What About Dog First Aid?

Almost all dog owners are responsible for dog lovers! Dogs can be lifelong companions, and feed it is our responsibility as owners to train and care for them. Inevitably, your canine companion can have an injury or illness. Injury to any time of day or night happen, and availability, 24 hours emergency supply is part of being a dog owner.

The emergency provisions, the majority of people may be sufficient in their homes or vehicles, or you can buy a dog first aid kit for onlineaffordable price. Many of these specialty kits contain all the necessary supplies and dog-specific instructions how to care for the dog first aid. You can make your first aid kit with items from the local pharmacy or online to install the pet store.

Home First Aid

If you choose to make your own, here are some guidelines:

• Choose a small waterproof box for fishing or tool box to hold all the supplies can
• Write your veterinarian's phone number on the cover so that it is easily visible andaccessible
• A good book to help first dog is a necessity to remember that healing is great, but the use is absolutely necessary.

A basic emergency kit should include first dog:

• Your veterinary office and cell phone numbers.
• 24 hour emergency veterinary clinic phone number
• Rubber gloves
• 450ml bottle of hydrogen peroxide used to clean and disinfect wounds, or a 50:50 mixture of water to induce vomiting if your dog swallowed somethingdangerous.
• 81 milligrams of enteric-coated aspirin for children
• antibiotic ointment
• cotton gauze bandage wrap - 1.5 mm wide, 3 mm wide
• Vet Wrap - 2 mm wide and 4 inches wide (4 inch is sold for horses)
• Ace bandage
• First-aid tape
• cotton gauze pads
• Regular floor
• Q-tips cotton swabs and
• A strong beam of light or micro-mini
• Specific medications your dog may need (forAllergies, seizures, etc.)
• Tweezers
• blunt scissors
• small packets of antiseptic wipes or alcohol
• rope, soft rubber tube or length of cloth to use as a capture or tourniquet
• towels or a towel to stop the bleeding

Other things that make a complete set are:

• hemostat (useful for pulling ticks, thorns, large splinters, etc)
• Benadryl
• Pepto Bismol tablets
• New skin liquid bandage(Useful for abrasion patches on ball)
• iodine tablets (if you walk the field and in areas where running water can not be safe for consumption without treatment with iodine or boiling)
• oral syringes (for administering liquid oral medications to get the ear drying solution into ears, etc.)
• Needle and thread
• safety pins of various sizes
• razor blade (paper wrapped)
• Play
• Dogs get rectal thermometer (One is specifically for dogs)
• Eye rinsing solution (simple mild eye wash)
• Small bottle of alcohol
• jar of Vaseline
• Hand operated ice and hot packs
• advice or a blanket that can be used as a stretcher
• children's socks (you can use to cover your dog's paws)

If your dog has allergies to bee stings or other things that are common in places that could take your dog, make sure the vetabout storing your first aid kit with medication that may be needed for this particular type of emergency.

Be sure to LABEL all medications and supplies with their name and date of expiry. Go through the kit at least once a year, replacing expired medications, filling materials, etc.

What About Dog First Aid?