January 8, 2020 • 22 mins
All dog owners should know how to respond in the event of an illness or injury. You are your pet's first responder and how you react to a situation until you can get to the veterinarian can be critical. We spend some time with Arden Moore who is a master certified pet first aid and CPR specialist to find out her advice. What should you have on hand to prepare on the case of an injury or illness in your pet? What do you need to know? How do you check your pet's vital signs? Find out these answers and more on this episode.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thank God.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
This is Pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Welcome dog lovers.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
This is Doctor Cat Gone to the Dogs, and I'm
your host, Doctor Catherine prim And of course I'm a
dog lover and I'm owned by a dog named Sky.
So my mission with this show is to help educate
dog lovers how to do things to take better care
of their dogs for happy and healthy dogs. In today's episode,
I have with me Arden Moore. Arden is a master
(00:47):
certified Pet First Aid and CPR specialist, and she is
going to share with us and situations and tips and
things that we might need to know if we need
to intervene in an emergency situation. So we'll be right
back with Ardamore after a quick break.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
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Speaker 1 (01:09):
When we put him on the Dinovite, he took great
to it. All of these symptoms disappeared.
Speaker 6 (01:14):
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Do you want the doctor helping you got to feed
the country, helping something that he actually likes to eat?
Do you need to put him on dinovites? Dynabyte for life?
Did you love your dog? You don't just want to healthy,
you want to be happy?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
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D N O B I T dot com.
Speaker 6 (01:39):
Let's talk pets on Petlife Radio dot com.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Welcome back to doctor Kat gone to the Dog's on
pet Life Radio and Ardenmore is my fabulous guest today,
High Arden.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Hey, big paws up, Doctor Kat So.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
I love to make sure that dogs are happy and healthy,
and so my dog owners are the first line. They're
the first responder for the dogs out there, and dogs
get into all kinds of trouble and can get sick.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
And I want to help teach everybody what.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
They need to have and what they need to know
to be able to react quickly to help their dog.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Well that's great, and we love our dogs, that's just
without dispute. But sometimes we show our love by getting
them a bunch of new toys or new outfits, or
take them on a fabulous pet friendly road trip. But
my wish, if I could wave a magic wand all
over this beautiful planet, is that everyone who's dog unlucky
to have a dog, would take some type of pet
(02:48):
first aid class. It's the best way. The best way
to show you love your dog is to be your
pet's best health ally and to do that you need
to know what to do and what not to do
in a pet emergency, you can get that dog you
love stabilized and safely to your veterinarian.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
So I think of traumatic injury as one of the
things where my pet owners, my clients that I see
need to act quickly before they can get to me.
So situations like bleeding or lameness, could you touch on
maybe some of those situations?
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Sure? Sometimes our dogs can be weekend warriors, you know,
they're in agility or dock diving or long walks, and
then during the week they're just kind of couch potatoes
and they can be at risk for some sprains or
hairline fractures. They can fly off the steps out to
the backyard too quickly, they can bang into something. So
(03:42):
in our classes, we teach people how to use what
you have around you to stabilize that injured limb by
using splinting techniques and one of the coolest ones you
knew it's going to come. I actually talk to people
in our classes how to be a mutt guiver. What
can you use around you when you don't have a
(04:03):
pet first aid kit? And the veterinary clinic is a
little bit of distance, so for example, everybody gets packages,
it seems these days, from Amazon, and you've got that
little bubble wrap, right, You can actually use that around
an injured front leg as a temporary splint, so it
keeps the knee and ankle joints from moving, and you
(04:23):
can use things like bandanas or shoelaces over it to
be able to keep that splint in place. So that's
one of the techniques that we show. You mentioned also bleeding,
and you guys know with dogs. Oh my gosh. My
late great dog, Chipper was a Husky Golden Retriever mix,
and she went to greet somebody at our door, a
(04:44):
front door, and I had a thick rug, which I
never do now, and her two front claws got caught
in the fiber of the rug when she was wiggling
and leaping to say hi to bear our friend the dog,
and she actually yang out both nails. That's a bloody mess,
so I know. And so I had this white tile
(05:07):
floor at the time, and I'm like, why is there
this red line? I'm my tile. Duh, it's blood. So
we quickly had her put her on her side. We're
calmed her. You don't want to get rattled to approach
a dog because they read our emotional states so well.
We had her paw up in the air. We took
a bottle water and we quickly rinsed it and then
(05:29):
we started applying pressure with gauze and we called the
vetin area ahead of time. This is a big deal, guys.
