Dog first aid kit and 'over the counter' dosage chart

[simple_john]

I found this and thought id post it here.. not sure about your animals.. but my dogs tend to get stung by bees and bugs during the summer months and have really had some reactions.. benadryl does wonders.. heres a list of a first aid kit and some other dog friendly OTC medicines..



http://www.tervuren.com/cachetnoir/firstaid.html (http://www.tervuren.com/cachetnoir/firstaid.html)


Benadryl: 1-2 mg per lb. every 8 hrs. (60-lb. dog, 2-4 25mg tablets every 8 hrs.)
Aspirin: 5mg per lb. every 12 hrs. (one 300mg tablet per 60-lb. dog every 12 hrs.)
Hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting: 1-3 tsp. every 10 min. until dog vomits.
Pepto-Bismol: 1 tsp. per 5 lb. per 6 hrs. (3-4 tbsp. per 60-lb. dog per 6 hrs.)
Kaopectate: 1 ml per lb. per 2 hrs. (3-4 tbsp. per 60-lb. dog per 2 hrs.)
Immodium: 1mg per 15 lbs., 1-2 times daily
Mineral oil (as a laxative): 5-30 ml per day; do not use long-term

******Please note that dosages may vary dependent upon the dog and that this information is not meant to take the place of an actual vet consultation. Please use this chart as a reference only and if your vet has never recommended one of the OTC meds above for a specific dog, please consult with your vet before administering the drug.******************

[ducati996]

Good info SJ !!

[USN_ED]

Good info SJ!!!!

BE CAREFUL when administering the Mineral Oil after having administered the Kaopectate or Immodium as you may find your dog blasted over the fence when the blockage lets go suddenly and for goodness sake - DON'T stand down range!!

ED

[bontai Joe]

Also be careful giving aspirin to a dog as they are VERY sensitive to an overdose. One of my co-workers killed his dog with aspirin.

[simple_john]

joe asprin? i'd never heard that..

id heard that ibuprofen was bad. but i give my old girl asprin all the time (1/2 to 1) depending how sore she is.. never more than 1.5 per day..

[bontai Joe]

My co-worker was giving (2) arthritus strength every 4 hours as if the dog was human.

[simple_john]

oh jeez.:banghead3. i only give buferin as its supposed to be easy on their stomach..

[USN_ED]

Simple John -

Ask your vet about "Rimadyl" (Chewables). We give it to our Heinz 57 and Cocker Spaniel (cocker, cocker, cocker, LOL) both 14 yrs old for their arthritis and hip and joint pain every night. We buy a whole bottle (180 chewables) at a time. Our cost is right at $155 a bottle. The Cocker Spaniel especially was down in the hips. After giving her one Rimadyl each night she showed a really big improvement after about seven or eight days. They've both been on the chewable Rimadyls for about three years with no ill effects.

Rimadyl 75mg, 180 chewables per bottle. It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for oral use in dogs only.

ED

[CatDaddy]

!!WARNING!!

The use of mineral oil is HIGHLY contraindicated! If the dog aspirates it, you'll most likely end up with one dead dog. Painfully, agonizingly dead. So says my wife the veterinarian. Be sure to follow those dosing instructions closely, too much is a BAD thing.

-=A=-

[chipmaker]

As much as I love my dogs and other critters, and as many dogs and critters that we have, I still tend to use only very few home brew or OTC products when treating them. Most OTC wormers, etc are a waste of money. I do not use Ibuprofin, or aspirin......I do use Benedryl on occasion..........no mineral oils, but will use Virgin Olive oil.

Rimidill is good however its hard on the kidneys and liver, so we changed to Derramax.......and IMHO its a much better and safer product.Our GSD has been on Rimidill and now Deramax for over 6 years now........and there was times on the Rimidill that blood tests showed h igh residual levels in her kidneys and liver and she had to go without until those levels dropped. Not the case with Derramax...........

Its the dosage that will get you in trouble, as well as the breed type, so its a crap shoot with homebrews and OTC stuff.....Just like humans, dogs are different even within the same breed.And there is a lot of differences among the various breeds. We just do not take any chances on home brew andOTC with our fur babies............however I am more than willing to try most any "cure" on my old body and probably have taken some stuff that should have killed me long ago............I'll still take a shot (shot glass) of kerosene or turpentine for a sore throat....sounds bad, huh...but it works and works fine....can I recomend it to others, certainly not, but I have been taking shots of these two items since I can remember and I am alive. I have also used various antibiotics and other meds intended for vetrinary use for years, all with 100% positive effects.

I have been on Naprosin, Celebrix and other anti inflamatories for my joints and elbows for years now, and they work, but barely. I took 1/2 a Derra max daily for about 1 week, and my joints have never felt as good as they do now since I was a youngin.......almost makes me want to get back in the tree removal business. Now if a pill intended for a dog can make my joints feel as good as they do, why can they not make that same stuff available for people I do not know, but I intend tokeep using it unless something off the wall comes up like hiking up my leg on firehydrants etc........ :bonk:

[bontai Joe]

My grandmother used to give us Kerosene for a bad cough when my brother and I were little kids. I don't know if it medically helps suppress a cough, or if we just didn't cough out of fear that we would get another dose. :eck16:

[Michael]

When Nickie our Brittany had cancer from a spindle cell sarcoma (he eventually died of it) the vet gave us Rimadyl for his joint pain (as the cancer had invaded the tissure around his joints in his right rear leg). It was to bad he had to have high dosages of this to make him comfortable. It did lead to kidney failure and other associated problems and we had to finally had to do the humane thing and let him pass to where he was no longer in pain. In lower dosages it does help but the higher dosages it can be damaging. Nickie was a hero about everything that happened to him and a wonderful dog but to see him suffer as he was, was awfully hard.
One thing that got me was animal control code enforcment made a call on us one day, as a neighbor who did not have the guts to ask me about Nickie limping carrying his leg up, stopped me when I was walking him and asking if I had taken him to the vet. I had a $2000.00 receipt that I showed that and the lab reports that were on him at my desk. I showed the animal control officer the receipt and report and he noted it and said no one would bother us again from his office. He really felt bad as Nickie was sitting next to us demanding that he be petted by the officer. The funny thing is the person I suspected that made the report was arrested this month for abuse to her pets (not fed and running a puppy mill out of her garage). This lady was a neighborhood problem as all her dogs and cats were all over the neighborhood looking for food to eat. I fed them anytime they showed up at my place as did some of the other neighbors but some of them were really mean towards other animals and several had been taken away by animal control in the past.