[nagdu] Choking!

Larry D. Keeler lkeeler at comcast.net
Sat Jul 27 15:57:50 UTC 2013


Oh, Maybe using your arm is like using a chair with some folks! The arm acts 
like an abdominal support and forces air out of the dog, hopefuly!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Snow White Dove" <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Choking!


> No,
>
> there is no squeezing, you just gently lift up on the hind end of the dog 
> with arms interlocked underneath the waste of the dog, which I guess I 
> couldn't get out this morning, Smile, and the object should pop out.
>
> Remember it's gentle.
>
> If at that time that doesn't work, try one more time and then you'll have 
> to ask the red cross cause I've never had a problem when I had Brooks and 
> he decided to get into something naughty.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jenny
> On Jul 27, 2013, at 7:05 AM, "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Do you squeeze at all? And, if so how hard? Wouldn't want to break the 
>> ziphoid or any ribs!
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Snow White Dove" 
>> <jlperdue3 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 5:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Choking!
>>
>>
>>> Sorry if I'm a little late on this subject.  But there is a thing you 
>>> can do it your dog is choking.
>>>
>>> You take your arms and put them around the dog about t little ways above 
>>> the privates, kind of between there and the sternum you gently lift up 
>>> on the dogs rear end and whatever is choking the dog should pop out.
>>>
>>> That's what I learned from Southeastern.
>>>
>>> Jenny
>>> On Jul 25, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Deanna,
>>>>
>>>> The Red Cross does offer dog first aid; it was presented at Top dog
>>>> a conference held by some of the southern affiliates of GDUI and also 
>>>> at a
>>>> smaller event I attended.
>>>> Sadly, I don't remember if there was a modified Heimlich maneuver
>>>> for canines, but you would want to see if you could remove the object 
>>>> with
>>>> your fingers first, and it would seem, on dogs the size of most guide 
>>>> dogs,
>>>> you could do a modified Heimlich Maneuver.
>>>> Darla & Huck
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deanna Lewis
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 9:44 AM
>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>> (nagdu at nfbnet.org)
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Choking!
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> What do you do when you think your guide dog is choking on something? 
>>>> Can
>>>> you give the Heimlich maneuver to a dog? Do you reach down their throat 
>>>> and
>>>> try to find the object they are choking on?
>>>> I think that it would be very beneficial to learn pet first aid, etc. 
>>>> At our
>>>> last Ohio NFB Convention we had a vet student come and do a 
>>>> presentation for
>>>> Oagdu, it was great! But, I can't recall if she talked about what to do 
>>>> if a
>>>> dog is choking?
>>>> Thanks for any comments.
>>>>
>>>> Deanna and Pascal
>>>>
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