It so happened that Yorkies, those terriers , chihuahua, dachshunds and other small breeds more often suffer from coughing, rather than their big brethren. Each animal has its own advantages or disadvantages. Small in size pets have a compact size, which allows them to easily keep in the apartment. But there are no ideal creatures, studies have proven that they have a congenital predisposition to certain diseases that cause coughing. Therefore, the owners should pay special attention to coughing the dog, determine its causes in time, and promptly prescribe the treatment.
What dangerous diseases in dogs cause a cough?
- Collapse of the trachea . This disease manifests itself in the form of a dry cough, which suddenly arises in a healthy-looking dog. Most attacks attack during overexcitation, after a sharp load, even because of the strong tension of the leash. Sometimes it's like the urge to vomit, wheezing occurs, in serious cases, you can see attacks of suffocation. To reveal the true cause of the disease can be fluoroscopy. Most often, therapy is prescribed (antibiotics, glucocorticoids, antitussive drugs), but sometimes surgical treatment of the tracheal membrane is necessary.
- Heart cough in dogs and its symptoms . The sound of this cough is dull ("uterine") and its intensity without proper treatment grows with time. Sputum is not excreted in it, but blood allocation is possible, especially in a neglected state. If you watch the animal from the side, it will seem that the animal has choked and can not belch out an extraneous object. The true cause will help to identify the ultrasound of the heart.
- Allergic cough in dogs . You need to be able to notice other signs of an allergic reaction - rashes on the skin, redness of the eyes, cyanotic gums, tearfulness, frequent sneezing. Withdrawal of symptoms does not give anything, you need to find the causes of allergies, which are hidden in some special products, houseplants, insects, parasite preparations, chemicals.
We will also mention other reasons that can cause coughing in dogs of small breeds - dental disease, worms, tumors, tonsillitis, irritation of the respiratory tract with some product, ingestion of a foreign body. In any case, it is always a reaction to the stimulus, a normal mechanism, with the help of the body struggling with some kind of misfortune. Therefore, it is necessary first of all not to suppress cough, but to seek what causes its appearance.