The main reason why dogs catch colds is due to the cold. Especially when some dog owners are careless and have improper feeding and management, it is more likely to happen. For example: sleeping in the open at cold nights, lying in the cold for a long time, being exposed to rain after sweating profusely, being stimulated by cold water when wading across a river, and being kept in a cold and humid environment for a long time. These are all very easy for your dog to catch a cold. Then What’s the most effective way to treat a dog’s cold? Next, let’s follow the editor to find out.

1. Dog cold symptoms

If a dog catches a cold, the main symptoms are: the dog is depressed and has a cold expression, the tips of its ears and nose are cold and it sheds tears, and the body temperature rises (dog owners can touch the inside of the dog's thighs with their hands, it should feel hot), and at the same time The dog also has a cough.

If not treated in time, dogs can easily turn from a cold into pneumonia.

2. Drugs to prevent and treat colds in dogs

1. In the early stage, you can give your dog some children’s anti-cold medicines, such as children’s cold granules and cold granules; but please note that the dosage is only for children, and do not give it to dogs for adults.

2. Dogs with cough symptoms can take oral compound licorice tablets, 3-4 tablets/time, twice a day.

3. In the early stage, you can also take 1-2 tablets of aspirin/time orally; or intramuscularly inject 30% metamizole, 1-2 times a day, 2 ml each time.

4. Antipyretic and anti-inflammatory: The normal body temperature of dogs does not exceed 39.3℃. When a sick dog has a cold, its body temperature exceeds 40℃ and has chills. Antipyretic and analgesic drugs can be used. The more commonly used one is Diazepam, which is injected subcutaneously or intramuscularly with 0.5 to 2 ml depending on the size of the individual. Bupleurum injection can be used as traditional Chinese medicine, which has good curative effect.

5. If you are worried about concurrent infections in dogs, penicillin is the first choice. 400,000 to 800,000 units are injected intramuscularly twice a day. Other antibacterial drugs such as kanamycin, cephalosporin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, etc. can also be used. Severe cases should be treated with infusion. Penicillin, dexamethasone, vitamin C, etc. can be added to 10% glucose solution and intravenously dripped together.

3. Things to note:

1. If the dog is less than three months old, the dosage should not exceed one-quarter of the adult dosage; if the dog is less than six months old, the dosage should not exceed one-third of the adult dosage; for adult dogs, the dosage should be one-third of the adult dosage. .

2. Dog owners should strengthen their dogs’ daily cold-resistant exercises to enhance their dogs’ resistance to colds.