What to Do if Your Dog Is Choking

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Dr. Adrienne Mulligan of Camp Verde Veterinary Clinic in Arizona and I'm here today to talk to you about dogs choking. Choking does happen occasionally dogs would woof down something like a raw hide or like a big lump of grass because dogs like to eat grass some times or a rock, or a bone or I have seen things like even springs, and metal pieces from gadgets and they would get lodged right between there teeth and sometimes back were they are blocking the air way. You are going to want to get them to the vet as quick as possible in these situations but on the way on to the vet the way you can try to get at the problem is if you have a bit roll of tape from you first aid kit you could open there mouth and they are usually going to be opening there mouth gaging and put it between there teeth and hold there mouth down ward. Us something like a pencil with a blunt end of a eraser or any kind of soft but firm item to try to dislodge anything from the back of there mouth if you could work around behind the roll of tape. That is one way to try to work out anything that is stuck back there. If you are not having much luck just get them the vet but that is the one thing that you could do to help them during choking. To keep them calm you could wrap them in a blanket. You could wrap them in cool or you could get some cool water and get a towel a moist towel to help calm them down. That would actually help a dog breath better to wrap there chest in a cool moist towel. Then again using trusting blankets to wrap them so they are not digging at there mouth and do the best that you can do dislodge it but don't get bit, don't stick your hand in your dogs mouth. If there are more then one or two people to help you sometimes you can get the mouth open and see pretty far in but you only have a half of second to get anything out of there so just be very careful use objects instead of your hands."