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Information and treatment of dog choking, an accident not uncommon with greedy animals that bolt their food.
Dog Choking Treatment
Dog choking is an accident not uncommon with greedy animals that bolt their food; a bone, a piece of gristly meat, or other hard substance, is bolted, and. Sticks fast in its passage to the stomach. I always adopt the plan of reserving bones until after the dogs have fed, for if given with the other food they are at once picked out, and the smaller ones are, when the dog is nungry, apt to be swallowed unmasticated and produce choking.
Choking Treatments
Frequently by manipulating the throat outside with the fingers the obstruction can be worked down the gullet, or if it can be felt in the upper part of the throat, it may be removed by the throat forceps, which most veterinary surgeons keep by them. Hill recommends, when the substance is too low for ex traction, and manipulating with the fingers externally fails, to endeavor gently to force it down with a piece of bent whalebone, having a piece of sponge tied to the end of it, and dipped in oil. In using this extra care must be taken that the sponge is so firmly attached to the whalebone that it cannot slip off, for if swallowed it might effectually block up one of the smaller intestines; therefore, cut nitchei in the whalebone, into which tie the piece of sponge. As soreness, if not actual lacera tion, is almost sure to be caused, the dog should for some days after be confined to soft food.
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