Signs Of Heart Disease In Dogs

Taking care of your pet’s health is fundamental to guarantee a appropriate quality of life and,  thus, learning to detect different pathologies will be essential in this case.

we aim  some signs of heart disease in dogs , so you can learn what symptoms you should watch out for in your pet.

The problems cardiac are one of the main cause s of death of pets, and what makes this kind of problem So fatal  It’s  that, in general, symptoms are not identified in time. FOR so, when the obvious signs of disease , she is already at a very advanced stage. .

Which difficult to detect the disease is that the symptoms initials usually do not appear as symptoms that can cause alarm , per that ,  takes a long time to  identify other types of pathologies.

However, there are some s aspects that you should consider:

Differences between big and small dogs

Something that many owners s of animals ignore is that the size of the dog has a big impact on the source of problems heart you .

For example, you smaller dogs tend to develop damage or deformation n heart valves, while in  big dogs, the problem is O in power pump enough blood to  Whole body of the dog .

In the case of small dogs, the bacteria gifts in the mouth of dogs end affecting the valves from heart , that are in charge of controlling the entry and exit of blood during cardiac pumping.

It is disease is called in valve insufficiency and, if no receive the due treatment , can be fatal , that is why  we must pay attention to mouth infections , because normally this is the origin of the disease.

In the case of big dogs, due to the weakening of the organism as a result of aging , it becomes difficult to pump the amount enough of blood that the body needs to keep having the organs, muscles and other s working correctly.

Similarly, with dogs of giant race , the heart is so the big thing that the valves can’t touch , per that , generates a condition called dilated cardiomyopathy.

signs of caution

insufficiency cardiac provoke deficiencies in the transport of oxygen and nutrients that are necessary for the proper functioning of the body of dog . Now, p rest well attention to s Following the symptoms :

Fatigue

a dog that if tired overly after doing some kind of physical activity, for example, how to run, play or walk, without having exercised too much , is a sign of risk, as it may mean that the dog’s body is not is oxygenating properly .

constant cough

Since the heart struggles to pump the amount of blood needed to keep the blood supply normal , they they may have respiratory problems that will be evidenced, initially, through a dry and constant cough.

sighs

Taking into account the previous observations , at respiratory failures will generate irregular inhalations that are increasing its speed, as the failure becomes more severe. In more severe cases fainting may occur.

Checking the dog’s pulse at home

Because the dog’s heart is malfunctioning, will increase the pulses to compensate for distribution reduction of oxygen to the organism O . A good way to detect tar precocious mind illnesses in the cardiac system is by checking your dog’s pulses .

Average, a small or mini size dog (smaller what 13kg) he must to have between 100 and 160 pulses per minute.

For the size animals medium and large will be reduced to between 60 and 100 beats with the same range.

Taking that into account, make your dog lie on its side and stay chilled out. Place your fingers (except thumb) in the middle of the superior muscle , near the chest, and count the beats you feel for 15 seconds . Then multiply the number obtained by four and this goes you give the amount of beats per minute .

make sure in to do the control of your animal’s pulse by several days , to make sure that the re counting was adequate. In case of that you get data lower or higher than the nominees according to weight of your pet, it’s better to take it to the vet immediately.

remember not medicate your dog with medicines for humans , you can generate more problems rather than relief, Besides  an adverse reaction. Before providing any form of treatment it is best to consult a veterinarian.