A First Aid Kit for Your Dog

Every dog owner should create a first-aid kit or purchase one from a pet store. First-aid kits can vary in number of items. Your veterinarian may suggest items in addition to these:

• Gauze roll to wrap wounds or use as a muzzle
• Adhesive tape for bandages
• Non stick bandages such as Telfa pads (Soft, nonwoven backing conforms around wound and seals on all four sides; provides protection from external environment)
• Vet Wrap rolls
• towels and cloth
• Hydrogen Peroxide (3 percent)
• Milk of Magnesia or activated charcoal to absorb poison (use only with advice of a vet or poison control center)
• Eyedropper for oral treatments
• Stretcher (a blanket, board or floor mat)
• Thermometer (normal temperature is 100 to 102.5 degrees)
• Tweezers
• Antibiotic ointment
• Cotton Swabs
• Instant cold pack
• First Aid Book
• Scissors
• Pliers to remove porcupine twills
• Rags or rubber tubing to use as a tourniquet in a life-threatening situation
• Flashlight
• Bottled water
• Emergency phone numbers for your vet and pet hospital