Change food frequently
Dog food is the main food for dogs and an important factor in maintaining their life indicators. Frequent changes in dog food may cause discomfort to the dog and cause diarrhea. If you want to solve the dog's diarrhea at this time, the best way is to let the dog eat the dog food before the change.【Feeding Tips】
1. The weight scale on the food packaging bag gives the best feeding amount, but it should be adjusted according to the age of your puppy to ensure that the weight does not increase quickly. Obesity will cause skeletal deformities in the dog's childhood and lead to eventual obesity. 2. If you want to change the puppy's food, the process of changing the food will take more than a week. You should introduce new foods gradually to make it easier for your puppy's digestive system to adapt. The simplest way is to mix old and new foods together and gradually increase the proportion of new foods until the change is complete.[Food replacement steps]
The first to second days: 25% new dog food + 75% usual dog food;The third to fourth days: 50% new Dog food + 50% usual dog food;
Fifth to sixth days: 75% new dog food + 25% usual dog food;
After the seventh day: 100% new dog food.
[Editor’s Comment]
Due to the high energy demand of puppies from the weaning period to 2 months of age, it is recommended that they be allowed to eat freely. At the same time, you can choose professional weaning milk cake during the weaning period to help puppies successfully complete the transition from liquid breast milk to solid dry food. From the age of 2 months to when the puppies are underage, the number of meals should be limited to prevent the risk of overweight. 3 meals a day is best.Indigestion
Puppies’ intestines and stomach are very fragile, because the digestive system is very fragile and lacks many digestive enzymes. Puppies should eat canned food when they are less than three months old. Or simply meat can easily cause indigestion. Poor digestion will lead to diarrhea. If left unchecked, the diarrhea will become thinner and thinner, causing dehydration, which can be very dangerous. Improper feeding and management of dogs can lead to uneven hunger and fullness, overeating, or poor food quality. Food in winter is too cold, food in summer is left for too long and becomes rancid. The tableware used is unclean and has not been sterilized for a long time. It can also cause disease. reason.[Clinical manifestations]
The clinical manifestations of dogs include constipation, diarrhea and other symptoms. Sick dogs vomit, initially with chestnuts and later with foamy mucus and gastric juices. Depending on the nature of the disease, the vomitus is mixed with blood, bile, and mucous membrane fragments. Loose stools are a mixture of water and stool, followed by watery stools, sometimes mixed with tissue fragments and blood. The dog suffers from mild abdominal pain, bends the body and lies in a cool and cool place, has a tense abdomen, mild yellow and white tongue coating, rapid dehydration, and yellow urine. The course of the disease is usually about 2 to 5 days.【Treatment method】
The treatment and prevention method is to fast! First stop feeding for one day, and give easy-to-digest liquid food such as vegetable soup, porridge 24 hours later. Medications that strengthen the stomach and aid digestion can be given, such as lactic acid bacterium, gastric enzyme mixture, Shimu Sheng, etc. If loose stools or watery stools mixed with mucus occur,, blood, gentamicin and berberine can be taken orally. For severe dehydration, sugar saline, physiological saline, and compound sodium chloride can be administered. By taking the above treatment measures and strengthening care, you can recover in 2 to 3 days.[Editor’s Comment]
Parents are asked to ensure regular and quantitative feeding. Dogs under one year old can be fed four to five times a day, and adult dogs two to three times. It is especially important for dog babies. Food should be kept fresh to prevent freezing and mildew. Tableware should be cleaned and disinfected after each use, and should not be mixed with other dogs.
Parasite
Dog babies are first treated with insecticides 20-30 days after birth, mainly to remove intestinal parasites. These parasites are carried by the dog mother through the placenta. or milk infection. Therefore, parents should deworm their dogs regularly and deworm them regularly every year.[Common parasitic diseases]
1. Ascariasis
Canine ascariasis is a disease caused by Ascaris canis and Ascaris leonata. Canine roundworms mainly infect puppies 1-2 months old, while lion roundworms are parasitic on dogs over 6 months old. Both types of roundworms excrete eggs in the feces of sick dogs. Under conditions of appropriate temperature and humidity, they develop into invasive eggs in 3-5 days.[Symptoms of illness]
Affected dogs appear emaciated, pale mucous membranes, loss of appetite, vomiting, and delayed development. A large number of roundworm parasites can cause intestinal obstruction or blockage of the bile duct.Because the effects of ascarid toxins can also cause epileptic neurological symptoms.
