If you have decided to adopt a dog, you must first make sure that you will be able to meet all your needs, some of which are time, affection and socialization with the human family.In addition, spending time with your puppy allows you to observe and understand your usual behavior, which makes it much easier to identify signs that can indicate a disease.
One of these signs may be wheezing, although as you’ll see below, it doesn’t always hide a disease, as it’s also a physiological mechanism that occurs several times.
- If you live with a dog.
- You have surely wondered if it is normal for my dog to wheeze.
- In the following Animal Expert article we will address this issue and clarify your doubts.
Puppy gasping is primarily a regulatory mechanism to keep body temperature at an appropriate level, because when taking the tongue and inhaling air quickly, they are able to lower the temperature and get rid of the excess heat that can accumulate, by evaporation.
The gasping mechanism usually occurs when the dog’s body temperature rises to 38-39 degrees, because although dogs have sweat glands on their pillows, they are not enough for an effective cooling process.
If your dog gasps a lot and isn’t due to heat or exercise, this may be due to other non-pathological factors that are due to other causes, such as:
However, you should keep in mind that although wheezing is normal in a stressful situation, when this situation continues over time it is essential to consult the veterinarian, since the stress in the dog can have a negative impact on the health of the dog.
Unfortunately, wheezing can sometimes be a sign of illness, so it’s so important to know how to recognize these situations in advance so you can act quickly:
In cases where the dog has respiratory or coronary disease, wheezing will also appear as a symptom, so in these cases it is essential that the veterinarian follows up regularly to assess the health of the dog and the effectiveness of drug treatment when necessary.
If excessive gasps don’t clearly correspond to a situation of emotional strain, but they appear with other signs that something may not be right, don’t hesitate to take your dog to the vet as soon as possible.
In addition to being a regulatory mechanism, wheezing can mask very serious organic changes and therefore also requires veterinary care as soon as possible.
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