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On rare occasions, animals can 2. Stop the bleeding! If the wound is
experience tremors, loss of coordination bleeding, press the area with a sterile
and convulsions as side effects of gauze pad. Smaller wounds will stop
dehydration and electrolyte disorder due bleeding very quickly, while larger
to a large amount of ingested salt water. wounds may take a little more time.
To prevent these side effects, you should Keep constant pressure to the wound.
make sure your animal rests every 15 Don’t draw the gauze pad over the
minutes and has constant access to wound as if you were trying to wipe
drinking water. Despite the fact that the blood off as this will remove the
drinking small amounts of sea water while scab that has formed and the wound
swimming or running in the shallows will start bleeding again. If you cannot
do not have tragic consequences, try completely stop the bleeding within 15
preventing your dog from consuming it minutes or the bleeding is severe, this
whenever you can. qualifies as an emergency and requires
the help of a veterinarian.
sudden limping 3. Apply the bandage. Due to the

There are several possible causes of location of the wound, it may reopen
limping, but for the purposes of this and start bleeding once the dog starts
manual we will only refer to those that walking again. You can try to prevent
are most common in summer - burns and this by applying a bandage. After you
paw injuries. All these injuries can range have stopped the bleeding and possibly
from milder to more severe ones. You applied a local antibiotic, be sure to
can treat a milder injury on your own, but apply a sterile gauze pad on the injury,
in case of more severe ones you should followed by a cotton wool and finally
provide first aid and then seek the help of a bandage that you have to apply in a
a veterinarian. way to cover the joint so that it does not
fall on the dog’s first attempt to move.
Paw injuries It takes a little experience to apply a
1. Clean the wound. Look for pieces of bandage in such a way that it is neither
glass, metal, or sharp stones that may too loose nor too tight.
have caused the injury and remove
them. Rinsing the paw with clean, in case of burns
lukewarm water can remove fine
particles and dirt. If the foreign object is Limping can also be caused by burns on
deep in the tissue, do not try to remove it the paws that may occur after walking
yourself as you will often only increase on hot asphalt. Remember, if the asphalt
the injury and inflict additional pain is too hot for you while walking on it
to your pet. After removing all visible barefoot, it is also too hot for your pet. In
particles, rinse the wound thoroughly case of burns on the paws, you will often
with saline solution. Wounds that aren’t notice your pet is experiencing discomfort
bleeding can be additionally rinsed with when moving, lifting its paws into the air
peroxide or betadine. and licking them frequently. More serious

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