The dog is throwing up. As opposed to regurgitation, Vomiting involves contractions of the abdominal wall (i.e., retching), nausea, and is often associated with excess salivation, licking of the lips, and drooling. Since vomiting expels material from the stomach or intestine, the food is semi-digested and often has yellow/orange color.
The dog is breathing in a rapid manner, the respiration is shallow and often characterized by open-mouthed breathing and protruding tongue. Some amount of panting is normal in dogs but a heavy panting may indicate an environmental change such as anxiety, fear, excitement or even conditions such as respiratory or cardiac disorders and need to … Read more
The dog is exhibiting one or more symptoms of pain which may include growling, barking, licking, scratching, biting, over-aggression, lying hunched, or on one side or has glazed vision, flattened ears etc. Symptoms would also depend on the part of the body where pain is being experienced. Pain could be a result of a wide … Read more
Loud sounds seemingly coming from the chest of the dog during breathing or coughing. These sounds could be categorized into crackle, wheezing, or ronchi depending on the type of sound and indicate different conditions.
The breathing sound of the dog can be distinctly heard from a distance indicating an obstruction or partial blockage of the air track. This may be accompanied by a change in voice (bark). Nature of the sounds range from abnormally loud to obvious fluttering to high-pitched squeaking, depending on the degree of airway narrowing.
There is a visible yellow discoloration of the gums, nostrils, genitals, and other areas of the dog. It may be accompanied by one or more of the following symptoms: Fever, vomiting diarrhea, lethargy, stomach pain, paleness, orange color urine and feces, and increased thirst and urine output. Causes of Jaundice could be obstruction of biliary … Read more
The dog is demonstrating an unusually high level of thirst. Excessive thirst leading to high water intake usually in turn leads to polyuria, (high urine discharge). Polydipsia and polyuria are early signs of several diseases, including: Kidney malfunction or failure, Diabetes mellitus, Uterine infection (pyometra), Liver disease, High blood calcium, abnormalities of the pituitary gland … Read more
The dog is emitting throaty sounds called growling more than normal. This could be due to a perception of threat, excessive aggression, or pain although pain is usually accompanied with a whine rather than a growl.
The dog is coughing and gagging with symptoms like difficulty in breathing, distress, lethargy or seizures. This could be caused by anything from a simple irritation in the throat or infection of the larynx or pharynx or even conditions of respiratory, digestive and circulatory systems
More than normal teeth are visible in the dog's mouth. The causes could be retained baby tooth (deciduous teeth), genetic, trauma to the tooth bud, or just simply more than the normal number of teeth in the mouth. Some of these supplementary teeth may never erupt fully but may delay / disrupt eruption of other … Read more