The Lord invented speaker option on your phones, so you
can still be rendering aid to an injured dog while
talking to a vet or a vet tech at the clinic.
Every vet I've ever talked to said, please let us
(05:49):
know when you have something like this coming, so we're
ready for him. So maybe there's a dog, a poodle
and examer one getting a manny petty right now, they
can be able to have that exam room ready to go,
so as soon as you come in the door, care
can occur immediately. So with Chipper, the bleeding, we had
to keep her paw elevated above her heart, which is
(06:11):
between her front elbows, so she wasn't able. We didn't
want her standing up because that would just rush the
blood out and it takes a long time to stop
bleeding when nails are gone. She went to the veterinarian.
She was you know, in some cases, you may need
to muzzle your dog while you're rendering aid. They don't
mean to hurt you. But if you're in pain and
you can't speak like words like English because you're a dog,
(06:34):
you got three choices. You're going to either try to
wiggle free, you're going to freeze, or you're going to fight.
And so just to be cautious, we teach people how
to make makeshift muzzles on their dogs so that you
can quickly render aid. But in the case of Chipper,
we were able to slow down the bleeding and when
she went to the veterinary clinic that she did get
a pain medication because can you imagine losing your front nails?
(06:58):
Ouch and antibiotic. And the good thing was we were
lucky for some reason. She completely cleanly pulled out both
nails and they grew back. But at the time I
was there for Chipper, I'm speaking in a calm voice.
I'm like, you got this. Don't ever say the word
sorry to your dogg or cat when they're injured, because
(07:18):
it makes them feel like I want a human that
really knows what they're doing. Especially with dogs, they're all
about rank and so they want the captain. They don't
want the private rendering aid for them, So fake it
till you make it. Be confident, say things like we
got this, Chipper. I'm doing it out of love, and
it will actually help you convince yourself to be calm
(07:40):
and in the moment versus I'm so sorry I have
to do this. Never apologize to your dog. Never apologize,
Never say you're sorry.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
So I like the idea that your first aid intervention
ended at the veterinary hospital because I'm not having you
here and I'm not telling people to do everything at
home first aid in she needs to be followed up
by a veterinarian because we don't. I mean, a veterinarian
can tell you. And I'm a veterinarian, so I have
to say that. But you know what if Chipper's nail
(08:12):
need to have a procedure on it to fix it,
I mean you know you needed to go.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Oh absolutely. And in our classes we actually tell people that,
you know, you guys, you're the first responders, you're the
pet parents, but we need to seek professional help. And
we go through like over a dozen situations where even
if you do stabilize your dog, you still need to
take your dog to your veterinarian, because that's the whole
(08:40):
role of first date. First date is to stabilize and
mobilize and then get your dog to the vet for
professional care. I mean, I've had situations where I have
revived a dog using mouth just now because they choked
on a bunch of dental fluss. And the dog when
I revived her as my sister's dog, Maddie, she popped
up like a piece of toast, like, hey, everything's good.
(09:01):
I'm like, well, let me think about this. I don't
have a DVM at the end of my name. I
don't have Superman's X ray vision. What if Maddie had
gotten other things besides the dental foss and they're tangling
up her intestines. So I called the veterinarian ahead of time,
and we went and route and again they took radiographs.
(09:22):
They want to check with the X rays. Did crazy
Maddie take it inhale anything else? Or were there other
pieces of the floss or pieces of the plastic dental container.
So please guys, play it safe for your dog's sake.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Okay, So I think it's probably a good time to
take a pause, to take a quick break and come
right back with maybe items that you need to have
on hand and some of the things that you really
need to know to be able to render first aid
to your dog. So we'll be right back.
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Speaker 4 (10:52):
Welcome back to Doctor Cat Gone to the Dogs on
pet Life Radio. Ardenmore and I are having a lot
of fun trying to educate dog lovers about when and
how to administer first aid to their dogs. So let's
pick back up. You mentioned that we want our dog
owners to stay safe. And you mentioned a safety muzzle,
(11:13):
and I love the idea of muzzle training, So let's
just kind of pick up where we left off.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Well, if you can go to Amazon, Chewy dot com,
your local pet supply store and get one of those
nylon muzzles that fits the size of your dog's muzzle,
just have it handy. If you have a brachial cephalic
dog we're talking about the ones with the pushed in faces,
you would go with a basket muzzle. But we don't
(11:39):
always have those muzzles, those commercial muzzles with us when
something happens to our dogs. So this is where some
mutt geiver tips come in handy. For example, you can
actually take your six foot nylon leash or a long
bandana and you can be able to make that into
a makeshift muzzle on your dog. And when we do
(12:00):
it in class, we always teach people to make sure
you practice when the dog is in a good mood.
