First Aid

Specialist of Waltham Karen and Laura

Road Accident

Remove your dog off the road to prevent further injuries. Keep your dog as comfortable as possible. Put a lot of pressure on the wound use a clean cloth or bandage. Call or go to the vet immediately.

Cut Paw

Bleeding due to a laceration from broken glass or other sharp object often happens on beaches and out on walks. If bleeding is profuse, wrap the paw in gauze dressing or clean cloth and put a ferm a roller bandgewith even pressure around the paw. Take your dog to your veternarian for appropriate treatment. Never use an elastic band around the limb, especially for prolonged periods (over 15 minutes).

Injured Eye

Look to see if anything is in the eye.try to remove it by flushing the infected eye out with clean warm water. try to not let the dog rub his eye with his paw. If the eye is injured badly than cover it with a damp cloth and take the dog to the vet.

Sudden Earache

If your dog is tilting his ear to one side or scratching his ear. He may rub his ear along the ground. He will whine and will not let anyone touch his ear. check his era because he could have an object(DO NOT PULL ANYTHING OUT OF HIS EAR). Contact the vet as soon as possible to prevent any more damage.

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