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Although you cannot prevent emergencies from happening, you can prepare for them by having the necessary supplies readily available when you need them. When traveling with your dog, you should carry a first aid kit that is specifically designed for your dog. The kit should include the following 14 items in addition to your cell phone:

1. Your veterinarian’s phone number, because 911 will not put you in touch with canine emergency personnel.
2. Antibiotic cream, 1 tube
3. Bandage roll, 3-inch gauze
4. Cotton balls, 1 small package
5. Eyewash or a bottle of artificial tears to flush foreign material from his eyes
6. Disinfectant, 3% hydrogen peroxide solution
7. Muzzle, about 4-foot length of soft cotton rope
8. Pad and pencil
9. Scissors, blunt tipped or bandage scissors
10. Soap for cleaning skin wounds (liquid organic iodine type)
11. Syringe, 12-cc capacity for flushing wounds or administering oral medication
12. Styptic stick for minor torn nail bleeding
13. Tape, one roll of 2-inch adhesive
14. Thermometer, rectal, electronic, or mercury

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First Aid Kit For Your Dog

Keep a canine first-aid kit on hand for general health care and emergencies. You should check it on a regular basis to make sure that liquids have not spilled or dried up, and replace medications and materials after they are used.

Your first aid kit should include: Activated charcoal tablets; Adhesive tape (1 and 2 inches wide), antibacterial ointment (for skin and eyes), aspirin (buffered or enteric coated, not Ibuprofen), bandages such as gauze rolls (1 and 2 inches wide) and dressing pads, cotton balls, diarrhea medicine, dosing syringe, hydrogen peroxide (3%), petroleum jelly, rectal thermometer, rubber gloves, rubbing alcohol, scissors, tourniquet, towel, and tweezers.

Your puppy cannot tell you when he is sick, but if you spend enough time with him and are observant of his behavior, it will be easy for you to notice when he is not feeling well. The purpose of a first aid kit is for you to assist a dog in an emergency situation before you reach the vet’s office. Such assistance should be minimal, so as not to make matters worse and it must be safe for the dog and his rescuer. If possible, alert the veterinarian immediately.

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My puppy has lots of tiny red spots on his tummy and seems forever scratching; the vet says he thinks it is an allergy to something. What does he mean?

An allergy means a sensitivity to something or other; usually a food of some kind. Heat bumps in children are an example. Perhaps your puppy has an allergy to eggs, or fish, or even milk with the cream on it. Perhaps you have bathed it in some kind of medicated shampoo to which its skin is sensitive.

Only by a process of elimination will you be able to find out what is causing this irritation. In the meantime, just to make sure the vet is right in his diagnosis, It is strongly advisable that you bathe the dog in a good anti-pesticide soap that the druggist can recommend for mange; when you have washed the puppy, dry it with the soap left in. This will make sure the spots you mention are not follicular mange, which has the same symptoms and which the soap will cure.

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Trying to predict what dog health symptoms that your dog might get is virtually impossible. You never know what can happen to your pet. And when your dog is injured or sick, then having a quick dog health symptom reference book on hand can be a life saver, literally.

It is best to be prepared for the most common injuries and dog health symptoms as well as having the appropriate necessary supplies that you can use at a moment’s notice.

Below is are a list of 10 items of importance to have on handy in case any dog health symptoms pop up all of a sudden:

1. Bandaging materials
2. Duct tape to help immobilize your pet in case of emergency
3. Commercial muzzle
4. Information card with your pet’s baseline temperature and weight
5. Antiseptic liquid
6. Ready made cold packs and hot packs
7. Bubble wrap for splinting
8. Rectal thermometer
9. Information card with your veterinary clinic contact information
10 Needle nose pliers to remove foreign objects

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