Muffin with nose bleeding

Muffin has nose bleeding on one chilly morning, though he was active, alert and bright. Blood was dropping from his right notrils. it was a matter of worry for the owners as they had never seen blood from the nostrils. They gave him certain medicines but no positive result. fianlly they called me and i treated him and with in 5 minutes, the bleeding stopped. after that he had his food and was busy in playing with bahar.Muffin was happy, so the owners were. My work was over and i got busy with my stuff.

YOUR DOG'S SMELL SENSE

A dog's scent organ is about four times larger than a human's, and a dog's sense of smell is about 50-100 times more powerful than ours. Although all dogs have a powerful sense of smell, some breeds have a greater talent for sniffing e.g. Basset Hounds, Bloodhounds, and Beagles, which are considered 'scent hounds.' If you live with a scent hound, you know how difficult it is to get his mind focused on anything but odors.

A dog's brain is also specialized for identifying scents. The percentage of the dog's brain that is devoted to analyzing smells is actually 40 times larger than that of a human! It's been estimated that dogs can identify smells somewhere between 1,000 to 10,000 times better than nasally challenged humans can.

Its smell sense is so developed that it can detect the slightest environmental change. The dog can detect the change of character of other dogs or humans that surround them, just by detecting the slight increase or decrease of their hormonal levels and their sweat. This has nothing to do with a sixth sense: the dog can just detect certain signals that go unnoticed by humans.

Even so, tears of joy contain different substances than those of sadness or pain and dogs are able to tell the difference. The sense of smell of dogs enables them to follow the cent of a wild animal and locate it; track missing persons; search for people buried under decries or snow, follow the trace of a criminal or detect hidden drugs.

CAUSES OF NOSE BLEED IN DOGS

Causes of Nosebleeds in Dogs -
Uni-lateral nose bleeds are most likely be caused by:
-A foreign object in the nostril irritating the nasal passage
-A root tooth abscess
-Nasal tumors
Other causes of nose bleeds (often affecting both nostrils)
-Nasal mites
-Trauma,
-Ingestion of rat poison
-Bleeding disorders
-Erlichiosis, a condition transmitted by ticks
-Fungal condition
Owners of dogs affected by nosebleeds should not be alarmed if their dog will have a dark, tarry stool or if the dog vomits liquid resembling coffee grounds. In both cases this simply denotes that the dog has swallowed digested blood. If the gums of a dog suffering from blood loss appear pale and not pink, a vet should be seen as soon as possible.

FACTS RELATED WITH YOUR DOG'S NOSE

The canine nose is cool and moist, but not wet. It has no sweat glands; the moisture is caused by the mucus lining. The nose is generally dark-colored, but may be pinkish or spotted.

Dogs don't get colds like people, but they do get respiratory infections.
Dogs do sneeze, however, generally from some irritation in the nose. Some dogs sneeze from excitement or nervousness.

Persistent sneezing without discharge is indication of a problem such as a polyp or tumor or foreign body. A dog with something in a nostril will generally paw at his nose and rub his muzzle against a hard surface. Some dogs may need to be sedated to have the object removed.

Both polyps and tumors can cause breathing difficulties if established in the nose. Polyps are not malignant; tumors can be benign or malignant.

A discharge from the nose means trouble. Several diseases involve nasal discharge, including distemper, bacterial rhinitis, infected sinuses, and kennel cough.

Collies and related breeds can get a weepy, crusty dermatitis on the nose if they spend too much time in the sun. Other causes of loss of nose color are vitaligo, snow nose, and plastic dish nasal dermatitis.