Dog Excessive Breathing

[JAE B 545]

Far too hot to be running dogs and trotting them

[dodger 2,761]

Accidents happen hopefully he's just coughing his lungs up abit opening them up so to speak as he's not used to it n should go after a day or two but as said with lack of fitness and the weather be careful if it's abit more than that and be careful of acidosis Is he in any pain at all and is he lying down ok etc, keep your eye on him as it sometimes doesn't show up for a few days, has he lost any weight especially on his back and have you been getting regular electrolytes into him, hopefully it's just a temporary cough n will clear but if any signs of the former get him on a I v..

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Far too hot to be running dogs and trotting them

Ask sir blessed about too warm to run dogs. Lol

[ddavid 4]

Yes mate of mine reckons it could be acidosis but I ain't to clued up on this and if it is this would the problem be there every time I run him and what name of electrolytes would give him

[cantona 310]

A lot of people look at the date and think the seasons here and start working the dogs, if the conditions are wrong don't work them till there right , then gradually !

[JAE B 545]

 

Far too hot to be running dogs and trotting them

Ask sir blessed about too warm to run dogs. Lol

eh?

[JAE B 545]

A lot of people look at the date and think the seasons here and start working the dogs, if the conditions are wrong don't work them till there right , then gradually !

very true

[Plucky1 1,119]

There is a lot more information required before any of the above answers to mean anything, first, what cross is it ?? how old is it ?? how much work has it had and for how long ?? acidosis mainly occurs in dogs of muscular size like pure greyhounds and bull/greyhounds, it is also very prevalent in hot countries like Australia,Saudi,etc a sure sign in a dog is it holds on to its piss overnight and struggles to piss the next day, you will need tablets to relieve it if that is it, I use tins of sardines with tomato sauce which can help with those sort of problems but that is normally after very prolonged running. Coughing is normally a sign of a bad heart or irregular beating and can be brought on by too much early hard running in a pup, it is easy to "blow" a young pup and something that is easy to do,especially in bull crosses, at the end of the day only you will know if the dog is not right and a good stockman of any sort will notice it, get the dog properly looked at by a decent greyhound vet,you will get a number locally off the greyhound lads or your local track if not ask on here for a number in your area, best of luck, WM

[ddavid 4]

Has any 1 got a number for a greyhound vet in Worcestershire area