What should I do if my wirehaired fox terrier coughs? Usually because we care about our dogs, we tend to be very nervous when we find our dogs coughing. In fact, there are many reasons for dogs to cough. It is not necessarily a sign of illness. You must calm down. Analyze and then take action.

Several situations in which dogs cough:

Common cough. Dogs are just like people. Excitement, waking up, frightened, choking on food and other reasons can cause dogs to cough. This kind of cough is usually short and short-lived and has no other symptoms. There is no need to worry at all.

Sudden changes in the environment cause dogs to cough. From a warm air environment to a cold air environment, fine particles such as smoke and dust irritate the respiratory tract, pungent smells (such as ammonia, pepper smoke, etc.), chronic pathogenic air environments (such as the smell of paint in new homes), etc., will all cause dogs to Dog coughs. If it is a short-term environmental factor, generally there will be no continuous and long-term cough. When it is strongly stimulated, it will be accompanied by runny nose and tears. It will get better and disappear after being removed from the harmful environment.

Dogs that live in a harmful environment for a long time (such as an environment with excessive formaldehyde) may develop long-term continuous dry cough. At this time, the respiratory tract and lungs may have lesions, and they need to see a veterinarian. If the dog is exposed to relatively strong respiratory tract irritation, such as strong ammonia gas, it may burn the respiratory tract. This situation will cause inflammation. You cannot just transfer the environment, but also need to find a veterinarian for specialized treatment.

Sometimes dogs eat bones and fish bones, or bite some prickly objects, and foreign objects may get stuck in the throat or pierce the gums. The dog will cough on its own initiative, hoping to cough out the thorns. In this case, the dog often coughs, scratches its mouth with its paws, and barks short and sharp from time to time, which is easy to judge. Dogs generally don't get stuck on thorns and can eventually resolve them on their own. If the dog cannot solve the problem on his own, he must ask a veterinarian to remove the thorn to prevent inflammation of the thorn site.

Poisoning with certain poisons can also cause dogs to cough. In this case, the cough is short and gentle, often accompanied by vomiting and foaming. The foaming is not sticky. As long as there is no muscle weakness or lack of energy, you can usually give some glucose oral liquid or inosine oral liquid and you will be fine.

Respiratory inflammation, pneumonia, gastroenteritis and other diseases can also cause dogs to cough. The cough caused by this disease is often a long-term continuous cough. In some cases, it is a sharp dry cough, sticky substances in the eyes and nose, diarrhea and vomiting, relatively sticky vomit, dull coat color, lethargy, and loss of appetite. In this case, seek veterinary treatment as soon as possible.

Dogs sometimes get angry easily, which can also lead to coughing. In this case, there is a dry cough, often with discharge from the corners of the eyes, more bloodshot eyes, dry stools, and no other obvious symptoms. In this case, you can buy some snake gallbladder, Sichuan clam, loquat dew or bezoar Qingfei powder and feed it.

Some dogs may also cough in the early stages of rabies attacks. In this case, the dog will pinch its tail, running around, afraid of water, barking, foaming at the mouth, and looking strangely. Since there is no effective treatment for rabies at this stage, once such a situation occurs and a rabid dog is confirmed, it must be culled immediately to prevent the spread of rabies.