Storage container with tight-fitting lid
Muzzle (rope or strip of cloth)
Tweezers
Scissors
Adhesive tape (1 inch roll)
Cotton balls
Cotton roll
Gauze pad (3" by 3")
Gauze roll (3")
Q-tips
Rectal thermometer
Rubber gloves
Dose syringe
Tourniquet
Towel
Emergency Telephone Numbers
Activated charcoal tablets
Panalog (antibacterial eye ointment)
Furacin ointment
Syptic Powder
Pepto-Bismol
Milk of Magnesia
Dramamine
Baby aspirin (buffered or enteric, not ibuprofen)
Kaopectate
Hydrogen Peroxide
Petroleum jelly
Rubbing alcohol
Benadryl
Cheracol - D Cough Syrup
Mineral Oil
Mylanta
Doses by Weight of Dog
Buffered or enteric aspirin: 1 five-grain tablet per 30 lbs every six hours
Charcoal: 1 Tablespoon in 4 ounces of water per 30 lbs
Cheracol - D (Cough Syrup): 1 teaspoon per 30 lbs every four hours
Mineral Oil: 1 teaspoon per 5lbs added to meal.
Mylanta: 6 to 12 ounces
Milk of Magnesia: 1 teaspoon per 5 to 10 lbs every six hours
Kaopectate: 1 teaspoon per 5 lbs every four hours
Hydrogen Peroxide (3%): 2 teaspoons per 30 lbs every ten minutes for three doses, or
until dog vomits
Dramamine: 25 to 50 mg one hour before traveling
Benadryl: (Dachshund dose) Use the dosage instructions for a 12 year old human
Giving Pill Medication
Open dog's mouth by placing your thumb in the space behind one of the teeth in roof area and exert pressure against roof. Pull down lower jaw with other hand. Insert the pill well to the middle of the back of tongue. Close dog's mouth and hold shut while stroking the throat for a second or two. Check to be sure that the dog has swallowed the pill.
Alice, The benadryl is the same. My vet said to use the same dosage as you would for a 12 yo child, liquid or pill form. When Claudius gets his rash from freshly mowed grass, he prefers to take 'grape' flavored liquid right from the pediatric medicine spoon. Lynn Jones