Hunting Dog 1st Aid
So I had a little scare this evening with my lab Hank. Had him sitting under some bushes while goose hunting, and hadn't paid him much mind for about 10 minutes and when I looked at him his whole face was swollen pretty badly. Jowls were about three times as big as normal and his eyes were almost swollen shut.
Made a quick call to a friend who is a vet tech and she said you can give dogs Benadryl for those types of reactions. 1mg/pound of body weight. Tablets are 25 mg, so he got 4. Fortunately, I was at a friends house who had some and it started working in about 20 minutes and he's doing fine now. I'll certainly keep that handy for future outings. My guess is he was into some bad plants or got an insect sting of some sort.
Anyway, anything else first aid wise you guys pack for your 4 legged hunting buddies?