may be caused by skin disease.
5 Bad breath
Puppies often suffer from bad breath due to indigestion and other reasons. The owner pays attention to regulating the stomach (feed probiotics / appropriate amount of yogurt), and can improve it by changing the digested dog food. The bad breath of adult dogs is mostly caused by not developing good oral care habits. Over time, dogs are prone to periodontitis and tartars, resulting in severe oral odor.
If the dog loses weight, increases urination due to drinking water, vomiting, or swelling of the abdomen, it is very likely that there is a problem with the liver and kidneys! It may also be diabetes! The owner should take the dog to seek medical treatment in time.
6 Scratching the ears
Dogs scratch their ears mainly because they are infected with ear mites, or skin diseases near their ears.
7 Skin diseases
The main symptoms of skin diseases in dogs are rash, itchy skin, abscesses and scabs, etc. Many parents have a headache about skin disease, but with it, everything becomes simple!
8 Tears
When you find that your dog often has tears and looks at you affectionately, be clear that it is not that your dog loves you deeply, but that it is likely to be sick. . Dogs often shed tears and will leave tears on their faces. The most direct impact is their appearance.
Disease 1: Ear canal infection
Ear canal infection is often the most common cause of tears in dogs. If you find a lot of brown earwax in the ear canal, it is likely to be infected with ear mites. We can use ear washing water to clean it every day, and then use medicines to treat ear mites. If you find that the ear canal is swollen and damaged, you need to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible and prescribe the right medicine.
Disease 2: Eyelid inversion, hair irritation
Eyelid inversion means eyelashes inserted inversion. If this situation occurs during the growth period of puppies, especially in some breeds with severe facial folds, you can trim the hair around the dog's eyes. After observing for a period of time, some dogs will solve this problem by themselves when their faces grow. If you still have this problem when you grow up, you need to go to the hospital to perform a "double eyelid surgery".
Disease 3: Lacrimal gland/keratitis/conjunctivitis
Lacrimal gland/corneal/conjunctiva infection will cause tears to be secreted continuously. Generally speaking, the owner can treat the dog at home. The common method is to use sterilization and antiviral eye drops to treat it. If the dog's eyes are more prone to inflammation, the owner also needs to use eye wash to clean his eyes frequently.
Constipation
There are also non-disease and disease conditions. Non-diseases may be caused by dogs lack of drinking water and insufficient exercise.
If you suffer from symptoms such as rectal polyps, rectal stenosis, tumors, anal abscesses, and other diseases that will feel pain during bowel movements, or diseases that affect defecation, such as marrow dislocation, pelvic fractures or hind limb fractures, it will also cause constipation in dogs..
9 Bloody stool
Dogs have several conditions: stool forming, with blood under normal frequency, or with diarrhea and even with blood.
The causes of these two conditions are different.
cause 1: Improper diet/incorrect ingestion
① Unreasonable diet causes constipation, anal cracks and bleeding. In this case, you should adjust your diet and eat more vegetables.
② Incorrectly ingesting foreign objects causes intestinal damage. This situation is usually accompanied by vomiting, lack of appetite, etc. It is recommended that the owner investigate what is wrong. If it is a sharp dangerous object such as bone that may cut or pierce the stomach and intestines, take it to the hospital for an X-ray. If it is an item/food that is not at risk of scratching the stomach, you can observe it for a period of time and will generally recover on your own.
cause 2: Viral infection
Small dogs and coronary canines are common intestinal diseases in dogs. There are symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea in the early stage of infection, which can cause blood loss in severe cases. Gastroenteritis-type canine distemper also has symptoms of blackening stool in the early stages. If the owner finds these symptoms, he should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately and do not delay the condition.
cause 3: Parasite
Dogs may also suffer from bleeding stools when infected with parasites in their bodies, especially a parasite called "coccidius". Coccidiosis is very easy to contagious and recurrence. The most headache is that general broad-spectrum deworming drugs in the body cannot kill coccidiosis, and special deworming drugs for coccidiosis are required. If the shoveler finds that the dog is soft and the poop is jelly-shaped and has some blood, it is probably infected with cocciferus. At this time, you should use coccidiosis drugs immediately to avoid causing more serious intestinal problems.