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 Arapahoe County, Colorado

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Updated February 2010
Here is a list of items that every dog-owner should have on hand–just in case of an emergency.
These items can be purchased from a drug store, pharmacist or veterinarian.
(Thank you to Randa MacMillian, DVM for this information)
  • Gauze pads and rolls,  Telfa pads (non-adherent to place on open abrasions) rolled cotton, veterinary self-adhesive elastic wrap
  • White tape
  • Thermometer
  • Tweezers and pliers
  • Antibiotic cream
  • Antiseptic solution
  • Calamine lotion
  • Petroleum jelly
  • Cotton swab sticks
  • Blunt end scissors, to safely cut bandages or cut hair away from a wound
  • Eye Dropper
  • Crates or carryalls to transport an injured animal.
        (A child’s plastic toboggan or flat piece of board can be used to carry a larger dog.)
  • Q-Tips
  • Hydrogen peroxide, small bottle (use to induce vomiting. To clean wounds, dilute 50/50 with water)
  • Isopropyl alcohol, small bottle
  • Eye irrigating solution or contact lens cleaner
  • Constant Clens Wound Cleaner.
  • Eye ointment.  Terramycin but could also use Triple Antibiotic ophthalmic ointment
  • Polysporin or neosporin skin ointment - not for use in eyes!
  • Styptic powder, Kwik Stop
  • Hemostat, small mosquito type (for clamping off  bleeding)
  • Tweezers
  • Syringes,  6-8 ml size (for flushing wounds)
  • Emergency blanket, reflective type found in camping stores.
  • Disposable gloves, 2 pair
  • Leash, emergency type (doubles as a temporary muzzle)
Paper with the following information:
  • Your name, phone numbers
  • Vet's name, address , phone number
  • Emergency animal hospital name, address, phone number
  • Person to call incase you are also injured
  • Dog's name(s), any medication they take, serious illnesses like seizures, Diabetes,ect,            
                         Any allergies
Drug doses. (may want to include a few tablets of each in your First Aid Kit.) Important to figure out the dose your dog wound need and list that.
  • Benadry ( use generic diphenyhydramine)  1 mg/pound. Comes as a 25 mg tablet. Every 8-12 hours
  • Buffered Aspirin (never ibuprofen, tylenol) 81 mg for 10 pound dog, 325 mg for a 40 pound dog
  • Immodium (watery diarrhea)  1 mg per 20 pounds once or twice per day. Comes as a 2 mg tablet
  • PeptoBismol (not for cats) 1 tablet per 20 pounds every 4 hours
  • Kaopectate  1 TSP per 10 pounds every 4 hours
  • Pepcid (famotidine) great for upset stomachs 1/2 mg/ pound every 12 hours. Comes as 10 mg tablet
  • Hydrogen peroxide. Use to induce vomiting. 1 TBS per 10 pounds given once by mouth--use a syringe or turkey baster to administer.