Dogs First Aid Kit - house & car

Not sure if this has been spoken abount before but as I had to deal with a wasp sting with one of my [ daft ] dogs it got me thinking what do other people have in their first aid kit for their dogs at home and in their cars in the event of a minor problem e.g cuts- wasp/bee stings, me what I have in the house for them I have in the car, I also keep those wee packets of of salt you get in some cafe along with a few old socks and some good tackie tape and plactic bags in the cars F.A.Kit.

This is mine


Pocket Emergency Kit (for out on long walks)

Melolin Non-adherent dressing

Soffban (padding)

Conforming bandage

Vetwrap

Leg of tights for muzzle or tourniquet or to wrap up ears in case of injury

Urtica Urens/Apis Mel for stings (can use Piriton)


Tweezers (for thorns and splinters)

Instant Ice Pak

Sterile Saline solution pod (cleaning out wounds and eyes)

Vets phone number and mobile phone

Wire cutters in case dog gets caught in wire

A few crystals of Washing Soda (to induce vomiting if dog has ingested poison etc)




Main First Aid Kit (always kept in car)

More of the above

Tick remover

Windeze or Infacol (contains simethicone for bloat)

Glucogel and Manuka honey for weakness/collapse.

Superglue for cut pads

Intrasite gel (deep wounds)

Electrolytes, slippery elm and probiotics (for diarrhoea)

Aloe Vera Gel

Arnica (for pain) plus other homeopathic remedies

Muzzle

Dog Boot(s)

Clingfilm (for burns/innards escape)

Foil Blanket (in case of shock)


Home extras

Worming Tablets

Flea/Tick treatment

Elizabethan Collar

I have to say I don't have a dog first aid kit. I don't have a human first aid kit either, unless you count soluble aspirin and plasters.

Neither dog or human has suffered from the lack so far.

About to get a pup and have a portable first aid kit- alcohol wipes, bandage, sterile dressings, tweezers, tick remover, syringe, muzzle, first aid book, vets number-2, mobile, crate, vetbed-2, sterile bags, doggy plasters, saline solution, dog friendly oral antihistimines and topical, cotton wool and travel bowl.

First Aid Kits are like Insurance.

You never miss it until you need it.

never a truer word said on this

never through abount a muzzle as I am a dabhand at wapping and tieing the dog lead around their mouths [even my vet likes my tackticks] but what if you need to help someone else's dog ??? need to buy a muzzle

we sort of have one haha, it's an amalgamation of stuff, often in disproportionate quantities.

There is enough there to deal with most emergencies IMO, thankfully one's never happened. I have been looking at getting a really extensive one.