Make it a play session so when the real deal happens,
they've already downloaded and they know what to expect. So
we practice with Pet Safety Dog KNA. She's my terrier mix,
and when you do approach a dog, you don't approach
him face to face. I jokingly say, if you look
(12:22):
into a dog directly face to face, it's like that
Doggy DeNiro moment. You're looking at me, I'm looking at you.
You're looking at me, I'm looking at you. You don't
want to do that. That just spikes their level of
either fear or aggression. So coming from the back, we
show people how to put the first tie on the
dog's muzzle, on the bridge of the nose. Why you
(12:43):
want to keep that lower jaw from opening, because that's
the part that's going to bite you. It's a misnomer people.
You might hear this all the time, doctor Kap, But
people say, I don't know why my dog bit me.
Her tail was wagging. Well, what part of the body bites.
It's the jaw, not the tail. So getting that lower
jaw from being able to open is key. And then
(13:07):
we go under the chin with the tie and then
behind at the base of the neck under the ears.
And we always do things in bows and ties. We
never do knots. We always do like a shoelace tie.
Why because we want to have a quick release when necessary.
So when you go to the vetinary clinic. You don't
hisss off the vet tech by doing several knots for
(13:27):
the muzzle. So you practice with that. But what about
the dogs with the pushed in faces. So here's another
mcgiver tip. Take a bath towel, putivity it on the
size of your dog, fold it in half. Then lay
your leash lengthwise about two inches from that fold, and
start making folds of two inches. Now you can take
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that with the leash inside it, come over and put
it around your dog under his chin, and grab the
back with the two ends of the leashes close to
the dog, not far away, and you actually have this
wide towel under the mouth. That keeps that lower jaw
from opening. The key though, is to make sure that
(14:09):
you hold the reins of the leash close to the body,
not far away. What do you think about that one?
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Well, I actually see a lot of dogs for traumatic
injuries and hit by a car, and unfortunately, I see
a fair number of owners and good Samaritans that have
been bitten trying to assist the dog. So any way
that you can, if you're in your car and you
have a raincoat that you could throw over the dog's
(14:35):
head before you touch the dog anything. I mean, I
just see a lot of people bitten and they don't
mean to hurt. It's just they're in shock from the pain.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Preservation. Yeah, yeah, it's all about you know, you don't
want stare downs with a dog. You want to be
able to block their visions so that doesn't escalate their level,
and quickly moving, but always approach from the back. It's safer.
And the other thing is, you know, if you you
can control the head, you keep yourself safe. So in
our classes too, we show how to quickly grab a
(15:04):
dog and be able to use your palm and hand
against your shoulder with the head so that you're able
to control the head. But it can be scary. It
can be scary, and the key is to protect yourself.
The other thing is a big deal. Don't handle around
a dog's face with your fingers apart, because it's easier
(15:27):
for a dog to bite off a finger or bite
a finger than it is if your fingers are together
like a hand sweep. So do you remember that movie
Karate Kid doctor kat Oh?
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Yes, I totally remember that.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Okay, remember when he said waxong wax song, whax all
so in our classes, we actually teach people how to
keep their fingers together and do hand sweeps rather than
your fingers apart when handling around a mouth. Again, you're
from the back, but that's a safer mechanism. So if
you make them kind of connect to that old right
(16:00):
Kid movie, then people remember in a pet first aid
emergency situation, oh that that's right, I can't keep my
fingers apart because they're going to be little nuggets for
my scared injured dog.
Speaker 4 (16:10):
Well, I like the basket muzzles because it's easy to
train a dog to Oh yeah, you know, because you
can smear peanut butter in there, and you can still
give treats and things through.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
A basket muscle.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
So that's my favorite for you, you know, in the
animal hospital. But the injuries that I say to two
people are in a you know, a sudden surprise injury
to a dog, and that that bleeding and lameness. Those
are that's one class at first aid. But there is
another class of first date, and that is when an
(16:42):
illness kind of comes to a head. So I was
wondering if you could talk with my listeners about ways
to assess kind of the vital signs of your dog.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Well.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
It's important we teach people in our classes to do
a weekly head to tail wellness assessment, and it serves
many purposes. Every dog is unique in their own way,
so you need to know what is normal for each
of your dogs. And don't compare dog A with dog
B because they may have a faster respiratory rate, they
(17:12):
have other different issues. But get to know each of
your dogs in their own way, and you start at
the nose and you work down to the tail. So
you start learning what is normal in your dog and
use all your senses. Don't just look, but listen and
smell and touch. So for example, you know, when you
look inside the ears, does it smell like dirty socks
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or does it look like there's coffee grounds in there?
