Many dog owners can't tell the difference between dog coughing and vomiting, especially when dogs cough and sputum, it will lead to confusion with vomiting. Bend the head, stretch the neck, and sometimes arch the back, making a clicking sound, as if panting hard. In severe cases, phlegm will come out. The owner can pinch the dog's throat. If the dog immediately shows severe coughing symptoms, it must be coughing. . So what should we do if the dog coughs?

A sick person coughs, and a healthy person sometimes coughs. Animals are similar to human beings. Excitement, waking up, being frightened, and choking on food can all cause dogs to cough. This cough is generally short and short-lived. There are no other symptoms, so there is no need to worry at all.

Changes in environmental factors can also cause dogs to cough. From the warm air environment to the cold air environment, fine particles such as smoke and dust irritate the respiratory tract, odors (such as ammonia, pepper smoke, etc.), chronic pathogenic air environments (such as the smell of paint in new homes), etc., will cause dogs Dog coughs. If it is affected by short-term environmental factors, there is generally no continuous long-term cough. When it is strongly stimulated, it will be accompanied by runny nose and tears, and it will improve and disappear when it is removed from the harmful environment.

If the dog lives in a harmful environment for a long time (such as an environment where formaldehyde exceeds the standard), it may have a long-term continuous dry cough. At this time, the respiratory tract and lungs may have lesions and need to seek a veterinarian. If the dog is subjected to relatively strong respiratory tract irritation, such as the stimulation of concentrated ammonia gas, it may burn the respiratory tract, which will become inflamed. It is not possible to transfer the environment alone, and it is necessary to seek special treatment from a veterinarian.

Sometimes dogs eat bones fishthorns, or bite some prickly objects, which may be stuck in the throat or stabbed into the gums by foreign objects, and the dog will take the initiative to Coughing, hoping to cough up the thorns. In this case, dogs often cough, scratch their mouths with their paws, and bark short and sharp from time to time, which is easy to judge. Dogs generally don't get stuck in the thorns and can eventually resolve themselves. If the dog can't solve it on its own, you must ask a veterinarian to pull the thorn to prevent inflammation of the middle thorn.

Some poisons can also cause dogs to cough. In this case, the cough is short and gentle, often accompanied by vomiting and white foam, and the foam is not sticky. As long as there is no muscle weakness and lack of energy, it is generally fine to feed glucose oral liquid or inosine oral liquid.

Inflammation of the respiratory tract, pneumonia, gastroenteritis and other diseases can also cause dogs to cough. The cough caused by this lesion is often a long-term continuous cough, sometimes sharp dry cough, sticky eyes and nose, diarrhea and vomiting, thick vomit, dull hair color, lethargy, and loss of appetite. In this case, seek veterinary treatment as soon as possible.

Dogs are also sometimes prone to getting angry, which can also cause coughing. In this case, dry cough occurs, often with secretions from the corners of the eyes, more bloodshot eyes, dry stools, and no other obvious symptoms. In this case, you can buy some snake danchuanbei loquat dew or bezoar Qingfei powder and feed it.

Some dogs also have a cough in the early stages of a rabies attack. In this case, the dog will clip the tail, run around, be afraid of water, bark, foam, and look strange. Since there is no effective treatment for rabies at this stage, once such a situation is encountered, after confirming that it is rabies, it must be culled immediately to prevent the epidemic of rabies.