1st Aid Kit – Dog

I’m wondering how many of you carry a 1st aid kit for your hunting partners in the field, and if you do, what’s in it? I keep a pretty well-stocked 1st aid kit for humans in my truck. I would think that would cover most situations that would arise with a dog, but I’m sure there are some other dog-specific things that I should add.

I keep a skunk kit in the truck.

THE RECIPE: One quart of hydrogen peroxide, 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 teaspoon liquid dish soap.

THE KIT makes it easy to apply. Buy a small Tupperware-type container just big enough to hold two quart bottles of hydrogen peroxide, two plastic zipper bags with measured amounts of baking soda and a small plastic bottle with dish soap.

(I like this “double” recipe approach just in case two dogs get too friendly with a skunk at one time. You don’t have to make choice on which dog “gets lost” on the way home.)

Also in the container, include one or two pairs of Latex or rubber gloves, a wash rag and a small drying towel. You’re set.

Should your dog get sprayed, you can remove the skunk odor in the field (if you have rinse water) without stinking up your rig.

Mix the ingredients at the time they are needed, NOT BEFORE. Wash the dog with all of the solution. Having the washcloth helps you keep it out of the dog’s eyes.

-J.

There was an article on this in the Fall 2016 RGS magazine.

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Ralph,I keep a similar kit as you with the addition of some side cutters if they get caught in a pile of barbed wire that is hidden in the grass.
around these parts that is quite common and I have had to use them twice to rescue a dog from its entrapment when they burrowed deep into that grass and wire mix.

the kit I have is small enough I carry it in my game bag and I can tape or stitch up a dog if the need arises and cant wait to get to the vet.
I also keep a spray can of blood clotting spray.
super glue is another thing I keep in the kit for small wounds when needed.

I dont want anyone to think our dogs are put into harms way intentionally or torn up on a regular basis,but being in farm country where you never know whats in a fence row or ditch,we need to be prepared for if and when it does happen.

Iowaboy1 wrote:

I dont want anyone to think our dogs are put into harms way intentionally or torn up on a regular basis,but being in farm country where you never know whats in a fence row or ditch,we need to be prepared for if and when it does happen.

For sure! Good ideas, guys.

Very good ideas. Right now all I carry is heavy duty side cutters for snares and tie wraps for conibear.

We have a backpack for Fritz and Remi and that, among other things, contains some bottles of eye wash in case they get something in their eyes, and a small bottle of hydrogen peroxide. In the event they eat or swallow something they shouldn’t, a shot or two of hydrogen peroxide will make them barf it right up.

One thing I will add to the great ideas above, go to vet and buy a cone. Relatively cheap but very helpful on long trips where a vet is not easily found or if an accident occurs on a weekend.

I learned the hard way, my dog got a very minor foot injury while hunting two seasons ago. Minor enough it did not stop her from hunting initially. But we’d get in the truck and she’d start licking it, as dogs do. She licked it overnight to the point where she could no longer hunt, and nothing I did could get her to stop, no wraps or anything would keep her from working it.

So without a cone, a minor injury turned into something more serious.

Now it is part of my dog’s first aid kit.

Eric

cougareye wrote:

One thing I will add to the great ideas above, go to vet and buy a cone. Relatively cheap but very helpful on long trips where a vet is not easily found or if an accident occurs on a weekend.

That is a great idea! Instead of a cone for my pup, I have a ProCollar that he uses. He can still play with his toys and eat food with it on but it keeps him from reaching his armpits and thighs, where he is usually getting injured. I will for sure be adding this to his field pack.

Hydrogen peroxide is also a great recommendation that I will be adding.

In the truck I have a kit with

Surgical staple
Surgical wash
Topical antibiotics
Eye wash
Stretch gauze
gaue tape
various sies of bandages
Rimadyl
In my vest,
Leatherman
4 foot length of 3/8 inch rope if ever theres a conibear encounter.

I always have the dog 1st aid kit in my truck. Kit includes:

– Book: Dog First Aid: A Field Guide to Emergency Care for the Outdoor Dog
– Thermometer (I carry one on me as well)
– EMT gel
– Various sized bandaids (good for human and dogs)
– Multiple packs of sterile gauze pads
– Multiple rolls of sterile gauze wraps
– Multiple rolls of vet tape
– Roll of waterproof tape
– Vaseline
– Neosporin
– Hydrogen peroxide
– Rimadyl
– benadryl
– Non-latex gloves
– A couple syringes with needles
– Can of saline solution wash
– Eye flush
– Skin Stapler
– Scissors
– Tweezers
– Duct tape
– skunk kit (same ingredients as mentioned above)

I have used this multiple times over the last 11 years in multiple different scenarios. On more than one occasion I have taken a dogs temp in the field, ended up that the dog was not overheating but had EIC (not known at the time). Used duct tape and gauze to tape an ear back together after one of the dogs sliced it in half on barbed wire while in the middle of no where in ND. EMT gel on multiple lacerations due to barbed wire. It even comes in handy when not hunting. I burned my arm pretty good 4 wheeling this summer and luckily had this kit with me to clean and wrap my arm and finish the day out trail riding. What’s funny (or sad) is it’s probably better stocked than my house.

I keep kit similar to those above in the truck. I always have a couple bottles of “Skunk Off” and a roll paper towels along. I keep the vaccination records in my truck, too.