Dog First Aid – Helpful Items to Keep at Home

It’s important to have a first aid kit for your dog. You never know when you’ll need it and be glad to have it when your best friend has an accident.

Here’s our recommended list of Dog First Aid Kit items:

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#1. Keep a list of your veterinarian’s contact information.

Also note the nearest 24hr ER vet clinic in case your vet is not available 24/7. We recommend having this on paper – you never know when your phone might run out of juice.

#2. Gardez une liste de la mauvaise nourriture pour les chiens.

Si vous pensez que votre chien a mangé un aliment dangereux ou a été empoisonné, appelez immédiatement votre vétérinaire ou le service d'assistance téléphonique antipoison pour animaux.

#3. Une pince à épiler.

You’ll especially need tweezers if your dog gets a tick. Our post on Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs shows how to use tweezers to pull out a tick.

#4. Gel styptique Kwik-Stop

Forme une barrière de gel instantanée pour arrêter rapidement les saignements mineurs, c'est-à-dire spécialement pour les saignements causés par la coupe des ongles et les coupures mineures.

#5. Spray antiseptique + antifongique

Specifically formulated to help speed the healing process of cuts, scrapes, and minor abrasions. It’s a gentle, cleansing formula that does not contain alcohol and will not sting.

#6. Bandages

Need a band-aid for your dog, but it’s hard to find one that fits? PawFlex Bandages is a line of bandages just for dogs. PawFlex bandages are a disposable non adhesive fur friendly super stretch all in one bandage that maintains a secure comfortable natural fit. The PawFlex sizes and designs are created for specific sized dogs and specific wound-care areas.

Voir aussi Le jouet ultime pour les chiens qui aiment jouer à la balle.

Vous pouvez aussi vous procurer des compresses et des rouleaux de gaze.

#7. Cône pour chien

You probably already have one from your vet when your dog was spayed or neutered. The vet typically has them in clear plastic or a soft collar version. Last time we needed a collar for our dog Kobi, a Havanese, we used a different kind of collar – an inflatable collar from BENCMATE. It seemed to fit our dog much better and he was less annoyed with it than the other collars we tried.