Close the mouth firmly, place your mouth over the dog's nose, blow until the chest expands fully, remove your mouth from the nose allowing the dog to breath out, repeat this three times, at this point the pulse should be checked to see if the heart is beating, if there is no pulse present heart massage should be attempted:
Small dogs
Large dogs
The mouth to nose and heart massage should be combined as follows:
Mouth to nose, heart massage or a combination of the two (CPR) should not be attempted unless:
If the dog cannot breathe properly because of a puncture wound to the chest, this should be sealed using a large piece of polythene held in place be either your hand or tape. Do not attempt to remove any objects from the wound.
If the chest is crushed try to identify which side is crushed and lie the dog on this side, this enables the dog to breathe more easily with the undamaged side.
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Author: Vicki Herman
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