How to understand that the dog was ill

Dogs, as well as we, are exposed to set of potential diseases. The expert who should register this or that treatment can reveal and diagnose the majority of them only.

However, in an everyday life frequently it is necessary to meet time indispositions of an animal and the most widespread diseases when the owner most should render this or that help to the pupil or to provide a certain mode.

It is known that illness recovers much easier if it have noticed right at the beginning. Therefore it is necessary to watch closely the favourite not to start the appeared illness. The dog is not able to talk, therefore the person has rather a serious problem: to understand that disturbs the favourite where to him is ill. However, the good owner hardly will not pay attention to changes in behaviour of the pupil.

Disease signs are shown first of all in behaviour of a dog. The dog becomes apathetic, loses interest to games and walks, is quite often hammered into secluded, mainly dark corners. The same essential sign of an illness is appetite loss, if it not a sign of a reforage and insufficient movement in the open air. The short wind, strong thirst and even vomiting can torment a dog. It can become aggressive with acquaintances to it people, and it is necessary to concern it with understanding. At many diseases at a dog normal digestion, is marked a diarrhoeia or, on the contrary, a lock, the temperature raises. It is necessary to know that normal temperature at a dog – 38,5 — 38,9°С. If temperature above 39,5°С, it is necessary without hesitating to address to the veterinary surgeon as many serious infectious diseases are accompanied by rise in temperature.

The long indisposition very much changes external shape of a dog: she grows thin, its wool becomes dim, tousled, movements unsteady, quite often appear allocation from eyes and nostrils. The nose lobe, in a healthy condition damp and cold, with rise in temperature becomes dry and hot. However, paying attention to this sign, it is necessary to mean that in the sleep and the first minutes after a dream the nose happens dry and hot at all dogs, and during the first hours lifting of temperature it at times can remain and cold.

At display of signs of disease the dog needs to provide first of all sparing mode, heat, a nutritious forage. For an animal containing in the street, in a cold season it is necessary to provide protection against a wind and to put more laying, to warm its dwelling.

To take temperature to the ill dog 2 times a day – and follow in the morning in the evening to track its change. For measurement of temperature at a dog use the usual medical thermometer. The patience and care are thus extremely important. The thermometer grease with vaseline, a cream or oil. A dog hold in the field of a groin and, calming her, accurately enter into back pass a thermometer tip for two-three minutes.

After measurement of temperature do not forget to praise and caress a dog – «for courage», and if it has an appetite, it is necessary also to treat her with something tasty to fix quiet reaction to the given procedure.