2. Hookworm disease
Canine hookworm disease is a parasitic disease characterized by high anemia and weight loss caused by Ancylostoma canis and Ancylostoma canis parasitizing in the small intestine of dogs.[Symptoms of Disease]
When adult worms parasitize in the intestines of dogs, they will show symptoms of digestive disorders such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and bloody or black, tarry feces. Sometimes heterophilia occurs. The diamond membrane is pale, thin, the coat is rough and dull, and it dies due to extreme exhaustion. Fetal infection and colostrum infection in puppies under 3 weeks of age can cause severe anemia, leading to coma and death.
Tapeworm
There are as many as 8 species of tapeworms that can parasitize the bodies of cats and dogs, such as Diploid caninum and Taenia taenia (most common in cats).[Symptoms of disease]
In dogs infected with tapeworms, mild infection is usually not obvious except for the occasional discharge of mature segments. Severe infections are manifested by abnormal appetite (overeating, heterophilia), vomiting, chronic enteritis, diarrhea, alternating constipation, anemia, weight loss, excitability or depression, some convulsions or paralysis of the limbs. When worms accumulate, the intestines can become blocked, leading to acute abdominal conditions such as intestinal obstruction, intussusception, volvulus, and intestinal rupture.【Cryptosporidium】
Cryptosporidium mainly parasitizes in the brush border of the epithelial cells of the dog's small intestine, within the parasite-laden vacuoles formed by the host cells. The proximal jejunum is the most infected part of the gastrointestinal tract with this parasite, and in severe cases it can spread to the entire digestive tract. Worms were also found in organs such as the lungs, tonsils, pancreas and gallbladder.【Symptoms】
Clinical symptoms of this diseaseThe symptoms and severity depend on the immune function and nutritional status of the host. After infection in people with normal immune function, the main symptoms are acute watery diarrhea, usually without pus and blood, and more than 20 defecation times a day. Young children with severe infection may have jet watery diarrhea and large amounts of defecation. Abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite or anorexia, thirst and fever are also common. The duration of the disease varies, ranging from 1 to 2 days to several years, with the majority ranging from 20 days to 2 months. It is not uncommon for patients to turn from acute to chronic and have recurring attacks.[Symptoms of parasites in dogs]
1. Dogs with parasites will show that they eat normally, but do not gain weight, or lose weight instead.2. Dog babies are infected with parasites in the placenta or milk, causing loss of appetite, weight loss, and growth retardation.
3. Constipation or diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, and increased abdominal circumference.
4. Sometimes dogs will vomit worms out of their vagina or excrete worms in their feces.
5. Severe cases of dog babies can cause small intestinal intussusception or anal prolapse, causing complications that can lead to death.
[Editor’s Comment] Due to diarrhea caused by parasites, blood streaks may appear in the dog’s feces. Instead, if you see stool like this, you'd better find out for sure with a lab test. It is recommended to do this once every three months to completely prevent this phenomenon from happening!
Gastroenteritis
[Main manifestations]
1. In the early stage, the dog often lies on its belly on the cold ground or raises its hindquarters with its elbows and sternum supported on the ground. "Prayer posture", depression, decreased appetite, indigestion, accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea or mucus in the stool.2. In the later stage, the condition worsens, manifested by unsteady walking, occasional foul-smelling bloody stools, elevated body temperature, and even salivation, foaming and convulsions. In the end, severe dehydration may occur and become life-threatening.
[Prevention methods]
1. Feed properly to prevent uneven hunger and fullness. Excessive hunger in dogs will lead to overeating, indigestion, and gastroenteritis.2. Strengthen nutrition and strengthen resistance. When a dog's resistance weakens, its gastrointestinal barrier function also weakens, causing intestinal pathogenic bacteria to multiply and eventually cause gastroenteritis.
