Archive for August, 2009
First aid to an accident dog is the most important one that is to be given immediately without making much delay. Most of the times, the accident dog may have a severe type of bleeding due to the severe hit by the speeding vehicles on the body.
In such cases, just lift the dog carefully and try to assess the point of bleeding. In that case, place some cotton or pure clothe on the bleeding points and immediately try to transfer the dog to a nearby veterinary hospital for further remedies.
If the bleeding is only minimal, don’t be under the impression that the dog need not be given any first aid seriously.
Most of the time, there may be internal bleeding or some fracture may be there internally and hence, immediately keep the dog in some support system and carry it to the nearby pet animal hospital. Don’t make vigorous movements during such carrying of the dog that has met with an accident.
In case of severe bleeding, some tourniquet may be applied to the point above the bleeding region but with moderate pressure only. If severe type of tourniquet is applied, this may even create some other problem later.
There is nothing wrong in placing some ice cubes at the bleeding points to arrest the bleeding. However, you need to take more care in the placement of ice cubes in a dog during the severe winter season.
If you suspect any fracture as revealed by intense pain at the bony regions of the body, don’t make any movement of the dog’s body and just keep the limbs in an immobilized state and take it to a nearby hospital dealing with pet animals.
If the animal vomits due to the accident encountered, don’t try to control the vomiting by forceful closure of the mouth region. Allow the animal to vomit and in such cases, lowering of the head region may even facilitate the vomiting.
This often helps to avoid the development of aspiratory type of pneumonia in the concerned dog.
Just try to touch the body of the animal. When the surface temperature of the animal is cool as revealed by touch reflex, then use some kinds of warm clothes to cover the body of the dog met with such accidents. Effort like this may give some kinds of immediate relief to the dog in keeping up of the thermoregulatory mechanisms in a right manner.
Similarly, when the dog’s body is so hot, try to place the ice cubes in polythene bad over the head region and this helps to minimize the effects of hyperthermia in the concerned dog.
If the dog is motionless after the accident, try to go for the cardiac massage particularly when you feel on the absence of heartbeats in the concerned dog.
However, provision of warm temperature to the dog in addition to the proper care by tackling the thermo regulatory mechanisms during the first aid will help the dog to have more chances of survival.
You may ask me again whether it is possible for us to stop dog barking? I know you will feel like this only. But, you see that there are some ways to keep the dog away from barking for some preferred periods, at least. Got it?
Understanding on the nature of your dog
One has to first understand why the dog is barking? This may be found highly variable from species to species or from individual to individual.
Some dogs are trained to bark like hounds etc. Some dogs bark to express its boredom or need for playful activities. Hence, they bark. Provide suitable remedy and the dog stops barking. Okay?
Food as an alternative for distraction of the dog
Simple remedy for stopping the dog barking is just to make some thing that distracts the dog from barking. This may be some kind of offering of food varieties to the concerned dog during the barking activity.
Ignoring the activity
Just ignore the barking of your dog but try to reward it by praise or play toys. The dog may now stop the barking activity immediately.
Wearing of automatic no bark dog collar
The wearing of automatic no bark dog collar in the dog will help to stop the barking activity when the dog attempts to bark. This is done by means of a shock condition developed by the sensors present in the concerned dog collars.
The dog collar’s sensors usage is not interrupted by other calls from the nearby dogs or loud noises.
Car Ride
Take the barking dog in a car and have a good car ride. The external strange smell and the surroundings make the dog to get distracted and the dog may now stop barking activity. Most of the times, this remedy works in case of dogs.
Exercise
The frequently barking dog needs to be taken out for an exercise by running or allowing the dog to catch the ball etc.
Hence, due to the increased physical activities, the dog attempts so much time to relax and keep away from the frequent barking activity.
Avoidance of some specific activity
Yelling like activities need to be avoided though some times it may seem to work well to stop the barking activities of the dog.
Many times, such yelling activities may increase the dog’s barking activities. Hence, one has to take more care in this regard.
Moving out as a remedy
Many times to express the need of going out, the dogs may bark. Hence, take the dog to a place outside of the house and the dog now may be seen more relaxed and stops immediately the barking activity.
Provide easy outside access from the kennel to the dog and this helps to calm down your dog and hence, finally don’t bark in general.
Commands
When the dog barks, just say ‘no’ to the dog. If the dog obeys, just reward it by offering some biscuits or some palatable food items preferred by your dog. Thus, reflex actions may reduce barking activities. We need to use the same word whenever the dog barks to express our displeasure to the concerned dog.
Consult a veterinary behaviorist or pet behaviorist for additional suggestions.
