Thursday, May 3, 2012

Bandaging Your Dog

By Amos Navarro


Having a dog is a huge obligation. In which compare taking good care of a dog compared to that of a baby. The only real benefit having dogs in comparison to having babies is simply because won't get older and turn into nerve-racking teenagers. Because dogs are similar to babies they sometimes also land in harmful circumstances. They could in some cases get themselves kept in a tight place or get hit by a thing that will injure one of their limbs. When that occurs, we have to learn to bandage our dogs to avoid further damage. Listed below are some fundamental ways of how to bandage your wounded dog.

1. When your pet has a bandage, it has to always be dry and clean. So it's pretty important to be sure your dog stays inside most likely if it has a bandage. In order to avoid the bandage from being wet once the pet goes to pee or poop, a trash bag or plastic covering should really cover the bandaged leg. You may use empty bread bags. When your pet has wet or dirtied up the bandage, it could require changing. Make sure to look into the bandage twice a day to determine if it is clean and dry. Check as well for foul odors or discharge and if there's any, call the vet immediately.

2. Soon after bringing home your pet from the veterinarian make perfectly sure that the bandage remains in place. Your dog had been irritated about it and it has chewed or attempted to scratch it off. Look closely at the position as well as the location on the bandage whenever you do check. Look at the toes of the pet, the bandage may have slipped up making the toes stick out. Furthermore consider the size, if the bandage has become loose. This ought to be taken into consideration every time a dog has been bandaged in the abdomen or leg area. This is because one end is going to be bigger than the other and eventually become narrower. When the bandage telescopes down the limb of the dog it might bunch up and abrade the limb. When that takes place, the bandage needs to be changed at the same time.

3. If the dog is bandaged up in the leg be sure it isn't too tight. Observe how the toes will be at the bottom of the bandage at least 2 times a day. This can be done to check on for sweating, swelling, or pain. Look for skin chaffing, redness; discharge or swelling both before and after the bandage has been applied.

4. To avoid your pet from chewing the bandage due to the bothersome experience it gives, put an Elizabethan collar. If you have observed that the pet is chewing or scratching it excessively, ask the vet if there could possibly be problems.

These represent the times that you ought to already be taking pet back to the veterinarian: Swelling above or below the bandage, Chewing the bandage, Bandage becomes wet, bleeding or discharge above, below or through and Scheduled bandage changes.




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