Do dogs get altitude sickness?

If you travel to Tibet with your dog, your dog will suffer from altitude sickness.

Altitude sickness is not directed at humans, but at most animals that live in the plains for a long time. Whether it is dogs, cats, pigs, cattle, sheep, or horses, they will suffer from varying degrees of altitude sickness due to lack of oxygen after reaching high-altitude areas.

High altitude reaction, also known as altitude sickness and mountain sickness, is strictly a type of altitude sickness. It is a variety of discomforts caused by the human body rapidly entering a plateau with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters and being exposed to a low-pressure and hypoxic environment. It is a common disease unique to plateau areas.

Common symptoms include headache, insomnia, loss of appetite, fatigue, difficulty breathing, etc. Headache is the most common symptom, often throbbing pain in the forehead and bitemporal region, which worsens at night or when getting up in the morning. Increased pulmonary ventilation, such as breathing through the mouth, light activities, etc. can alleviate headaches. Mountain sickness is divided into acute and chronic categories based on the severity of its onset, and is clinically classified based on the organ systems that are prominently damaged by hypoxia.

Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia-Altitude Sickness