What should I do if my Wirehaired Pointer Griffon has diarrhea? Dogs are different from people. People have a natural preventive ability, but for dogs, although this preventive ability is present, it will be many times weaker.

What should I do if my dog ​​catches cold and has diarrhea?

If the weather changes and your dog has diarrhea and it becomes a regular pattern, then don’t worry too much, because the dog usually gets better on its own after a few days. Of course, the dog must be properly kept warm. If the dog has diarrhea due to catching a cold, you can make a hot water bag for the dog and place it in the dog’s kennel to warm its belly. If the situation is very serious, it is definitely necessary to take some supplementary gastrointestinal medicine.

What situations can cause diarrhea in dogs?

1: Cold Catching a cold or catching a cold will cause your dog to have diarrhea. Please pay attention to maintaining room temperature and keeping your dog warm.

2: Overeating. Especially for large dogs, if the dog eats too much and does not digest it, it will also cause diarrhea and vomiting.

　3: Food poisoning: eating something you shouldn’t eat, such as eating too much animal liver, chocolate or grapes, chicken bones, etc.

4: Eat human food. Human food is too oily, too salty, or contains a large amount of onions and garlic used in frying pans. Dogs are prohibited from eating it

5: Dirty drinking water. Giving your dog unclean water or drinking water that is too cold can also cause diarrhea.

6: Parvovirus: diarrhea in the early stage, accompanied by vomiting. Loss of appetite and energy, vomiting of the gastric mucosa, and watery excrement in the mid-term. In the later stage, the vomitus becomes more viscous, the excrement smells foul, and irregular urinary and fecal incontinence occurs~

7: Dog Distemper: Fever, diarrhea, and severe lack of energy. And diarrhea and fever occur repeatedly in the early stage! Generally, the condition worsens in the second cycle. There is danger to life.

8: Enteritis accompanied by fever, diarrhea, and in severe cases, bleeding!

Common knowledge about dog diarrhea:

Shapes of dog poop: watery, mushy, bloody, jelly-like, etc. If the shape of the dog's poop is watery, it means that the dog has serious diarrhea. At this time, it should be taken to the pet hospital immediately to diagnose the cause and prescribe the right medicine. If your dog’s poop is bloody, your dog is most likely to have an infectious disease at this time. If your dog’s poop is jelly-like in shape, your dog is most likely suffering from internal parasites.