How to treat dog diarrhea？

 People who have raised dogs know that dogs’ intestines and stomachs are relatively fragile. Therefore, pet owners should pay special attention to the gastrointestinal care of dogs. However, dogs have a high risk of gastrointestinal disease, and many novices may not know how to deal with it. Now let’s take a look at the causes and treatment of dog gastrointestinal disease.

 Gastroenteritis is a common disease in dogs. There are many causes of this disease, which can be divided into primary and secondary gastroenteritis. No matter what kind of gastroenteritis, its symptoms, treatment and nursing are very similar. 

Pathogenesis

1. Primary gastroenteritis is mainly caused by improper feeding, uneven hunger and satiety, eating rotten or indigestible food and taking strong irritant drugs by mistake. This kind of pathological change is often seen in dogs that overeat animals’ viscera, bones and meat.

2. Secondary gastroenteritis refers to gastroenteritis caused in the course of certain infectious diseases (such as canine distemper, coronavirus disease, canine parvovirus) and parasitic diseases (such as hookworm disease, coccidiosis, trichomoniasis, marsupialosis, toxoplasmosis, etc.).

Symptoms of gastroenteritis

When dogs suffer from gastroenteritis, the main manifestations are:

1. In the early stage, dogs often lie on the cold ground with their belly or use their elbows and sternum branches to stand high on the back of the ground as a “prayer posture”. They are depressed, have reduced appetite, dyspepsia, vomiting, diarrhea or mucus in their feces.

2.In the later stage, the disease becomes worse, which is characterized by unstable walking, occasionally discharging foul smelling bloody stool, rising body temperature, and even salivation, foaming and convulsions. Finally, severe dehydration will occur, endangering life.

How to treat and prevent

1. The key is to strengthen nursing: dogs should be placed in places with appropriate temperature; After the vomiting is relieved, warm compress shall be applied to the abdomen; Feed more non stimulating food, such as liquid food.

2. Gastrointestinal clearance: Dogs with full stomach and intestines and loose stools should be fasted, and if necessary, use a laxative such as vegetable oil to clear the intestines.

3. Calm down and stop vomiting: Vomiting will aggravate the damage to dogs’ intestines and stomach, and cause dehydration of dogs, leading to a series of other complications. For severe vomiting, the antiemetic drug should be given.

4. Anti inflammation and anti diarrhea are very important: drugs for symptomatic treatment through injection of anti inflammation drugs or oral anti diarrhea drugs.

Prevention and health care methods

1. Feed reasonably to avoid uneven hunger and satiety. After the dog is excessively hungry, it will lead to overeating, indigestion and gastroenteritis.

2. Strengthen nutrition and resistance. When the dog’s resistance decreases, its gastrointestinal barrier function is also correspondingly weakened, resulting in a large number of intestinal pathogenic bacteria, which eventually causes gastroenteritis. Regular oral administration of highly active probiotics can regulate the gastrointestinal system and increase the resistance of the gastrointestinal system.

3. Strengthen management. Prevent dogs from eating unclean food.