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YORKIE HEIMLICH*

*Please Note:

The Heimlich maneuver is different in the way it is done for large and small dogs. For small dogs (my Yorkie is 3.5lbs) I know this first hand, as I just finished doing it to her!! Here it it:

• Hold your Yorkie upside down, tail toward your face, squeezing lower abdomen with both hands for 30 seconds while gently swaying upper body.

• If that doesn't work place Yorkie on its side on a hard surface with a pillow or rolled towel to raise the back legs. Support back with one hand. With other hand grasp base of rib cage and thrust in and up 5 times. Do this firmly, but not hard enough to cause internal injuries.

• In an extreme emergency there will be no time to go for a pillow. Just kneel behind the choking dog to grasp the bottom of his rib cage and apply firm, quick pressure 2-5 times.

Hope this will help if (God forbid) you are ever in this situation.