Those could be signs of a parasitic like mites or
inside there. Look. You know at the top of the head,
a lot of dogs have that little love bump on them.
Remember what the size of that lump bump is. Mark
it down on a piece of paper, because what if
the next week that lump is twice the size. That
could indicate something like maybe a head trauma they bang
(17:56):
their head on something or worse, it could be a
neurological can it could be cancer. So you get to
be a pet detective for the benefit of your pet.
And this way, when you find things like you're starting
to find a hotspot or there's fleas at the base
of the tail, look between the popads and in between
the toes because that's places where things like burrs and
(18:18):
ticks like to hide. So you're starting to learn. So
we go through the whole thing on pet safety. Dog Kona.
She's such a sweetheart for letting everybody in class kind
of poking prodder. But you're building that bond with your
dog because now they're getting more used to being handled.
You're able to see what's normal. And here's the best news.
(18:38):
When you have a dog that recognizes hands as friends
and not foes, they're usually better clients for people like
yourself in a veterinary clinic or to be groomed or
have a pet sitter come and take care of them.
So these weekly head to tail assessments they just pay dividends.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
I agree completely because I am a big believe you're
in feeling all over. If there's any difference, and if
there's a mass, you need to talk to your veterinarian
about it, you know, early rather than later. So I
love that idea.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
So yay, yay. Well, one day, I hope if I'm
ever in Tennessee, you could come to one of my classes.
We actually have veterinarians come to our classes, and it's
hilarious because people are like, well, why are you here,
And often you guys say, well, in our clinic, we
have everything right within reach. But one veterinarian said she
was sitting on her couch with her dog and the
(19:30):
dog choked on some cheddar cheese and she said, you
know what, I kind of panicked. I wanted to go
to my clinic and see what I had, but I
realized I have to take care of right now, right here.
So the whole benefit of pet first aid, whether you're
a veterinarian or a pet lover, is to know what
to do when minutes count, to stabilize and to be
able to safely get that dog to a veterinarian. So
(19:53):
I would love to have you in class. Should be
my honor. You can hang out with my cat, Casey
and my dog ConA. I would love that.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
I would love to have you down to do a
class with my entire team because PET first Aid is
different from veterinary care in a way. So yeah, absolutely,
we would all love to have you. So, on that note,
tell my listeners how they might can find out more
about you and the things that you do, because you
do lots of things.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Well, my main website is ardinmore dot com and for
my in person hands on class, it's called PET first
Aid for you, the number four the letter you. That
is a veterinarian proved program and we are based in Dallas,
but we have already gone to thirteen different states. If
you're interested in becoming an instructor in PET first Aid,
(20:42):
we do that through propethroo dot com. It's a two
day program. You don't even have to leave your house.
It is through using zoom technology, so it's live and interactive.
You get to see me do things with Casey and Kona,
you get to practice. Everything is recorded so you can
always play back. Oh, I don't remember how Arden showed
(21:03):
me how to do that title technique, so you'll have
the link to that. And then every month we continue
giving our instructors ongoing education. Social media wise. I'm sorry, folks,
I don't tweet. I'm not a bird, But I do
use Instagram it's Arden Nose Pets, and I especially use Facebook.
It's easy Arden More and you'll see a lot of
(21:23):
tips and things that are happening there. And we both
have radio shows. I'm on the same network as you,
Pet Life Radio and my show is called Oh Behave
because sometimes I do not always sometimes you do. I
don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
Maybe you're just encouraging others to behave because you don't.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
I don't know why, don't know. That could be true.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
So while you're out there looking on social media, look
me up to I'm Katherine Prim. I do tweet, but
more Instagram under Applebrook Animal Hospital, which is of course
my animal hospital in Tennessee. And Katherine Prim dBm on
Facebook and Arden and I kind of follow each other
and just try to educate people to take the best
care of their pets. So, Arden, it was so cool
(22:07):
to have you today.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Thank you well, it's been my pleasure, and I thank
you Rock as a veterinarian and as a person. And
keep doing what you're doing because you're really making a difference.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
Well, thank you very much, and I'd like to thank
my listeners for tuning in. I'm doctor Kat gone to
the dogs, and of course my amazing producer Mark Winscher.