3. Avoid overuse of antibiotics. The use of antibiotics can cause intestinal flora imbalance, leading to secondary infection and gastroenteritis.
4. Strengthen management. Prevent your dog from gastroenteritis caused by eating unclean food.
[Treatment method]
1. Strengthening care is the key: the dog needs to be placed in a place with a suitable temperature; after the vomiting is relieved, appropriately feed sugar and salt water; apply warm compresses on the abdomen; feed more Stimulating food, such as liquid food, etc.2. Clean the intestines and stomach: Dogs with gastrointestinal distension and loose stools should fast and use vegetable oil and other laxatives to clear the intestines if necessary.
3. Sedation and vomiting: Vomiting will aggravate the damage to the dog’s gastrointestinal tract and cause dehydration and a series of other complications. For those with severe vomiting,Antiemetic drugs need to be given.
4. Anti-inflammation and anti-diarrhea are very important: Symptomatic treatment can be achieved through injection of anti-inflammatory drugs or oral anti-diarrheal drugs.
[Editor’s Comments]
Owners should take more time to raise dogs reasonably, formulate a reasonable feeding plan, let dogs eat scientifically, and prevent the situation of being full and hungry. It has a great impact on dog health.Infectious diseases
There is a very obvious symptom of infectious diseases in dogs, which is usually obvious to pet owners, that is, the dog has diarrhea, and It's bloody stool. Therefore, when a dog has diarrhea and bloody stool, it is necessary to be mentally prepared. The dog is most likely suffering from an infectious disease.Canine parvovirus
Canine parvovirus is a severe infectious disease caused by canine parvovirus. Dogs aged 4 to 12 weeks are most susceptible to infection, and the incidence rate is highest in winter. Adult dogs can also be infected but the symptoms are mild and the disease is not contagious to humans. The mode of infection is through the digestive tract. Food, tableware, drinking water, and the environment contaminated by the excrement or secretions of sick dogs can transmit the virus.【Symptoms of the disease】
The incubation period is 7 to 14 days. Usually there is vomiting first and then diarrhea. The stool is yellow or gray-yellow and contains a lot of mucus and pseudomembrane. 2 to 3 days after the illness, the feces appeared like tomato juice, mixed with blood, and had a special fishy smell. Sick dogs will soon show symptoms of dehydration. At this time, they will become depressed, lose their appetite, their body temperature will rise above 40 degrees Celsius, and their thirst will increase. In the later stages, the body temperature of some sick dogs is lower than normal, and the visible mucous membranes are pale. The tail and rear abdomen are often contaminated with feces. In severe cases, the anus is loose and dilated.2. Canine Distemper Virus
①Catarrhal Canine Distemper
[Disease Manifestations]
Affected dogs will sneeze, cough sometimes, have pale conjunctiva, serous or mucous membranes Conjunctivitis, blindness (symptoms in which the eyes are afraid of light due to keratitis, iritis, etc.), anorexia, and sometimes mild diarrhea. Later, the respiratory type developed and symptoms worsened. In addition to the original symptoms, laryngitis, respiratory mucosal infection, and bronchitis can also occur. The nasal secretions are thick and light yellow-green. Sick dogs will have difficulty breathing and gasp for air.②Digestive tract canine distemper
[Disease manifestations]
Dogs suffering from canine distemper due to the digestive tract type are also called gastrointestinal canine distemper. Dogs with this type of disease show symptoms outside the mouth Corneal salivation, vomiting, diarrhea (which may appear watery, "jam"-like, even bleeding, or foamy), dehydration, weight loss, weakness, and ulcers in the mouth and tongue.3. Canine coronavirus disease
It is clinically difficult to distinguish from canine parvovirus, but canine coronavirus infection lasts longer, is intermittent, and can recur. The white blood cell count is slightly lowered, and recovery usually occurs within 7-10 days. The principles of treatment for canine coronavirus infection are symptomatic treatment and prevention of secondary infections in dogs.
