RandyB Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Last Sunday morning I heard my 2.5 year old BC Lizzie choking on something. By the time I got up and turned the light on she wasn't making any noise and I could see she was in rear trouble. I gave her two or three hard wacks on her back and she started making some gaging noises again. She finally got what ever it was down, I think it was a rawhide bone. I was wondering if this ever happens again if you can do the heinlich manuver on a dog? Where should you wrap your arms around the dog to squeeze? Has anyone had to do this to save their dog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carson Crazies Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I like this page (section 18 has a part on choking): http://www.petalert.com.au/faid/fa1.php You can also do a search online - I used to have a site bookmarked that had a detailed description of canine CPR and mouth-to-mouth, etc. I can imagine how scary that must have been! I haven't done this to a dog, but I did give heimlich maneuver to a fantail golfish once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCBell Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I have actually use the heimlick on my dog, he was choking on part of a bone that had broken off, I just reached around him from behind and lifted up inder his ribcage. He and I are very lucky that it worked and that I was paying attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoBC Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Good job for catching it too. That must have been scary. God Bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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