Looking at a healthy dogs playing around the house or backyard always make the owner happy. In reality we can’t avoid pet illness and the best things the pet owner can do is to watch for the common signs of illness symptoms.

There are many possibilities that can cause health problems for your beloved dog such as metabolic, viral, and bacteria etc. Getting the correct diagnosis for dog illness symptoms is very important because many illness may have the same reactions but the degree of danger is totally different. Accurate diagnosis can be done by performing tests such as blood, fecal, and urine analysis. After the cause of illness is known then the appropriate treatments can be given. Taking your dog to check for illness at the early stage can save you alot of expense, reduce risks and save your dog life in some case.

These are the common causes of dog illness and symptoms

1) sudden changes in the weather and surrounding temperature.

2) exposure to harsh climate.

3) Lack of exercises.

4) Lack of sleep.

5) Eating poor quality contaminated food.

6) Infected by diseases, worms and parasites. Mosquitoes can be the carriers of diseases and dangerous heart worms.

7) Incomplete or improper immunization shots.

Weak gene inherited from their parent.

9) Distress from many reasons and possibilities such as staying alone, lock up in cage, etc.

10) Allergy which can be seen from symptoms such as itching, biting skin, sore, hair falling etc.

Dog illness symptoms

1) Change in behaviours.

2) Unwilling to eat food.

3) Suddenly increase or decrease in weight.

4) unpleasant smell from your dog.

5) Diarrhea and liquid feces discharge.

6) Blood in urine.

7) Frequent vomiting.

Dry nose. A healthy dog has a wet and cold nose.

9) Breathing and respiratory problems.

10) Coughing.

11) Drinking too much water from possible problems such as diabetes, kidney and liver problems.

12) Redness discharge in the eyes.

The symptoms mentioned above are common symptoms for many diseases and illness. It is better to check with your local veterinarian because diagnosis of the illness by yourself can be inaccurate and dangerous which can take away the life of your dog if they are infected with dangerous parasites such as heart worms.