 Barked: Sun Feb 11, '07 10:52am PST |
 | |  | | I took a first aid seminar for pets so I do know how to do the heimlich, CPR and rescue breathing for pets. I've also taken the Red Cross human first aid course so I know how to do it for people also. I really want to take the Red Cross dog first aid seminar (the pet seminar I did was given by a loval veterinarian but not Red Cross) and I'm hoping to do that soon. A shelter here offers it but it fills up months ahead of time...
I've never had to do those on pets (or people) in a real emergency although I did practice (lightly) on my dogs so I would know the correct positioning if there was an emergency.
I did once have to pull a rawhide out of Ginger's throat, though. That was when I decided NO MORE rawhides in our house! Ginger has always been very good about chewing small pieces of her chew bones but this one time she chewed off a larger piece and she was licking it and because they get so sticky when they're chewed, it stuck to her tongue/mouth and so she tried to swallow it to get it off. It got caught at the back of her mouth/entrance to her throat and she started hacking. I rushed over to her, opened her mouth and pulled it out! It was difficult because it was so slimy but I managed to pull it out of there... |  |  | |  |
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