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04-06-2005, 06:49 PM | #1 |
Monte, Mone't's Joy! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: MD
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| Please Beware!!!!!!! If you have an uncovered or non enclosed pond or pool in your back yard...PLEASE FENCE or COVER them....My best friend's Yorkie fell in her mom's pond(he will be ok) Who knew that baby cpr would work on a dog. We were all sitting in her moms yard when Rocky disappeared for less than 5 seconds, we all got up looking for him and he wondered off around the corner, fell in the pond after the Koi fish. I did baby cpr to try to get the water out of his lungs but it wasn't that much in there, but we still went to the Vet, around 6:35pm..... The vet said he must have just fell in when we found him, and that he was going to be fine. They gave him some mediceine for the water in his ears...And sent him on his way....He is doing great now.....before you all think we are crazy, it was in the 80's here today. As most of you know, I dog sit for Rocky on occasion and he is why I AM getting one of my own. I was so scared for him, just like I was his mommy...I am happy he is ok. Rocky is a natural sweetheart, I wish his Breeder was still around. PLEASE BE CAREFUL
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04-06-2005, 06:52 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: new york
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| Good word of caution! Thank you, and glad to hear he'll be okay. Poor little baby!!
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04-06-2005, 07:06 PM | #3 |
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| So glad your story had a happy ending thanks to your quick thinking! This is a great time to post an article on doggy CPR: CPR for Dogs AIRWAY - make sure that the animal has an open airway 1. Lay animal down on either side. 2. Gently tilt the head slightly back to extend the neck. 3. Pull the tongue between the front teeth. 4. Use your finger to check for and remove any foreign material. BREATHING - if the animal is not breathing do the following: 1. Open the airway. 2. For medium and large dogs, seal the mouth and lips by placing your hands around the lips, gently holding the muzzle closed. 3. Place your mouth over the animal's nose and forcefully exhale. 4. Give four or five breaths rapidly, then check to see if animal is breathing without assistance. Unless the animal begins to breath regularly continue artificial respiration until you reach a vet, or for a maximum of 20 minutes. Use the following breathing rates: * Medium or large dog (over 30 lbs): 20 breaths per minute.* CIRCULATION - if there is no heartbeat or pulse Medium to large dogs (30-90 lbs) 1. Stand or kneel with animal's back toward you (animal laying on *right* side). 2. Extend arms at the elbows. 3. Cup hands over each other. 4. Compress the chest at the point where the animal's left elbow lies when pulled back to the chest. 5. Compress so the chest moves about 1- 3 inches with each compression. 6. If working alone, do 5 compressions for each breath, then check for a pulse. 7. If there are two people, one person does the breathing while the other performs the compressions at a rate of 2 or 3 compressions for each breath, check for pulse. Large dogs (more than 90 lbs) 1. Use technique for medium to large dogs. 2. If working alone, do 10 compressions for each breath, check pulse. 3. If there are two people, one person does the breathing while the other performs the compressions at a rate of six compressions for each breath, then check for a pulse. * Do not start chest compressions before checking for heartbeat * It is absolutely imperative that you ascertain the cardiac status of the animal, that is, that there is NO HEARTBEAT, before commencing chest compressions. Just because an animal is not breathing does not mean he also has no heartbeat. (Although if he does, he won't for long if he does not receive ventilations or start breathing on his own by opening his airway quickly.) Take your time when checking for a heartbeat and be sure there is none before beginning compressions. Check for about 10 seconds, sometimes it can be hard to find, or faint. Be sure before you compress! |
04-06-2005, 07:26 PM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: tx
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| Good reminder! I know a lady whom lost her little yorkie by drowning in their pool. Also Jay Bianco from Maltese Only lost a couple of maltese in their pool. Another household danger to be careful of is bras.. don't laugh but if any of you hang them on your restroom door handle, a small dog can get themselves hung on them. We all know how these little yorkies are very curious and playful I was told by a friend of her dog always tugging on hers and one day she found it hanging. She got the dog untagled in time but I can see how it could be a disaster waiting to happen.
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04-06-2005, 07:58 PM | #5 |
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| guish I am glad you posted that cpr method. I hope i never have to use it but it is nice to know. I never ever thought about doing that. The bra warning... I thought about one day when ahia was digging in my basket while I was trying to fold a load from the drier. she likes to steal things while i am folding. mostly picks out the socks and sorts them for me. LOL
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04-06-2005, 08:41 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Jersey
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| Thank you for the wake up call. My Glory jumping into my pond to play with my Koi has always been a concern for me. I thought Yorkies were excellent swimmers, and if she did leap in she would swim. So I never really bother to place a fence around it. But after reading your nightmare, I will be more diligent in fencing my pond. I'm so glad everything went well . Thanks again for that real eye opener. Cookie
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04-06-2005, 10:27 PM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: seaside,ca
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| good to hear that he's ok good going. i do have a question for everyone can yorkies swim? |
04-06-2005, 10:53 PM | #8 |
Monte, Mone't's Joy! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: MD
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| that is what I read, but I think Rocky fell in head first... And it was very deep...Thanks for all your well wishes though....
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04-07-2005, 12:31 AM | #9 |
My2Pearls Chelsey & Chanel YT Donator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: N
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| Thats the MAIN reason why we took our pond out, we were worried that the little one would fall in without us being around and drown, our lab is an excellent swimmer, but these little ones wont be able to get out. to answer a question to the above post ( all dogs can swim ) but these babies are so tiny that they wont be able to keep paddling till someone rescues them. Like the warning about bra's also be aware not to leave anything laying around on the top of the crate, i know of a lab pup on a lab forum that was in his crate and the child left a schoolbag on the top, during the night the lab pup started playing with the leach of the bag and got strangled we can never be too carefull!
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04-07-2005, 04:14 AM | #10 |
Boppin' Bo! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indiana
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| Thanks for the heads up and thanks Kim for the CPR primer!! My neighbors have a very big and very deep lake (I know cause we watched it being dug) and it has no shallow sides. If you fall in, you're in deep. That's why, until my yard is fenced, hopefully this summer, Bo will never be out without a leash on.
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04-07-2005, 04:30 AM | #11 |
BANNED! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Illinois
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| Must be a common problem! --Little Miss fell in our fish pond and was struggling to get out about a week ago, the water level was way down because we havent filled and cleaned for spring yet. SHes fine but she has been staying clear of the thing!!!!! |
04-07-2005, 04:41 AM | #12 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hazleton, PA
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| My first puppy who was 22 weeks old drowned in our backyard because she got caught under the solar cover and we didin't see her! This was one of the most horrific things I've lived thru. I cried for weeks and still feel bad today and miss her all the time! She was literally out of my sight for 5 minutes!!! I watch my 2 now like a hawk! |
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