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› Traumas and sudden illnesses: tetanus, limp, crucial ligament break, road accidents, poisoning, diarrhea, constipations, vomiting, false pregnancy, insect bites, gastroenteritis, bronchopneumonia.
› Attention! Most described lesions and illnesses require urgent transportation to veterinary.



Important! Dog owners must keep in mind that upon all described illnesses several hours may turn to be the matter of pet's life!









Notice! Tips below may help you not to be at loss and to do not panic in a difficult situation, however we insist on immediate transportation of the dog to veterinary right after first aid. If it's impossible for any reason urgently call a veterinary.
…And let our dogs be always healthy.

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emergent first aid

—› First aid principles (page 1)

—› Wounds and bleedings (page 1)

—› Wound toilet and dressing (page 1)

—› Bleeding (page 1)

—› Chest wounds (page 1)

—› Abdominal cavity wounds (page 1)

—› Tetanus (this page)

—› Limp (this page)

—› Crucial ligament break (this page)

—› Road accidents (this page)

—› Poisoning (this page)

—› Diarrhea (this page)

—› Vomiting (this page)

—› Constipations (this page)

—› False pregnancy (this page)

—› Insect bites (this page)

—› Gastroenteritis (this page)

—› Bronchopneumonia (this page)
 


• tetanus

Dogs' tetanus is rather seldom, so there is usually no vaccination. To avoid tetanus the wound shall bleed free and let air passage. If larger vessels are hurt bleeding will be heavier and longer, blood may even spout. First aid then is wound dressing.

If the wound is located on the head or in any else inconvenient place you may compress it by palm. Limbs may be constricted, but dressing is to be let each quarter. Such wounds always require urgent veterinary help. [back]


• limp

Limp may have different causes. First examine dog's paws thoroughly. Hair mat between pads may bother like a stone in your boot. Carefully cut it. In winter rinse paws of reagent scattered on the roads. If nail base is sore, camomile or soap bathes may help. Many cases require experienced wound dressing so that there was no constriction of separate places.

On swelling, raws and strains apply cold water on leather several times a day. This affects like cold dressing, eases pain and prevents further swelling if applied timely. If dog avoids stepping paw then there may be fracture suspected. On abnormal limb mobility fix it by improvised splint. Use damp kerchief, two sticks of appropriate length, roller, and plaster. Closest joints shall be fixed also.

Long–lasting, relapsing or worsening motor disorders shall anyway be examined by the veterinary. Unfortunately, rottweilers may also experience spine diseases with walk constraint or legs weakness. Young dogs' pathological bones enlargement or elbow joint rejection may lead to limp. Elders often suffer from chronic joint inflammation. Heritable HD — joint socket flattening — favours arthrosis and joint dislocations. Leg lameness is often result of knee ball dislocation which may be fixed surgically. [back]


• crucial ligament break

We are referring to break of knee joint ligament. They often think that this break is result of fast movements when dog turns quickly or stumbles, but it may also occur on piaffer by flat surface, then it is result of long–lasting stretching of this ligament. Rest and exertion limitation will be enough on ligament strain, but break requires surgery and ligament replacement. Surgery usually comes to good especially if done by surgeon who deals with limb traumas.

There are different points of view on hereditary nature of predisposition to ligaments breaks; but we must admit that rottweiler's combination of agility, energy and heavy weight actually leads to heavy load of bones, muscles and ligaments so that some orthopedic difficulties of the breed may be explained this way. [back]


• road accidents

Road accidents may lead to inner bodies' hurts and cerebral concussion. Never put water in the unconscious dog mouth. You may dew oral mucosa with tea, coffee or water. Put dog with dropped head and hung tongue on one's side on smoothen bedding; it may also serve as stretcher. Diagnosis is often difficult to be done on the accident place due to dog's shock state.

To avoid wasting time and excess movements urgently transport the dog to the veterinary. [back]


• poisoning

Poisoning is (usually but not always) accidental: raticide may be taken directly on improper keeping or through poisoned rodents. The most often are coumarin agents which lead to inner bleedings. Be also careful with herbicides, insecticides and antifreezes. High–toxic thallium and arsenic compounds, zink phosphide, prussic acids and strychnine are seldom but still appear.

