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by SitasMom on 27 April 2009 - 02:04
if you're traveling far from a vet like backpacking in the mountains, and not able to get out for a few days. what would you pack?
by animules on 27 April 2009 - 02:04
http://www.gundogsupply.com/ready-dog-professional-first-aid-kit.html
If you're doing actual back packing, get your dog it's own backpack to carry the first aid kit and food.
by mobjack on 27 April 2009 - 02:04
I have a kit I carry for both human and dog. Aspirin, benadryl, bandaids, syringes, small suture kit, rolled gauze, sterile pads, epinephrine, a bit of surgical tubing, disposable razor, scissors, moleskin and antibiotic cream. There might be a few more items I'd toss in depending on the area but that's about it for the basics. I do go through and replace everything yearly or as needed and reevaluate from time to time.
I've used just about everything at some point. Not much you can't handle except snakebite or severe trauma. In that case, you're in a lot of trouble anyway.
by Xaver vom Kammberg Owner on 27 April 2009 - 04:04
I love this little kit, I purchased it after taking a CPR class from
www.sunnydogink.com
Trish and Pack
PET FIRST-AID KIT CONTENTS:
Quick Tips, Vital Statistics & Instruction Booklet
One-Size-Fits-All Temporary Muzzle w/Photo Instructions
Cold Pack
Digital Thermometer
K-9 Quencher Electrolyte Replenisher
Ticked-Off Tick Remover
CPR Sheild
1" White Adhesive Roll
Tweezers
2” x 3” Non-Stick Pads for burns
3" x 4" Non-Stick Pad for burns
4" x 4" Gauze Squares (10)
Triangular Bandage for slings/splints
3" White Conform Gauze Rolls (2)
3"Flex-Wrap Self-Adhering Elastic Bandage
Triple Antibiotic Ointment packets (2)
1% Hydrocortisone Creams packets (2)
Antiseptic Towelettes (2)
3% Hydrogen Peroxide (4 fl oz)
Saline Solution Eye Wash (4 fl oz)
Iodine Swabsticks (2)
Tri-Buffered Aspirin Tablets (4)
Diphen Tablets/Antihistamine (4)
Diotame Tablets/Antacid (4)
Antibacterial Soap
Latex-Free Gloves
12 cc curved tip Syringe
Kwik Stop® Styptic Powder with Cotton swabs
Folding Scissors
Emergency Whistle
Portable Food and Water Bowl
Re-sealable bag for Emergency Meals
Flat Leash with "D" Ring
Doggie Walk Bag
Emergency Blanket
Emergency ID Tag
by SitasMom on 27 April 2009 - 12:04
great ideas thanks
extra tie out cable - for emergencies?
something to make a stretcher with?
something for splints
plastic wrap to wrap guts back in until you can get to a vet?
by mobjack on 27 April 2009 - 12:04
It really depends on where you're going, for how long, how far out you'd have to pack the dog, lots of variables.
Extra tie out cable? I have a length of rope anyway. Tent cord can do in a pinch.
Make a stretcher? Why carry what you can pick up? If you're in the desert, this may be a problem, but not in the mountains.
Same with splits. I can find somethng to make a split with if necessary. Tent poles work.
Plastic wrap to hold in guts? No. If you've got that traumatic an injury and have to hike out a few days before you can get to a vet, the dog won't likely live anyway.
If you're camping/hiking in a situation like that, the rule of thumb is you're on your own. If you're going on a 3-4 day hike and camping out, you have to CARRY everything on your back you might need. Tent, food, water (and/or purifier) sleeping gear, clothes, etc. It gets heavy and bulky very quickly. No frills, just necessities. If something can do double duty, it does.
by SitasMom on 27 April 2009 - 13:04
my pup would eat through a tent cord in about 3 seconed. gotta be a piece of cable. I could not physically pick up an 80lb dog and carry it a mile.........I had a dog that came home with a deep cut on its belly once. I wet the stuff that was sticking out and wrapped him with plastic wrap. we walked to the car, at the vet he said that most likely saved its life. the guts that were hanging out didn't get worse and could be repaired.
Here are 3 differents situations for First Aid Kits that I'd like to discuss........
#1 for backpacking - stabilize, control as partner goes for help.
#2 for our colorado property - remote, takes a while to get to help, cell phones do 't work, no premanent structure as of yet
first aid supplies to stabilize, splint, wrap etc. get to car and transport to vet.
Just for the heck of it.............lets go this far.......
#3 Survival Mode - ITSHTF - and our ecomomy collapses like Argentina in the 90's.......and there is no vet to go to....
#1 would be confined, lightweight and incorporated into a human kit.
#2 transportable, can put into trunk of car, or store in shed
#3 full scale - anything goes ability to do it all for a month
interesting stuff to think about and to plan for........
any suggestions welcome.........
by SitasMom on 27 April 2009 - 16:04
and affordible too.
by mobjack on 27 April 2009 - 20:04
Cable, 5-10 ft., bolt snaps on both ends. Not too heavy, just awkward. It can do double duty as a clothesline. You can make a handle to use the cable as a leash with a piece of PVC pipe. Not something I'd carry for a week. A day or 2 day hike sure.
Stretcher, some tree limbs or saplings and your tent or rain fly. Splints same thing, tree branch or tent poles.
Smart move with the plastic wrap that time. Yes, it likely did save his life in that situation.
Days out in the woods, any injury like that, I'd clean as best I could, sew him up, wrap for protection and hightail it out to a vet. He may or may not make it depending on the damage and infection. I'd bet on him making it if the trip out didn't kill him. Dogs are tough. If the bowels were damaged in any way, not likely. Sepsis and peritonitis.
I'll think on 1 2 & 3
by SitasMom on 27 April 2009 - 21:04
sewing kit?
holy book?
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