Medical Tips For Saving A Dog

If in the field and there’s a severe life threatening injury the first thing to do is control YOURSELF and remain calm, and control the situation, if your panicking and freaking out your dog will do the same, what you would you do if you were in the ER and the Dr you trust with your life and fixing you is panicking himself, most folks don’t believe or can’t comprehend that our dogs respond to us and our actions and reactions in ways that sometimes can’t be explained, don’t over complicate things or make a mountain out of a mole hill, the basics have already been covered, one of the most important things in healing and recovery is what TDog said about the pro biotics, an already healthy gut to begin with will help healing without the use of any anti biotics, I give mine a pro bio tic capsule about twice a month, the benefits go beyond wound healing, if you feel uncomfortable about your abilities to repair your dog and care about his well being it’s best to go ahead and head to the vet, I know most of us can’t fork out a lot of money in vet bills so if you’re finding yourself always in that situation you need to re-evaluate your situation and ask yourself if you like funding the vets office or changing your style of dogs and hunting, most anti biotics are severely over used and result in resistance to them, over time it will lead to major complications, use common sense and think about the hundreds of years animals have been domesticated prior to any types of meds, every time there’s a cut there’s no need in running the pill bottle, HYDRO THERAPY is one of the best methods to wound healing and has been proven successfully for hundreds of years, it’s very simple and if your not sure what it is a quick google search will help, veterycn hydro gel is a cure all around here, I use it for and on just about everything, I use as a holistic approach as possible as long as the dogs well being and comfort is on the right path, I keep the tubes on today and tomorrow on hand and use them on initial repair to prevent site specific bacterial infections, read up on the benefits of fasting from food while recovering from severe tissue damage, you and your dogs will benefit, I use a product called organic greens I buy in the med section at Walmart for myself and my hounds, taste like you ran a bale of alfalfa through a juicer but the benefits are awesome, I saw how well they helped me and started mixing it in an injured dogs food daily and it will be in my arsenal from now on, I usually let the wounds heal on their own unless it’s a gaping skin cut, and keep the scabs opened and wounds such as bites drained and will apply betadine and peroxide mixed after the hydro therapy every few days, if you see chronic redness or no healing around the wounds after a few days and still fill a slight fever then an AB regiment should be started, go out and purchase home veterinary Manuals, I have one written by dr Leon Whitney and one put out by Mearck (sp) and try to rely on myself and my own whit first and am honest with myself if feel my knowledge and skills won’t help my dog, keep in mind that veterinarians are the the properly educated and experienced ones in the health care and welfare of our animals but at the end of the day they are still a business that has to make a profit and as bad as I may sound and I know not all vets are not like this, thank God mine isn’t, but a lot will stick it to you in your moment of need and take advantage of the situation and your love of your hound all in the name of the almighty dollar, ask around to as many as you can as to what vet they use and even if you have to drive a bit further try to find one that is hunting dog friendly and understand this way of life, my personal vet is a gift from above for me and my buds, she’s a straight shooter, and honest with you and the most reasonably priced around us and has come in at all hours of the night at times for extreme emergencies, we’ve had her come in on Christmas Eve night before and was never charged any extra, I know not all of us have this luxury but if you can find it, it’s well worth the little extra driving, if your truly interested in learning yourself there’s a plethora of info out there on the WWW to get you started, utilize google and YouTube to your advantages...