How to deal with dog colds

1. In the early stage, you can give your dog some children’s anti-cold medicines, such as children’s cold granules and cold granules. But please note that the dosage is only for children, do not give it to dogs for adults.
2. Dogs with cough symptoms can take oral compound licorice tablets, 3-4 tablets/time, twice a day.
3. In the early stage, you can also take 1-2 tablets of aspirin/time; or intramuscular injection of 30% metamizole, 1-2 times a day, 2 ml each time.
4. Antipyretic and Anti-inflammatory: The normal body temperature of dogs does not exceed 39.3°C. When a sick dog has a cold, its body temperature exceeds 40°C and chills occur, antipyretic and analgesic drugs can be used. The more commonly used one is Diazepam, which is injected subcutaneously or intramuscularly with 0.5 to 2 ml depending on the size of the individual. Bupleurum injection can be used as traditional Chinese medicine, which has good curative effect.
5. If you are worried about concurrent infections in your dog, penicillin is the first choice. 400,000 to 800,000 units are injected intramuscularly twice a day. Other antibacterial drugs such as kanamycin, cephalosporin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, etc. can also be used. Severe cases should be treated with infusion. Penicillin, dexamethasone, vitamin C, etc. can be added to 10% glucose solution and intravenously dripped together.

Symptoms of a cold in dogs

Symptoms of a cold in dogs include depression, apathetic expression, cold tips of ears and nose, tears, elevated body temperature, and coughing in dogs. If not treated in time, dogs can easily turn from a cold into pneumonia.

Precautions for dogs with colds

1. If the dog is less than three months old, the dosage should not exceed a quarter of the adult dosage; if the dog is less than six months old, the dosage should not exceed the adult dosage. One-third; for adult dogs, the dosage is one-third of that for adults.
2. Owners should strengthen their dogs’ daily cold-resistant exercises to enhance their dogs’ resistance to colds.