First Aid Kit for Dog

Victoria · First Aid Kit for Dog

I am wanting to put together a First Aid Kit suitable for the working dog and would value your ideas and suggestions as to what the contents may comprize. Have any of you ever used Bach's Rescue Remedy? Would so appreciate any help. Thank you.

Ghilliegumdrop

I have used it on Ghill before now...it took a lot longer to calm her down than it says...about an hour. As I wanted to calm her down for the ring and gave it approx 1/2 hour before I went in it wasn't a lot of good at the time.

I have a first aid box for dogs and it has;
antiseptic wipes
a small bottle of TCP
One of those stretchy horse bandages [in a pretty pink]
safety pins
cotton wool
Ordinary bandages
a small bottle of the hard stuff for shock [mine]
You can go onto the internet and buy them or have a look and see what's in them and make your own up.
Jan
PS Don't forget the bottle!!

Victoria

Wow, thank you, Jan, what the wicky or the Saphire?!!!! What is TCP, please?

guy

TCP is a most disgusting liquid that when you are a child is diluted and you have to use it as a mouth wash.

A proprietary disinfectant. Do you have Dettol / Dettox? that would do

Ghilliegumdrop

Or even that soap that vet's use....hexaclorisomething or other Rolling Eyes

If you dilute it down to make a wash, just so you have something to clean a wound.
Jan
PS I was thinking more along the lines of the sloe gin, or brandy or vodka..... Exclamation

PPS The parents never used it as a mouthwash did they Question

guy

not on themselves i don't think - it was an 'infliction' - may explains a lot Rolling Eyes

Victoria

Yes, we have Dettol. Are you meaning Friars Balsam: just the name makes me crawl!! when Mother said she would give us some (a few drops of it on a sugar cube) you suddenly were cured of what ever malady you had been suffering from!

guy

Yes had Friars Balsam as well - as you describe.

I remember when older trying to mount microscope cover slips with it. i had read you used balsam . Didn't work very well I seem to remember. Sad

Ghilliegumdrop

I love the smell of Friars Balsam, we used it in a bowl of boiling water and
sat with a towel over our heads breathing in the steam when we had colds and bad chests etc.....not the same as TCP different kind of stuff.
Jan

Ghilliegumdrop

Right I have looked this up and someone with greyhounds has listed some of the things that she keeps in her doggy first aid box [in the car] she has a bigger one for the house...which just goes to show that you should think twice before you have a greyhound as it will cost a furtune in first aid supplies Very Happy

Roll of 2.5cm adhesive x 2
Box of cotton wool x 2
Clean piece of sheeting
Box of sterilised absorbent gauze x 2
Box of sterilised lint x 2
Emergency muzzle ties
Swabs
Water wash bottle
Tweezers
5" Flat scissors with round ends
Bicarbonate and vinegar for stings
Antihistamine cream
Antibacterial cream
Heavy duty nail clippers
10% Hibiscrub
Elastoplast tape
Sanitary towel to make emergency wound dressing
Piriton tablets
Ferrum sulph [homeopathic remedy to stop bleeding]
Aconite [ '' '' for shock ]
Tick hook
Super glue [for small cuts and nicks...but ask your vet to show you how to use it first]
Book on emergency first aid
Vets phone number.
Laughing

You should be able to make up some thing from this lot, I know my box doesn't have half the amount in there, perhaps I need to overall it.
Jan

honeys humans

hi victoria, i've used Bach's Rescue Remedy for honey when she visits the vets as recommended by many US sites. i think it may help slightly in calming her, hard to tell though as she still shakes like a jelly as soon as we enter the surgery lol Wink

best wishes

Victoria

Oh, thank you so much everyone!!!! Emergency mussle ties, errrrrrr!!!!
I will take all of the above and see what I can come up with!!

Ghilliegumdrop

Well if the dog is in a lot of pain he/she may bite without meaning to....better safe than sorry Very Happy

Jan

Tache

We have much the same as Jan but the tweezers and and old sock with some strong tape for emergency foot / pad injury (stops her chewing off the bandage on route to the vets!) are added!

Mugi

For my 'emergency' first aid kit I carry.

Some sterile gauze
Colloidal Silver in a spray bottle (it can be used as an antiseptic wash but also as an eye wash for grass seeds etc)
A horse bandage - I like the fact you can tie it really tight (for a short period) to act like a compress on bleeding wounds and having the tie means you don't have to take tape to fix.
Arnica 30c
Apis Mel 6c (for stings)
Tick hook
A small gauze style bandage that could double as an emergency muzzle depending on circumstances

In the car I will have various other bits and pieces like piriton, more bandage and hibiscrub - a good skin wash that means you can give yourself a good scrub if you need to get in a wound.

If I am out with my deerhound I also carry Infacol at all times, it contains simethocaine (sp) which will help deflate him if he starts bloating.

Lin Dyke

I use tea tree and lavendar oils for cleaning and disinfecting minor things. Also use cold black tea as an eyewash.

Victoria

Mugi

Victoria

That is awful Sad

Liz

Although deep chested breeds are more susceptible to bloat, unfortunately it isn't restricted to them. A friend of mine lost her bulldog with torsion a few years ago Crying or Very sad

Ghilliegumdrop

Standard Poodles get it as well Crying or Very sad

Jan