Canine First Aid Kit

[Dax]

Making A Canine Home First Aid Kit


Keep this kit handy and update it every so often to ensure that the liquid's and pill's freshness are still intact, and that any used items have been properly replenished.
Storage container with tight-fitting lid
Muzzle (rope or strip of cloth)
Tweezers
Scissors
Adhesive tape (1 inch roll)
Cotton balls
Cotton roll
Gauze pad (3" by 3")
Gauze roll (3")
Q-tips
Rectal thermometer
Rubber gloves
Dose syringe
Tourniquet
Towel
Emergency Telephone Numbers

Activated charcoal tablets
Panalog (antibacterial eye ointment)
Furacin ointment
Syptic Powder
Pepto-Bismol
Milk of Magnesia
Dramamine
Baby aspirin (buffered or enteric, not ibuprofen)
Kaopectate
Hydrogen Peroxide
Petroleum jelly
Rubbing alcohol
Benadryl
Cheracol - D Cough Syrup
Mineral Oil
Mylanta


Doses by Weight of Dog

Buffered or enteric aspirin: 1 five-grain tablet per 30 lbs every six hours
Charcoal: 1 Tablespoon in 4 ounces of water per 30 lbs
Cheracol - D (Cough Syrup): 1 teaspoon per 30 lbs every four hours
Mineral Oil: 1 teaspoon per 5lbs added to meal.
Mylanta: 6 to 12 ounces
Milk of Magnesia: 1 teaspoon per 5 to 10 lbs every six hours
Kaopectate: 1 teaspoon per 5 lbs every four hours
Hydrogen Peroxide (3%): 2 teaspoons per 30 lbs every ten minutes for three doses, or until dog vomits
Dramamine: 25 to 50 mg one hour before traveling
Benadryl: (Dachshund dose) Use the dosage instructions for a 12 year old human

from: http://www.thedachshundnetwork.com/faidkit.htm

[weezyNollie]

I also have found several sources (even my own doc) who says 5 mg per pound. Meaning a 25 pound dog needs 125 mg tablet.

And for the hydrogen peroxide we use 1 teaspoon per 5 pounds.

Just an added thought from the peanut gallery!

[Dax]

Weezy, maybe we you pick your brains some more. Some of the compounds and medicines are self explanatory for me, others like Furacin ointment I wouldn't know why I would need it and how I should use it. Could you give a "reader's digest" version of how/when we would use them.

[weezyNollie]

Originally Posted by DaxAriel's Toy

Making A Canine Home First Aid Kit

Activated charcoal tablets
Panalog (antibacterial eye ointment)
Furacin ointment
Syptic Powder
Pepto-Bismol
Milk of Magnesia
Dramamine
Baby aspirin (buffered or enteric, not ibuprofen)
Kaopectate
Hydrogen Peroxide
Petroleum jelly
Rubbing alcohol
Benadryl
Cheracol - D Cough Syrup
Mineral Oil
Mylanta


Doses by Weight of Dog

Buffered or enteric aspirin: 1 five-grain tablet per 30 lbs every six hours
Charcoal: 1 Tablespoon in 4 ounces of water per 30 lbs
Cheracol - D (Cough Syrup): 1 teaspoon per 30 lbs every four hours
Mineral Oil: 1 teaspoon per 5lbs added to meal.
Mylanta: 6 to 12 ounces
Milk of Magnesia: 1 teaspoon per 5 to 10 lbs every six hours
Kaopectate: 1 teaspoon per 5 lbs every four hours
Hydrogen Peroxide (3%): 2 teaspoons per 30 lbs every ten minutes for three doses, or until dog vomits
Dramamine: 25 to 50 mg one hour before traveling
Benadryl: (Dachshund dose) Use the dosage instructions for a 12 year old human

Okay.. Buffered or Enteric Aspirin is because dogs can have an easy upset GI without it. Baby Aspirin works well too.

Charcoal - for any intoxication, if it needs to stay in the system. Meaning, chemicals. Think about when your dog eats something, and it's corrosive.. you don't want them to vomit it back up and irritate the esophagus AGAIN and AGAIN.

Mineral Oil, Milk of Magnesia- stool softener, good for constipation

Mylanta - if your dog has an upset GI.. but hard to tell sometimes!

Hydrogen Peroxide - to induce vomiting. However, only good if used within hours of ingestion. If you come home after a 10 hr work day to chocolate wrappers all over.. the peroxide won't have an effect! This once again is used if the dog has ingested something toxic that needs to leave the system.

Furacin is commonly used in horses rather than dogs.. but, it's like a neosporin, triple antibiotic ointment, etc. Good for burns, wounds, cuts, scrapes, dermatitis.. and some say ear infection. Although I'm not sure how you administer it in the ears?? I would stick to Otomax or Oticalm for the ears!!

Any others you need help with Dax?

[Dax]

You're a wealth of info. I'm ok with the rest. Thanks

[goldensammy]

Great post Dax. Any way you could make that a sticky?

[Dax]

I'll add it into the heath sticky for easy reference. Feel free to add any alternatives or more information.