So everybody go out and raise the rough.
Speaker 6 (22:30):
Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on petlife
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Thank God.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
This is Pet Life Radio. Let's talk pets.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Welcome dog lovers.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
This is Doctor Cat Gone to the Dogs, and I'm
your host, Doctor Catherine prim And of course I'm a
dog lover and I'm owned by a dog named Sky.
So my mission with this show is to help educate
dog lovers how to do things to take better care
of their dogs for happy and healthy dogs. In today's episode,
I have with me Arden Moore. Arden is a master
(00:47):
certified Pet First Aid and CPR specialist, and she is
going to share with us and situations and tips and
things that we might need to know if we need
to intervene in an emergency situation. So we'll be right
back with Ardamore after a quick break.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
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Speaker 1 (01:09):
When we put him on the Dinovite, he took great
to it. All of these symptoms disappeared.
Speaker 6 (01:14):
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Do you want the doctor helping you got to feed
the country, helping something that he actually likes to eat?
Do you need to put him on dinovites? Dynabyte for life?
Did you love your dog? You don't just want to healthy,
you want to be happy?
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Speaker 4 (01:52):
Welcome back to doctor Kat gone to the Dog's on
pet Life Radio and Ardenmore is my fabulous guest today,
High Arden.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Hey, big paws up, Doctor Kat So.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
I love to make sure that dogs are happy and healthy,
and so my dog owners are the first line. They're
the first responder for the dogs out there, and dogs
get into all kinds of trouble and can get sick.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
And I want to help teach everybody what.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
They need to have and what they need to know
to be able to react quickly to help their dog.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Well that's great, and we love our dogs, that's just
without dispute. But sometimes we show our love by getting
them a bunch of new toys or new outfits, or
take them on a fabulous pet friendly road trip. But
my wish, if I could wave a magic wand all
over this beautiful planet, is that everyone who's dog unlucky
to have a dog, would take some type of pet
(02:48):
first aid class. It's the best way. The best way
to show you love your dog is to be your
pet's best health ally and to do that you need
to know what to do and what not to do
in a pet emergency, you can get that dog you
love stabilized and safely to your veterinarian.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
So I think of traumatic injury as one of the
things where my pet owners, my clients that I see
need to act quickly before they can get to me.
So situations like bleeding or lameness, could you touch on
maybe some of those situations?
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Sure? Sometimes our dogs can be weekend warriors, you know,
they're in agility or dock diving or long walks, and
then during the week they're just kind of couch potatoes
and they can be at risk for some sprains or
hairline fractures. They can fly off the steps out to
the backyard too quickly, they can bang into something. So
(03:42):
in our classes, we teach people how to use what
you have around you to stabilize that injured limb by
using splinting techniques and one of the coolest ones you
knew it's going to come. I actually talk to people
in our classes how to be a mutt guiver. What
can you use around you when you don't have a
(04:03):
pet first aid kit? And the veterinary clinic is a
little bit of distance, so for example, everybody gets packages,
it seems these days, from Amazon, and you've got that
little bubble wrap, right, You can actually use that around
an injured front leg as a temporary splint, so it
keeps the knee and ankle joints from moving, and you
(04:23):
can use things like bandanas or shoelaces over it to
be able to keep that splint in place. So that's
one of the techniques that we show. You mentioned also bleeding,
and you guys know with dogs. Oh my gosh. My
late great dog, Chipper was a Husky Golden Retriever mix,
and she went to greet somebody at our door, a
(04:44):
front door, and I had a thick rug, which I
never do now, and her two front claws got caught
in the fiber of the rug when she was wiggling
and leaping to say hi to bear our friend the dog,
and she actually yang out both nails. That's a bloody mess,
so I know. And so I had this white tile
(05:07):
floor at the time, and I'm like, why is there
this red line? I'm my tile. Duh, it's blood. So
we quickly had her put her on her side. We're
calmed her. You don't want to get rattled to approach
a dog because they read our emotional states so well.
We had her paw up in the air. We took
a bottle water and we quickly rinsed it and then
(05:29):
we started applying pressure with gauze and we called the
vetin area ahead of time. This is a big deal, guys.
The Lord invented speaker option on your phones, so you
can still be rendering aid to an injured dog while
talking to a vet or a vet tech at the clinic.
