The usually lively dog ​​becomes depressed after getting sick. The owner feels distressed but is helpless. Today, I will teach you how to understand dog colds and nip them in the bud!

Symptoms of cold in dogs

In the early stages of a cold, there will be watery nasal discharge, accompanied by symptoms such as rapid breathing and coughing. If the condition worsens, the nasal mucus will gradually become thicker and become yellow, viscous and purulent fluid. Symptoms such as listlessness, loss of appetite, and lethargy appear, and the body temperature will rise abnormally, up to 40°C. To determine whether there is a fever, you can gently stroke the dog's nose to see if the dog's nose is hot and dry. Vomiting and diarrhea are very common symptoms in dogs with colds. Therefore, some owners want to feed their dogs some children's cold medicine after seeing them catching a cold. However, dogs’ bodies are very different from those of humans, and their reactions to drugs are also different. If children are fed cold medicine at will, it will cause adverse reactions.

Dogs suffering from colds cannot blow in the wind or catch cold, otherwise the cold will be aggravated. Therefore, during a cold, the owner should keep it warm. First of all, place the kennel in a wind-sheltered environment; secondly, put some cotton cloth in the kennel so that the French Bulldog can rest in a warm environment; finally, do not take it outdoors for a walk, let it have a good rest at home. Supplementing your dog with nutrients can help it recover as quickly as possible. In this regard, owners may wish to take some time to make some nutritious soup or porridge for dogs. For example, bone soup, chicken soup, lean meat porridge, millet porridge, etc. If you don’t have time, you can soak the dog food in water until soft, mix it with some nutritional paste and give it to the dog, which can also be a good nutritional supplement.

The temperature of the dog's nest should be maintained between 13-15℃. The door of the dog's nest can be hung with thatch, and the windows can be sealed with plastic sheets. The pen for young puppies can also be kept warm by imitating the plastic greenhouse method, and all gaps in the wall should be blocked to prevent the invasion of wind. If possible, infrared lamps can be used to illuminate the bed, fire walls should be built between the walls, etc. Generally, a dog bed should be equipped with thick bedding on it, and it should be changed and dried frequently to keep it dry. When the weather is sunny and warm, let the dog bask in the sun more, exercise more, enhance physical fitness, and improve disease resistance. Prevent your dog from getting sick!!!