Product Description
The Canine First-Aid Handbook contains information and advice for dog owners. It is always worrying when your dog acts or does something which is out of character particularly when you are unsure of the reason.
Many pet injuries are minor and require only rudimentary treatment on the part of the owner but sometimes ascertaining what might be minor and what might be a more serious diagnosis is not always easy.
The Canine First-aid Handbook contains invaluable information about administering first aid for dogs and explains why it is important to protect your dog. Tapeworms, for example, are common in dogs yet some owners believe they can only get them from scavenging and that they only affect dogs. When a dog swallows a flea it gains a tapeworm.
Fleas will also be just has at home on humans and several of the worm infestations can also be transferred to humans, with possible life-threatening consequences for those most vulnerable like pregnant women, babies and anyone with immune problems.
Cuts, scrapes and wounds are often easy to diagnose and treat but how many dog owners know how to resuscitate their dog if it stops breathing or how to give heart massage? The terms "Artificial Respiration" and "Heart Massage" are often enough to instill fear in anyone who has not attended a basic first aid course and yet the fear comes from not knowing what to do.
The Canine First-Aid Handbook contains topics ranging from prevention and minor ailments to solutions for common problems and emergency treatments.
Many pet injuries are minor and require only rudimentary treatment on the part of the owner but sometimes ascertaining what might be minor and what might be a more serious diagnosis is not always easy.
The Canine First-aid Handbook contains invaluable information about administering first aid for dogs and explains why it is important to protect your dog. Tapeworms, for example, are common in dogs yet some owners believe they can only get them from scavenging and that they only affect dogs. When a dog swallows a flea it gains a tapeworm.
Fleas will also be just has at home on humans and several of the worm infestations can also be transferred to humans, with possible life-threatening consequences for those most vulnerable like pregnant women, babies and anyone with immune problems.
Cuts, scrapes and wounds are often easy to diagnose and treat but how many dog owners know how to resuscitate their dog if it stops breathing or how to give heart massage? The terms "Artificial Respiration" and "Heart Massage" are often enough to instill fear in anyone who has not attended a basic first aid course and yet the fear comes from not knowing what to do.
The Canine First-Aid Handbook contains topics ranging from prevention and minor ailments to solutions for common problems and emergency treatments.
