When your dog has heart problems you can often tell by the signs and symptoms.
The signs and symptoms of heart problems in dogs include pacing, coughing, difficulty breathing, weakness, tiring easily, swelling in their legs or skin under their belly and fluid buildup in their abdomen.
Heart failure is not usually painful for dogs although dogs with heart failure may experience some discomfort.
Many dogs with heart failure don't show any obvious signs of pain although the heart disease and heart failure in dogs can cause other types of suffering like coughing and difficulty breathing.
The symptoms of heart failure in dogs include pacing, coughing, difficulty breathing, weakness, tiring easily, swelling in their legs or skin under their belly and fluid buildup in their abdomen.
Dogs with heart failure may pace because they may be ins some pain or because the dog is restless and anxious.
A vet can provide treatment for dogs with heart failure to help them feel better.
And medications can help eliminate or reduce the severity of the heart failure and symptoms.
some things that can also help heart failure in dogs are antibiotics, bronchodilators, corticosteroids, cough suppressants and environmental modification.
With prompt and proper treatment dogs with heart failure can have a good quality of life for a period of time.
And if left untreated the heart failure in dogs can progress and cause death and a more difficult end of life.
When your dog has heart failure you should try to keep the dog as calm as possible.
If your dog gets over excited when they see unfamiliar dogs or new people you can try taking the dog out at quieter times.
And also keep everything at home as calm as possible for your dog.