{"id":613,"date":"2016-04-06T08:42:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T08:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadapetcare.com\/blog\/?p=613"},"modified":"2019-04-04T05:24:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T05:24:10","slug":"ignoring-blood-pressure-in-dogs-a-fatal-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadapetcare.thepethost.com\/ignoring-blood-pressure-in-dogs-a-fatal-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignoring Blood Pressure in Dogs – A Fatal Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When most of us think about high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) the very first thing that comes in our mind is our human companions who are suffering from this disorder whether it is your friend, family member or relative. But no one would ever imagine that even your Fido can get affected by this disease. Although it is uncommon, it does happen, and the reason for high blood pressure in dogs is quite different than the human counterparts.<\/p>\n

In human beings the major reason for contracting this disease is due to primary or essential hypertension, which can be caused due to excessive salt intake, high fat foods, high stress life, and even smoking but dogs do not have to deal with these problems. So why do they contract this disease? The reason for that is dogs develop secondary hypertension, which is generally associated with an underlying medical condition.<\/p>\n

Let us now look at some of the dangers lurking on pooches when they have high blood pressure. The blood vessels of the doggie can be considered as a small garden hosepipe. If the water pressure is turned up very high the hosepipe can blow up. The same thing can happen in your pooch\u2019s body just that in place of water going everywhere blood flows and then multiple small bleeds can cause critical health disorders in pooches.<\/p>\n

A high blood pressure can cause the following disorders in pooches:<\/p>\n