| Having a dog is a big responsibility. Some even | | | | make sure that the bandage is still in place. Your pet |
| compare taking care of a dog to that of a baby. The | | | | might have been irritated by it and has chewed or tried |
| only advantage having dogs compared to having | | | | to scratch it off. Look closely at the position and the |
| babies is that they won't grow older and turn into | | | | location of the bandage when you do check. Look at |
| stressful teenagers. Because dogs are like babies they | | | | the toes of the pet, the bandage might have slipped up |
| sometimes also end up in harmful situations. They | | | | making the toes stick out. Also look at the size, if the |
| would sometimes get themselves trapped in a tight | | | | bandage has become loose. This should be taken into |
| place or get hit by something that will injure one of their | | | | account when a dog has been bandaged in the |
| limbs. When that happens, we should learn how to | | | | abdomen or leg area. This is because one end will be |
| bandage our dogs to prevent further damage. Here | | | | bigger than the other and eventually become narrower. |
| are some basic ways of how to bandage your injured | | | | When the bandage telescopes down the limb of the |
| dog. | | | | dog it may bunch up and abrade the limb. When that |
| 1. When your pet has a bandage, it should always be | | | | happens, the bandage should be changed as well. |
| clean and dry. So it's pretty important to make sure | | | | 3. If the dog is bandaged up in the leg make sure it isn't |
| your pet stays inside most of the time when it has a | | | | too tight. Observe how the toes will appear at the |
| bandage. To prevent the bandage from getting wet | | | | bottom of the bandage at least twice a day. This is |
| when the pet goes to pee or poop, a trash bag or | | | | done to check for sweating, swelling, or pain. Check |
| plastic covering should cover the bandaged leg. You | | | | for skin chaffing, redness, discharge or swelling before |
| may use empty bread bags. When your pet has wet | | | | and after the bandage has been applied. |
| or dirtied up the bandage, it would require changing. | | | | 4. To prevent the pet from chewing the bandage |
| Make sure to check the bandage twice a day to see | | | | because of the bothersome experience it gives, put an |
| if it is clean and dry. Check also for foul odors or | | | | Elizabethan collar. If you have observed that the pet is |
| discharge and if there is any, call your veterinarian | | | | chewing or scratching it excessively, ask the vet if |
| immediately. | | | | there might be problems. |
| 2. After bringing home your pet from the veterinarian | | | | |