Tips on Emergency Dog Health Care

Hi I'm Dr. Adrienne Mulligan of Camp Verde Veterinary Clinic in Arizona and I'm here today to talk to you about doggy emergency care on behalf of expertvillage.com. There will always come a time in your life with your dog where you are going to need to know how to do something to put off veterinarian care at lease long enough to get there or until the veterinarian opens there doors the next day. So I'm here to talk to you a little bit about things you could safely do at home with your dog generally on the way to the vet or at least you could get a phone call into the vet.

There are several situations where this might apply and it could be in situations of were a dog might of have swallowed something they shouldn't or were they might of consume something toxic or where they might have broken something simple like a toenail or potentially even broken something more series as in a car accident or getting hit by a car. There are things you could to do to safely transport them to the veterinarian or to stop bleeding or steam the tie a little bit until you do have some expert care. Do realize in all these things that we talk about that you are going to want to see expert care it is the most important that you get them to the veterinarian as soon as possible.