Depression, food rejection, weakness, spume from oral cavity, vomiting (often bloody), diarrhea, thirst, convulsions, paralysis appear on poisoning.

Keep fasting diet, unlimited drinking. Wash out the stomach through enema of 0,04% potassium permanganate dilution, then give to drink a glass of purgative Glauber's salt solution (a table spoon for glass of water). As soon as many poisons are liposoluble don't give milk. You may give dog cold strong tea, give warm enemas).

Bring dog to the vet as soon as possible, any information about the poison nature will help the vet to act timely. If there are such results of poisoning as convulsions, weakness, vomiting and diarrhea, and the cause may be suppositive only, there's indefinite hope to succeed. Sometimes firm diagnosis may be made only on bleedings or hair loss when there's nothing to do to save the dog.

Our tip: Sometimes asphalt and trees in some towns (unfortunately that may happen in some places) may be treated with poisonous solutions or poisoned meal is distributed, etc. so domestic dog may be (and they often are) hurt by. To reduce poisoning risk air the dog muzzled — it will not let to dog to take poisoned bit and prevent direct contact with poisoned things, trees, etc. [back]


• diarrhea

Diarrhea without temperature increase is usually eliminated by one–day fasting diet; you may give weak tea with pinch of salt without sugar. To improve the taste add sugar substitute. This «diet» is incompatible with carbonic suspension. Diarrhea mustn't be «cured» by dehydration! Dog gets diet food portion in the second day (hamburg steak, fast–boiling flakes or raw grated apple). Dog's dung becomes normal on the third day.

If the dog has any other disorder except diarrhea (vomiting, depression, food rejection, high temperature) that may mean poisoning or dangerous disease — then urgently bring the dog to the vet. [back]


• vomiting

Separate vomiting cases may be caused by hurried eating, too cold meal, or by foreign body in the digestive tract. Periodically repeating vomiting shall not bother you: that's enough for dog to eat grass to induce vomiting. But if the vomiting is regular or if food is constantly rejected, call the veterinary.

If the dog has any other disorder except diarrhea (diarrhea, depression, food rejection, high temperature) that may mean poisoning or dangerous disease — then urgently bring the dog to the vet. [back]


• constipations

Constipation usually may be eliminated including raw beef liver or lien to the dog's nutrition. Or you may give dog a few spoons of sweet canned milk. If  convulsive tries fail micro–clyster may help. On hardening of indigested bones in the bowel ending only timely help of specialist may help. [back]


• false pregnancy / pseudocyesis

Some bitches suffer from false pregnancy eight weeks after rut. They become unquiet, «adopt» any thing, don't eat well and fell vomiting periodically; dugs swell, milk appears. Combination of nutrition and drinking cut with more active life may help. You may bathe dugs in cold water several times a day to avoid further swelling and milk coming. Never emulge milk because that will just add it. If despite all efforts dugs swell further and keep of symptoms, take veterinary's opinion [back]


• insect bites

Most frequent case of insect bites is when the dog tries to catch a wasp or a bee. It may result to considerable swelling on the head or in the mouth what is much the worse. External cooling by pieces of ice is recommended. On more dangerous cases of bee or wasp bite of dog's eye or mouth urgently transport the dog to the veterinary.
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• gastroenteritis (inflammation of stomach and bowel mucosa)

On inflammation of stomach and bowel mucosa depression, poor appetite and sleepiness appear. Bloody and mucus vomiting and increase of body temperature up to 41°C / 105,8°F appear after feeding. On bloody diarrhea down of the temperature appears.

Before you call a vet: set fasting diet; wash out the stomach through vomiting (give saline solution: half a teaspoon of salt for half a glass of water); clean the bowel (give two table spoons of castor oil, give warm enemas of potassium permanganate dilution). Immediately call a veterinary. [back]


• bronchopneumonia (inflammation of bronchi and lungs)

On inflammation of bronchi and lungs depression, poor appetite, painful cough (dry cough in the first days), increase of body temperature up to 40—41°C / 104—105,8°F may appear. Then cough becomes wet and painful; bilateral nasal effusions may appear, then pass to mucopurulent secretions; breathing is difficult.

First aid: rest; cleanse nostrils of purulent secretions and immediately call a vet.

Nutrition: boiled meat; meat broth; warm milk. [back]

  





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