In fact, dogs have similar symptoms to people with colds, such as poor spirits, loss of appetite, sneezing, runny nose, coughing, and possibly even fever. However, dogs cannot be fed cold medicine for people, because there is a difference between the ingredients that people can accept and the ingredients that dogs can accept, and random feeding may affect the health of dogs. Here are some measures to deal with a dog's cold, hoping to help.
1. Pay attention to keep warm
Dogs generally have colds due to sudden cold stimuli, such as cold winds in winter or when sleeping indoors, sleeping in the cold season, being rained, and not drying the hair in time after bathing the dog. In this case, the owner does not pay attention to keeping the dog warm, which may cause the dog's condition to worsen.
The owner can dress the dog individually, or he can put a mat or blanket on the place where the dog often lies on his stomach. If the weather is relatively cold in winter, the owner should pay attention to the dog nest to pad a few more layers, and can also put a few warm water bags to warm the dog's bed. The winter in the south will be relatively wet and cold, and there is no heating, and the owner should pay attention to putting a heater next to the kennel.
2. Adjust your diet
During the cold, the dog's appetite may be relatively low, the owner should pay attention to adjust the dog's diet, to prepare some soft, easy to digest food for the dog such as millet porridge, pumpkin porridge, sweet potato porridge and so on. You can also soak the dog's dog food in warm water and add a little nutritional cream, dog canned food, and meat to feed the dog. You can add some quick fun to the food to help the dog replenish nutrition. If necessary, it can be paired with Wang Meow Amo to help the dog reduce the trouble caused by colds. During the cold, the owner should pay attention to preparing more warm water for the dog to drink.
3. Other precautions
Dogs may also have fever, increased eye and nose secretions when they have a cold, etc. The owner can wipe the secretions clean with a wet wipe, and then drop a few drops of Wang Muqing on the dog's eyes to help clean the eyes. If the dog's nose is congested, it can be fumigated with hot ginger water for a few minutes. If it is a fever, the owner should send the dog to the pet hospital for treatment in time.
Normal after the above measures, the dog will generally recover in 3-5 days, if the dog does not get better, there is vomiting, repeated fever, diarrhea, etc., it may be small or canine distemper in the early stage, the owner should take timely measures to send the dog to the pet hospital for examination and treatment.