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Constipation in Brittany dogs

Dog constipation, also known as dog constipation, is a digestive system disease caused by intestinal motility disorders and secretion disorders in dogs, resulting in stagnant and dry intestinal contents, resulting in incomplete or complete obstruction of the intestinal tract. This disease mostly occurs in the colon and rectum of dogs, especially in puppies, older dogs and long-haired dogs.

Generally speaking, the longer the Brittany dog ​​is constipated, the more difficult it is to treat. When the constipation is severe, it may cause poisoning or other secondary diseases to worsen the condition. Generally, there are three reasons that cause constipation in Brittany dogs:

1. Unscientific feeding and management: For example, the Brittany dog ​​is fed dry food for a long time and does not drink enough water, the Brittany dog ​​eats human hair and foreign objects, or does not exercise enough, or suddenly changes the feed, environment and Management and other factors may cause constipation in Brittany dogs.

2. Brittany dogs suffer from other related diseases: painful defecation diseases (such as rectal polyps, proctitis, rectal stenosis, tumors, anal abscess, etc.), and constipation due to the disappearance of normal defecation intention.

3. Dogs are unwell: Diseases that impede defecation movements (such as medullary joint dislocation, pelvic fractures and hind limb fractures, etc.) can cause constipation.

Corresponding to the causes of constipation in Brittany dogs listed above, preventing constipation in Brittany dogs can start from the following aspects:

1. Diet adjustment, try to feed easy-to-digest food and less dry food.

2. Add a spoonful of honey or vegetable oil to your dog’s food at each meal.

3. Ensure the dog’s daily drinking water and change it at any time.

4. Check the dog’s body regularly to ensure that the dog does not suffer from pathological constipation.

5. Make sure your dog gets daily exercise, which not only helps his health but also reduces the chance of constipation.

If your Brittany dog ​​has been constipated, straining to defecate, passing out a small amount of dry stool with mucus, or a small amount of foul-smelling loose stool, or trying to defecate but not easily passing it, nervous, barking , review the abdomen frequently. Then the appetite decreases or disappears, and the spirit becomes depressed. Some vomiting, obvious tenesmus, abdominal enlargement, intestinal bloating and other phenomena must be treated, otherwise the dog will be prone to danger.

Common methods to treat constipation in Brittany dogs:

1. Enema therapy: suitable for mild and simple constipation. Use 40 to 80 ml of warm soapy water and pour it into the intestine with an enema device, and use external abdominal pressure to moderately press the fecal mass caused by intestinal secretion. It usually works.

2. Drug therapy: Take an appropriate amount of laxatives orally. For example, 5 to 30 grams of magnesium sulfate or 5 to 50 ml of liquid paraffin oil should be taken orally.

3. Surgical therapy: When severe intestinal constipation cannot be achieved by the above methods, surgery can be performed to remove fecal matter from the intestinal cavity. (Must be performed in a regular hospital)

4. Practical method: You can give your dog a spoonful of salad oil to lubricate his intestines. 10ml at a time, fed 2-3 times, should help. In addition, you can give him a little milk, but not too much.

I also hope that you can always prepare some medicine at home to help dogs relieve their symptoms, and remember to send them to the doctor in time if they are serious!