Every vet I've ever talked to said, please let us
(05:49):
know when you have something like this coming, so we're
ready for him. So maybe there's a dog, a poodle
and examer one getting a manny petty right now, they
can be able to have that exam room ready to go,
so as soon as you come in the door, care
can occur immediately. So with Chipper, the bleeding, we had
to keep her paw elevated above her heart, which is
(06:11):
between her front elbows, so she wasn't able. We didn't
want her standing up because that would just rush the
blood out and it takes a long time to stop
bleeding when nails are gone. She went to the veterinarian.
She was you know, in some cases, you may need
to muzzle your dog while you're rendering aid. They don't
mean to hurt you. But if you're in pain and
you can't speak like words like English because you're a dog,
(06:34):
you got three choices. You're going to either try to
wiggle free, you're going to freeze, or you're going to fight.
And so just to be cautious, we teach people how
to make makeshift muzzles on their dogs so that you
can quickly render aid. But in the case of Chipper,
we were able to slow down the bleeding and when
she went to the veterinary clinic that she did get
a pain medication because can you imagine losing your front nails?
(06:58):
Ouch and antibiotic. And the good thing was we were
lucky for some reason. She completely cleanly pulled out both
nails and they grew back. But at the time I
was there for Chipper, I'm speaking in a calm voice.
I'm like, you got this. Don't ever say the word
sorry to your dogg or cat when they're injured, because
(07:18):
it makes them feel like I want a human that
really knows what they're doing. Especially with dogs, they're all
about rank and so they want the captain. They don't
want the private rendering aid for them, So fake it
till you make it. Be confident, say things like we
got this, Chipper. I'm doing it out of love, and
it will actually help you convince yourself to be calm
(07:40):
and in the moment versus I'm so sorry I have
to do this. Never apologize to your dog. Never apologize,
Never say you're sorry.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
So I like the idea that your first aid intervention
ended at the veterinary hospital because I'm not having you
here and I'm not telling people to do everything at
home first aid in she needs to be followed up
by a veterinarian because we don't. I mean, a veterinarian
can tell you. And I'm a veterinarian, so I have
to say that. But you know what if Chipper's nail
(08:12):
need to have a procedure on it to fix it,
I mean you know you needed to go.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Oh absolutely. And in our classes we actually tell people that,
you know, you guys, you're the first responders, you're the
pet parents, but we need to seek professional help. And
we go through like over a dozen situations where even
if you do stabilize your dog, you still need to
take your dog to your veterinarian, because that's the whole
(08:40):
role of first date. First date is to stabilize and
mobilize and then get your dog to the vet for
professional care. I mean, I've had situations where I have
revived a dog using mouth just now because they choked
on a bunch of dental fluss. And the dog when
I revived her as my sister's dog, Maddie, she popped
up like a piece of toast, like, hey, everything's good.
(09:01):
I'm like, well, let me think about this. I don't
have a DVM at the end of my name. I
don't have Superman's X ray vision. What if Maddie had
gotten other things besides the dental foss and they're tangling
up her intestines. So I called the veterinarian ahead of time,
and we went and route and again they took radiographs.
(09:22):
They want to check with the X rays. Did crazy
Maddie take it inhale anything else? Or were there other
pieces of the floss or pieces of the plastic dental container.
So please guys, play it safe for your dog's sake.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Okay, So I think it's probably a good time to
take a pause, to take a quick break and come
right back with maybe items that you need to have
on hand and some of the things that you really
need to know to be able to render first aid
to your dog. So we'll be right back.
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Speaker 4 (10:52):
Welcome back to Doctor Cat Gone to the Dogs on
pet Life Radio. Ardenmore and I are having a lot
of fun trying to educate dog lovers about when and
how to administer first aid to their dogs. So let's
pick back up. You mentioned that we want our dog
owners to stay safe. And you mentioned a safety muzzle,
(11:13):
and I love the idea of muzzle training, So let's
just kind of pick up where we left off.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Well, if you can go to Amazon, Chewy dot com,
your local pet supply store and get one of those
nylon muzzles that fits the size of your dog's muzzle,
just have it handy. If you have a brachial cephalic
dog we're talking about the ones with the pushed in faces,
you would go with a basket muzzle. But we don't
(11:39):
always have those muzzles, those commercial muzzles with us when
something happens to our dogs. So this is where some
mutt geiver tips come in handy. For example, you can
actually take your six foot nylon leash or a long
bandana and you can be able to make that into
a makeshift muzzle on your dog. And when we do
(12:00):
it in class, we always teach people to make sure
you practice when the dog is in a good mood.
