Q&A WITH DR PAULINE TAYLOR, BVM&S MACVSC
DR. PAULINE SAYS: My recommendation is based on better being ‘safe than sorry’. You must take your dog to your vet for a physical exam/body check. This problem ‘respiratory distress’ may be caused by something simple and obvious like your dog being unfit, or overweight, or it’s environmentally too warm for your dog to run around when you take your dog to the park or there are many playmates for your dog and he is so happy and excited that play becomes excessive and he gets ‘out of puff’. On the other hand there could be some underlying pathology going on that you cannot detect but your vet can after a full physical check up. Your vet may recommend further tests if she suspects an internal problem.
我的建議是「安全至上，切勿後悔。」你需要帶狗狗做身體檢查。呼吸困難可能由於你的狗狗過胖、過重、運動的環境太暖和、與其他狗朋友玩得興奮過度。此外，還有些潛在病理學是你不能察覺的，需要向你的獸醫尋求全面的身體檢查。你的獸醫如果懷疑有內科問題，可能會建議作其他檢驗。
Recommendations to help if the vet check is all OK.
如果獸醫檢查後一切無恙 建議如下
You may simply be told to limit the park plays to cooler times of the day and don’t let your dog over play! The age of your dog comes into effect, young dogs just ‘wanna play’ while older dogs are much more sensible as a rule and limit their exercise to their physical capability. Remember always take water for your dog to drink on a walk, it’s not easy to make a dog drink before you go, and be prepared to pour water over his head to cool him down if it is hot. Suss out a shaded areas to rest on the walk and stop him from over running by limiting the amount of off lead exercise. Play is very important for your dog regardless of age, so don’t stop the play but be mindful to balance the amount
你可以在涼快的日子才帶狗狗到公園玩耍，不要讓牠過度興奮！年齡是息息相關的，年輕的狗會單純「更有衝動去玩耍」，年長的狗則會對自己的身體狀況和可承受運動量更為敏感。記得外出時要攜同水，要讓狗狗在出門前喝水並不容易，也要時常預備為狗狗澆水降溫。在陰涼處與狗狗休息，也要制止牠的自由運動以防止牠過度的跑動。玩耍是很重要而你不需要阻止，但隨著狗狗的年齡，你要更注意平衡休息和玩耍。
DR. PAULINE SAYS: My recommendation is based on better being ‘safe than sorry’. You must take your dog to your vet for a physical exam/body check. This problem ‘respiratory distress’ may be caused by something simple and obvious like your dog being unfit, or overweight, or it’s environmentally too warm for your dog to run around when you take your dog to the park or there are many playmates for your dog and he is so happy and excited that play becomes excessive and he gets ‘out of puff’. On the other hand there could be some underlying pathology going on that you cannot detect but your vet can after a full physical check up. Your vet may recommend further tests if she suspects an internal problem.
我的建議是「安全至上，切勿後悔。」你需要帶狗狗做身體檢查。呼吸困難可能由於你的狗狗過胖、過重、運動的環境太暖和、與其他狗朋友玩得興奮過度。此外，還有些潛在病理學是你不能察覺的，需要向你的獸醫尋求全面的身體檢查。你的獸醫如果懷疑有內科問題，可能會建議作其他檢驗。
Recommendations to help if the vet check is all OK.
如果獸醫檢查後一切無恙 建議如下
You may simply be told to limit the park plays to cooler times of the day and don’t let your dog over play! The age of your dog comes into effect, young dogs just ‘wanna play’ while older dogs are much more sensible as a rule and limit their exercise to their physical capability. Remember always take water for your dog to drink on a walk, it’s not easy to make a dog drink before you go, and be prepared to pour water over his head to cool him down if it is hot. Suss out a shaded areas to rest on the walk and stop him from over running by limiting the amount of off lead exercise. Play is very important for your dog regardless of age, so don’t stop the play but be mindful to balance the amount
你可以在涼快的日子才帶狗狗到公園玩耍，不要讓牠過度興奮！年齡是息息相關的，年輕的狗會單純「更有衝動去玩耍」，年長的狗則會對自己的身體狀況和可承受運動量更為敏感。記得外出時要攜同水，要讓狗狗在出門前喝水並不容易，也要時常預備為狗狗澆水降溫。在陰涼處與狗狗休息，也要制止牠的自由運動以防止牠過度的跑動。玩耍是很重要而你不需要阻止，但隨著狗狗的年齡，你要更注意平衡休息和玩耍。