The Most Common Sickness in Dogs Symptoms and Treatment

THE MOST COMMON SICKNESS IN DOGS Wheezing in dogs Does your dog make a whistling sound while breathing ? If yes this is known as wheezing and it is important to notice if that whistling sound is for the short or the long period . If your dog is suffering from wheezing for a short period then it is not an emergency but for a long period , it is considered dangerous for the dog's health . Wheezing can cause Heartworm disease , Airborne allergens , congestive heart failure , foreign bodies entry in a dog's airway , tracheal collapse . Constipation Irregular bowel movement or difficulty passing the stool can result in constipation in dogs . The stool passed by the pet can be hard , dry , and in the shapes of little pebbles . Constipation is usually a common puppy sickness because small dogs don't drink enough water . Ear yeast infection If your pooch is trying to scratch their ear or rub their heads well then , it's a possibility of overgrowth of yeast . Sometimes it could be a bacterial infection too but in most cases , it's an ear yeast infection . Luckily , these ear yeast infections take place on the outer ear so it is easy to detect . This sickness in dogs is associated with allergies , bacterial infections , ruptured eardrums , etc. Obesity If you , as a caretaker of your pet , fail to feed a proper diet to your dog and don't follow the proper exercising and walking schedule of your pet , the chances are 80 % that your pet falls under the circumstance of obesity . Dogs are innocent , they don't have human - like brains of what is right and what is wrong so the owner must make healthier lifestyle changes from the puppy stage itself . Dog Oral Diseases At the age of two or three up to 80 to 90 % of the dogs go through a certain kind of oral disease and the most common one is gum disease and also the dog's mouth is infected by some bacterial infection , which is known as periodontal disease . The reason for dog oral disease is age , the first and foremost factor and the second one is not paying enough attention to dental grooming . Pato Danny INC . www.Pawnanny.com tel : +1 ( 202 ) 491 - 2500