Medical Tips For Saving A Dog

Great info guys, this thread is turning out good. I run all rough dogs but have been lucky enough to never have a serious injury, I’ve used staples twice. Once on my old Dum Dum dogs shoulder because there was a large hole where the skin was pulling apart. And the second time was on another guy’s dog, she had a few big cuts and had a piece of skin about the size of a paper plate hanging off on her rib cage. Other than that I’ve always used hydro therapy and vetericyn spray a few times a day to heal up cuts.

I keep amoxicillin on hand at all times as well as penicillin (I have actually only used it once and it didn’t want to inject very easy so I haven’t used it again), I also keep doxycycline. My medical kit is fairly basic, I ordered it put together online (I think from hardcore hog dogs). It came with a staple gun, surgical scissors, a few different forceps and tweezers, some different sutures, iodine, gauze, and bloodstop powder. I keep pressure dressings as well. I need to get some vet wrap. I also need to get some books, and some probiotics.

I’ve had some basic first aid training. I’ve done basic first aid and CPR, and the army makes us do annual TCCC training which focuses on combat wounds, which cover penetration (GSW and shrapnel) as well as stopping bleeding. But medical stuff is something that I want to expand my knowledge on. I also have a great vet but they are expensive. I just go there because I know that they are extremely knowledgeable and good at what they do compared to the other vets around here, and they keep a vet on call for emergencies. But i like to do everything I can by myself. I think a healthy dog shouldn’t need to go to the vet regularly. Dogs have great immune systems as most people on here know and are very resilient. An emergency, then yes the vet is awesome.

While I like to think I’ll remember everything, in a stressful situation it will obviously be hard to remember stuff that I’ve read about but never actually done with hands on experience. That’s why I want to make some sort of cheat sheet to keep in my medical kit. But great info guys, let’s keep it coming! I hadn’t heard of the probiotics before, and also didn’t realize vetwrap could be used for a sucking chest wound. And hadn’t thought about cauterizing before.

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