First Aid for your Standard Poodle
If you have a poodle that you love, then you should know first aid for dogs. This will help you be able to treat your dog in case it is injured or falls ill for some reason. Dogs tend to eat things they shouldn’t, break bones, and more. Knowing how to treat your pet can ensure your animal is safe and will be okay. Many of the things you should know include basic wound care, how to induce vomiting, and how to handle a fracture. You should also have a first aid kit for your dog in case of emergencies. Dogs become wounded from car accidents, fights with other dogs, barbed wire fences and other things. Treating a wound is very important until you can get your pet to a vet. If your dog is bleeding excessively, you will need to stop the bleeding or at least slow it down. You will need to put pressure on the wound as if you would if you were bleeding. Slowing down the bleeding until you can get the dog to a vet is very important. If your dog has eaten something dangerous or poisonous, then you will need to induce vomiting. There is a way to induce vomiting. You draw hydrogen peroxide into a small syringe. Draw 3 cc for every 20 pounds your dog weighs. If you have a small poodle you won’t need much. Squirt the peroxide into its mouth and wait ten minutes. If you cannot get the dog to vomit call the vet. Do not continue to give the dog hydrogen peroxide. If your poodle has a broken bone, then you will need to stabilize the bone. For a smaller poodle, you can use magazines, newspaper, popsicle sticks and other various small items. If your poodle is a large dog you might need to use small pieces of lumber. Use strips of cloth to tie the piece of wood to the limb. This will help stabilize the bone so you can get the dog to the vet. If your dog has visible broken ribs or they have punctured the skin, use a wet cloth and lay it over the ribs but watch for bleeding. Also, be sure the broken ribs have not damaged your dog’s lungs. If the lungs have been punctured from a rib bone, then your dog will be breathing laboriously and you might even see blood coming from its mouth. If your dog is burned, it cannot tell you how bad the burn is. There are a few first aid measures you can do to treat a burn. The first thing you need to know is that you should never apply butter, grease, or any type of ointment to a burn on your poodle. These things will hold in the heat to a burn and cause the burn to go deeper into the skin than it should. The first thing you want to do is flush the burn with lukewarm water or room temperature. Be sure the water is not cold. The water will draw the heat from the burn and prevent any further damage. Softly pat the area dry with a cloth. Never rub a burn. Once you have done this, you will need to cover the burn with a bandage and call the vet. Chemical burns often happen to dogs also. Many people leave chemicals around and they don’t think about the fact that their animal could tip a container over. If your poodle has some type of a chemical burn, you need to wash the burn immediately with a large amount of water to pull the heat from the burn. Do not let your dog chew on the burned area and get it to the vet as soon as possible. One important thing to remember when it comes to poodle first aid is that you should never give medications to you dog unless the veterinarian has prescribed the drugs specifically for your dog. Pain relievers should never be given to a dog either. The best thing you can do for your animal is call a vet and stabilize your dog until you can get it to the clinic.
Return to Home Page from First Aid Page
|