Make it a play session so when the real deal happens,
they've already downloaded and they know what to expect. So
we practice with Pet Safety Dog KNA. She's my terrier mix,
and when you do approach a dog, you don't approach
him face to face. I jokingly say, if you look
(12:22):
into a dog directly face to face, it's like that
Doggy DeNiro moment. You're looking at me, I'm looking at you.
You're looking at me, I'm looking at you. You don't
want to do that. That just spikes their level of
either fear or aggression. So coming from the back, we
show people how to put the first tie on the
dog's muzzle, on the bridge of the nose. Why you
(12:43):
want to keep that lower jaw from opening, because that's
the part that's going to bite you. It's a misnomer people.
You might hear this all the time, doctor Kap, But
people say, I don't know why my dog bit me.
Her tail was wagging. Well, what part of the body bites.
It's the jaw, not the tail. So getting that lower
jaw from being able to open is key. And then
(13:07):
we go under the chin with the tie and then
behind at the base of the neck under the ears.
And we always do things in bows and ties. We
never do knots. We always do like a shoelace tie.
Why because we want to have a quick release when necessary.
So when you go to the vetinary clinic. You don't
hisss off the vet tech by doing several knots for
(13:27):
the muzzle. So you practice with that. But what about
the dogs with the pushed in faces. So here's another
mcgiver tip. Take a bath towel, putivity it on the
size of your dog, fold it in half. Then lay
your leash lengthwise about two inches from that fold, and
start making folds of two inches. Now you can take
(13:48):
that with the leash inside it, come over and put
it around your dog under his chin, and grab the
back with the two ends of the leashes close to
the dog, not far away, and you actually have this
wide towel under the mouth. That keeps that lower jaw
from opening. The key though, is to make sure that
(14:09):
you hold the reins of the leash close to the body,
not far away. What do you think about that one?
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Well, I actually see a lot of dogs for traumatic
injuries and hit by a car, and unfortunately, I see
a fair number of owners and good Samaritans that have
been bitten trying to assist the dog. So any way
that you can, if you're in your car and you
have a raincoat that you could throw over the dog's
(14:35):
head before you touch the dog anything. I mean, I
just see a lot of people bitten and they don't
mean to hurt. It's just they're in shock from the pain.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Preservation. Yeah, yeah, it's all about you know, you don't
want stare downs with a dog. You want to be
able to block their visions so that doesn't escalate their level,
and quickly moving, but always approach from the back. It's safer.
And the other thing is, you know, if you you
can control the head, you keep yourself safe. So in
our classes too, we show how to quickly grab a
(15:04):
dog and be able to use your palm and hand
against your shoulder with the head so that you're able
to control the head. But it can be scary. It
can be scary, and the key is to protect yourself.
The other thing is a big deal. Don't handle around
a dog's face with your fingers apart, because it's easier
(15:27):
for a dog to bite off a finger or bite
a finger than it is if your fingers are together
like a hand sweep. So do you remember that movie
Karate Kid doctor kat Oh?
Speaker 4 (15:37):
Yes, I totally remember that.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Okay, remember when he said waxong wax song, whax all
so in our classes, we actually teach people how to
keep their fingers together and do hand sweeps rather than
your fingers apart when handling around a mouth. Again, you're
from the back, but that's a safer mechanism. So if
you make them kind of connect to that old right
(16:00):
Kid movie, then people remember in a pet first aid
emergency situation, oh that that's right, I can't keep my
fingers apart because they're going to be little nuggets for
my scared injured dog.
Speaker 4 (16:10):
Well, I like the basket muzzles because it's easy to
train a dog to Oh yeah, you know, because you
can smear peanut butter in there, and you can still
give treats and things through.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
A basket muscle.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
So that's my favorite for you, you know, in the
animal hospital. But the injuries that I say to two
people are in a you know, a sudden surprise injury
to a dog, and that that bleeding and lameness. Those
are that's one class at first aid. But there is
another class of first date, and that is when an
(16:42):
illness kind of comes to a head. So I was
wondering if you could talk with my listeners about ways
to assess kind of the vital signs of your dog.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Well.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
It's important we teach people in our classes to do
a weekly head to tail wellness assessment, and it serves
many purposes. Every dog is unique in their own way,
so you need to know what is normal for each
of your dogs. And don't compare dog A with dog
B because they may have a faster respiratory rate, they
(17:12):
have other different issues. But get to know each of
your dogs in their own way, and you start at
the nose and you work down to the tail. So
you start learning what is normal in your dog and
use all your senses. Don't just look, but listen and
smell and touch. So for example, you know, when you
look inside the ears, does it smell like dirty socks
(17:34):
or does it look like there's coffee grounds in there?
