Some novice owners lack experience in raising dogs, and excessive feeding leads to dog indigestion. So once a dog eats too much, how should it be handled? Today the editor teaches several methods that owners can use as a reference. What to do if overfeeding causes dog indigestion?

First: After the dog eats too much, the owner should take the dog for appropriate exercise, such as walking or other light activities. Moderate exercise helps digestion very much.

However, owners should be careful to avoid letting the dog engage in overly intense exercise, as this can burden the dog's stomach and intestines and cause conditions like gastric ptosis.

Second: When the dog is already overfull, owners must not feed any more food, and must definitely not let the dog drink water.

Because if the dog eats dog food that is too dry, drinking water will cause the food to expand inside the stomach, which is very likely to cause gastric perforation.

Third: When the dog has indigestion, owners can give the dog some digestive aids such as stomach-strengthening and digestion tablets, or probiotics.

Fourth: Some dogs, if overeaten, will vomit. This is actually a physiological self-protection.

Usually, after the owner withholds food and water for about three hours, and the dog vomits out the excess food in its stomach, it is basically okay and will not have a significant impact on the dog’s health.

At this time, owners need to be careful not to feed the dog too much food next time. If the stomach and intestines are consistently overfull, it is easy for the dog to develop gastrointestinal diseases.

Fifth: Refuse feeding by strangers. Some dogs, after eating their owner’s regular meal, will eat food given by strangers when outside, which easily leads to overfullness. Therefore, owners should train dogs to refuse food from strangers.

Refusal training not only helps avoid overfeeding but also prevents the dog from food poisoning caused by eating unknown food from strangers.

If the above five tips cannot relieve the dog’s overfull symptoms, and the dog shows vomiting accompanied by blood streaks or foam, along with severe lethargy, the owner must immediately take the dog to the hospital for relevant examinations. Because overfullness can possibly cause malignant diseases like gastric or intestinal perforation.

To avoid the above situations, owners must feed their dogs regularly and in measured amounts, and take the dogs out for physical exercise to enhance digestion ability.