The veterinarian Ana Anglada, from Anaga Veterinary Center, tells us what five symptoms in the dog can be dangerous and will require a quick action on our part, taking him to the veterinary clinic. Attentive!
1. Bleeding from any part of your body (nose, mouth, etc). We must quickly take the furry to the vet. The ideal is to call before so that the clinic knows that we are going, in case they need to prepare anything before and thus be able to treat the furry more quickly.
2. Heat stroke . It usually occurs in summer and they are more frequent than we think. The clearest symptoms are that the animal is panting a lot, it is down, its ears and in general its whole body are very hot.
3. Stomach dilation . What happens in this case is that the dog’s stomach swells and torsion can occur (the stomach rotates on its axis, veins and arteries are compressed and blood circulation can be paralyzed, affecting the organs). Stomach dilation is more common in large breed dogs such as golden retrievers, rottweilers, German shepherds, boxers … and can end the life of the animal . If we observe that our dog has an abnormally swollen gut, we must prevent it from moving so that it does not roll over, we will immediately call the vet and go to the clinic next.
4. Burns on the legs . The pads of dogs can be burned in winter by the effect of ice and in summer by stepping on very hot floors such as asphalt. In any of the cases, if this happens to your animal, you should take it to the clinic without further delay.
5. Pine processionary . The pine processionary is a very dangerous caterpillar covered in stinging hairs that it uses like toxic darts when it feels threatened. If a dog has contact with it (smells it, steps on it), it can suffer from an allergic reaction to the amputation of part of the tongue and death . The caterpillars of the pine processionary usually descend from the trees between February and March (sometimes earlier due to climate change) and live in pine forests as well as in urban parks and gardens. The veterinarian alerts us that if we are walking our furry even in an area where we do not see pine trees and we realize that it sucks something from the ground and begins to drool, let’s run to the vet. His life is in danger.
