[nagdu] Choking!

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Sat Jul 27 16:24:33 UTC 2013


Thanks Jenny.  I've been thinking and thinking, since I read Dailyah's 
excellent description, how I was going to hold a 60-pound labrador 
upside-down.  Your way is something I can manage.
Tracy

----- 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 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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