Bandaging Your Dog

Having a dog is a big responsibility. Some evenmake sure that the bandage is still in place. Your pet
compare taking care of a dog to that of a baby. Themight have been irritated by it and has chewed or tried
only advantage having dogs compared to havingto scratch it off. Look closely at the position and the
babies is that they won't grow older and turn intolocation of the bandage when you do check. Look at
stressful teenagers. Because dogs are like babies theythe toes of the pet, the bandage might have slipped up
sometimes also end up in harmful situations. Theymaking the toes stick out. Also look at the size, if the
would sometimes get themselves trapped in a tightbandage has become loose. This should be taken into
place or get hit by something that will injure one of theiraccount when a dog has been bandaged in the
limbs. When that happens, we should learn how toabdomen or leg area. This is because one end will be
bandage our dogs to prevent further damage. Herebigger than the other and eventually become narrower.
are some basic ways of how to bandage your injuredWhen 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 behappens, the bandage should be changed as well.
clean and dry. So it's pretty important to make sure3. 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 atoo tight. Observe how the toes will appear at the
bandage. To prevent the bandage from getting wetbottom of the bandage at least twice a day. This is
when the pet goes to pee or poop, a trash bag ordone to check for sweating, swelling, or pain. Check
plastic covering should cover the bandaged leg. Youfor skin chaffing, redness, discharge or swelling before
may use empty bread bags. When your pet has wetand 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 seebecause of the bothersome experience it gives, put an
if it is clean and dry. Check also for foul odors orElizabethan collar. If you have observed that the pet is
discharge and if there is any, call your veterinarianchewing or scratching it excessively, ask the vet if
immediately.there might be problems.
2. After bringing home your pet from the veterinarian