Those could be signs of a parasitic like mites or
inside there. Look. You know at the top of the head,
a lot of dogs have that little love bump on them.
Remember what the size of that lump bump is. Mark
it down on a piece of paper, because what if
the next week that lump is twice the size. That
could indicate something like maybe a head trauma they bang
(17:56):
their head on something or worse, it could be a
neurological can it could be cancer. So you get to
be a pet detective for the benefit of your pet.
And this way, when you find things like you're starting
to find a hotspot or there's fleas at the base
of the tail, look between the popads and in between
the toes because that's places where things like burrs and
(18:18):
ticks like to hide. So you're starting to learn. So
we go through the whole thing on pet safety. Dog Kona.
She's such a sweetheart for letting everybody in class kind
of poking prodder. But you're building that bond with your
dog because now they're getting more used to being handled.
You're able to see what's normal. And here's the best news.
(18:38):
When you have a dog that recognizes hands as friends
and not foes, they're usually better clients for people like
yourself in a veterinary clinic or to be groomed or
have a pet sitter come and take care of them.
So these weekly head to tail assessments they just pay dividends.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
I agree completely because I am a big believe you're
in feeling all over. If there's any difference, and if
there's a mass, you need to talk to your veterinarian
about it, you know, early rather than later. So I
love that idea.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
So yay, yay. Well, one day, I hope if I'm
ever in Tennessee, you could come to one of my classes.
We actually have veterinarians come to our classes, and it's
hilarious because people are like, well, why are you here,
And often you guys say, well, in our clinic, we
have everything right within reach. But one veterinarian said she
was sitting on her couch with her dog and the
(19:30):
dog choked on some cheddar cheese and she said, you
know what, I kind of panicked. I wanted to go
to my clinic and see what I had, but I
realized I have to take care of right now, right here.
So the whole benefit of pet first aid, whether you're
a veterinarian or a pet lover, is to know what
to do when minutes count, to stabilize and to be
able to safely get that dog to a veterinarian. So
(19:53):
I would love to have you in class. Should be
my honor. You can hang out with my cat, Casey
and my dog ConA. I would love that.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
I would love to have you down to do a
class with my entire team because PET first Aid is
different from veterinary care in a way. So yeah, absolutely,
we would all love to have you. So, on that note,
tell my listeners how they might can find out more
about you and the things that you do, because you
do lots of things.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Well, my main website is ardinmore dot com and for
my in person hands on class, it's called PET first
Aid for you, the number four the letter you. That
is a veterinarian proved program and we are based in Dallas,
but we have already gone to thirteen different states. If
you're interested in becoming an instructor in PET first Aid,
(20:42):
we do that through propethroo dot com. It's a two
day program. You don't even have to leave your house.
It is through using zoom technology, so it's live and interactive.
You get to see me do things with Casey and Kona,
you get to practice. Everything is recorded so you can
always play back. Oh, I don't remember how Arden showed
(21:03):
me how to do that title technique, so you'll have
the link to that. And then every month we continue
giving our instructors ongoing education. Social media wise. I'm sorry, folks,
I don't tweet. I'm not a bird, But I do
use Instagram it's Arden Nose Pets, and I especially use Facebook.
It's easy Arden More and you'll see a lot of
(21:23):
tips and things that are happening there. And we both
have radio shows. I'm on the same network as you,
Pet Life Radio and my show is called Oh Behave
because sometimes I do not always sometimes you do. I
don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
Maybe you're just encouraging others to behave because you don't.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
I don't know why, don't know. That could be true.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
So while you're out there looking on social media, look
me up to I'm Katherine Prim. I do tweet, but
more Instagram under Applebrook Animal Hospital, which is of course
my animal hospital in Tennessee. And Katherine Prim dBm on
Facebook and Arden and I kind of follow each other
and just try to educate people to take the best
care of their pets. So, Arden, it was so cool
(22:07):
to have you today.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Thank you well, it's been my pleasure, and I thank
you Rock as a veterinarian and as a person. And
keep doing what you're doing because you're really making a difference.
Speaker 4 (22:17):
Well, thank you very much, and I'd like to thank
my listeners for tuning in. I'm doctor Kat gone to
the dogs, and of course my amazing producer Mark Winscher.
So everybody go out and raise the rough.
Speaker 6 (22:30):
Let's Talk Pets every week on demand only on petlife
radio dot com.
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