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Dear Frenchie Fancier,
Welcome to another awesome edition of the Frenchie Fancy magazine! This edition marks the beginning of our YEAR 6! It is also a much anticipated issue... The FBDCA Pre National Specialty week special! We are so excited to share with you all of the beautiful Frenchies that are taking the dog show rings by the storm!
This edition we are paying tribute in double to La Bete French Bulldogs. The cover boy, owned by Alex Geremia, is the incredible Princeton who is for sure one of the winningest dogs that our breed has ever seen. The breeder interview is also with Princeton’s breeders, and you will have the privilege to get to know them a little bit more. When I finished editing it, I was left with a great feeling: If you really want something and you work hard for it, you can get it. Blake and Pete have been in our breed not long, but have accomplished amazing things in a short amount of time by dedication and hard work, and I hope everyone can finish reading the interview feeling as inspired as I did. We would like to thank everyone’s support throughout all of these years, we pour our hearts and soul into this publication. We are
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CICCALE Romina (CIMABULL) ........................................ 14-15 MAZZONE, Roberto (NAMASKAR) ................................... 111
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CARTER, Denise (LE CARBULL) …..................................... 91
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BRITTO, Marcio (BULL RANCH MX) ............................... 97 GUIMARAES, Sergio & Monik (SM CHEROKEE). .......... 8-9 MARTINS FILHO, Luiz (BULL RANCH MX) .................. 97 SBAMPATO, Marlon (USHA KALA) .......................…. 74,75 SANTOS JR, JosÈ Carlos (BULL RANCH MX) ..................... 97 VISCARDI, Pietro (BRISE BENIE) …................................. 10,11
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YAMANAKA, Kazumi (COCO VIALATTE) …...................... 65, 73
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KUCHEL, Erwin (KUVIBULL) ...................................... 112-113
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FANCY TALK - BLAKE HAMMAN AND PETER PHOTOS
the ancy talk interview with blake hamman & peter photos of la bete FRENCH BULLDOGS
How and when did you start in French Bulldogs? Did you come from another breed? We started almost exactly 10 years ago. When we first met, Blake had a pet Frenchie named Effie - she was a pied bitch with a fantastic personality. We decided to get a second dog - of course a Frenchie! So we contacted breeders in our area. Susan Caton of Maxime French Bulldogs was such a great person and told us that she had a litter, but wanted the available puppy to go to a show home. We had no idea what a dog show was like - but it sounded like a cool idea. So we went ahead and got our first boy Fiyero (Maxime’s Fier Homme de Paille a La Bete). 20 frenchiefancy.com
We even went to the National that year even though he was only 4 months old. We had no idea what to expect, but we had a ton of fun getting started.
Did you have a mentor starting out? We have to acknowledge so many people here. Susan Caton of course got us started, showed us the dog show world, and the other Texas breeders were warm and welcoming to the dog show world. People like the late Chad Atterberry, Tara Boyle, and Linda McKee were willing to help us learn the ropes in showing. Karen Fore and Jana & Milan Miklos also were great breeders
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to have discussions with - we visited their homes early on in our career. That’s not to say it wasn’t tough - we had contacted many breeders around the US, and mostly, we got few responses, and many of them were not positive. We reached out to one person to whom we had asked to breed Olive (GCH Bluebonnet’s Extra Dirty Martini a La Bete) - and he requested that we send him our ‘breeding plan’. We sent a very detailed 5 year plan - which in retrospect we have mostly followed (it actually laid out the framework for Rubi’s and Princeton’s Pedigrees years before they were born!) - and his response was that our plan was insulting to breeders and that we had no idea what we were doing! Another breeder offered us an expensive dog to buy but with the restriction that only she can use the dog at stud - not us even to our own bitches, even though we would be responsible to finish him and take care of him. But it was Luis and Patty Sosa who responded positively to our requests and became our mentors early on in our journey - and they were instrumental in guiding us in breeding, understanding the breed and what type is, and learning about what it takes to be a great dog. They invited us to their home and let us look at all their dogs, went over our pedigrees, and helped us understand how to build a breeding program. We are forever in the debt of such great dog people.
What was your first Frenchie like? Three dogs are worth mentioning here. First, of course, was Effie, our pet that Blake had when we met. She had such a great personality, and fun to have around. She really takes the credit for getting us started. The next dog - and first show dog - was Fiyero, a Black-Masked Fawn male from Susan Caton. Again, such a great, sweet personality although he didn’t really like to show. Finally, there’s Olive, our first champion. She was from a tiny breeder outside of Dallas, Texas - Debra Revel. She had a litter of all creams that was an uncle-niece breeding on Karen Fore’s (Fancibul) lines. Olive was (and still is) feisty, with a strong personality with the sweetest face and expression you can find on a Frenchie. She became our first champion. She turned 10 this week, runs the roost, and she still hogs the bed.
Olive (GCH Bluebonnet’s Extra Dirty Martini a La Bete), our first champion.
What was your first dog show like? Did you always show your own dogs? Awful! Our first show was in December, 2008 in Biloxi, MS. Blake showed Fiyero for the first time, and the judge (who is still judging and well-known in the sport) yelled at him twice - once for being in the wrong spot and the other for just being too new to the sport. We got 3rd out of 3, and we were ready to give up on dog showing entirely, until Judy King and her granddaughter Alyssa came up to us and told us that judges usually aren’t so rude to exhibitors. Alyssa even showed the dog for us the next day for free just to show us how to properly show a dog. Thank you Judy and Alyssa!!! We still have that first day’s ribbon and armband - and that 3rd place ribbon is the wallpaper on Pete’s phone. After Alyssa on day 2, Blake has shown our dogs almost exclusively except for Rubi, Princeton, and our upcoming Gentry. We as owner-handlers have won several BISS, many groups, a Best in Show, and a Reserve BIS.
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In all these years, what has your favorite litter been as a whole and why? This is a tough question. Our “B Litter” (we go in alphabetical order in our litters) had Archie (BISS GCH Bowhunter de La Bete), our first group winner and Top 20 dog we bred ourselves, and Edith (CH Bow Chicka Wow Wow de La Bete), who was a typier, spunky reincarnation of her mother Olive; they were both quick finishes and great producers. Our “I Litter”, which Rubi (MBIS MBISS GCHG Ital CH JWW Iacta Alea Est de La Bete), our first BIS winner, and was the first litter which we had bred both sire and dam. Our “L Litter” had two of the best Frenchies we’ve bred - Princeton (MBIS MBISS GCHP Le Petit Prince de La Bete) and Miura (BISS GCH Lamborghini Miura de La Bete).
Archie (BISS GCH Bowhunter de La Bete), our first Specialty winner and Top 20 dog that we’ve bred.
In your opinion, what has been the male Frenchie bred by you that is the closest to the standard? What about the female Frenchie closest to the standard? For males, we have to say Princeton - he has a large beautiful head, tons of bone, lovely topline, and one of the greatest moving Frenchies we have seen - he can fly around the ring like a sporting dog! In Females, there are two. First is Rubi, whom we co-owned with Patricia Hearst Shaw and handled beautifully by Jodi Longmire. She was so sound, curvy, and feminine, yet had the bone and substance of a Frenchie. Miura, Princeton’s sister - is as beautiful as her brother, with a rockstar body, picture perfect movement, and a sweet, square head. Both girls finished in three shows with a BISS from the classes.
When planning a breeding, do you put more emphasis on Pedigree or type? Definitely both. Line Breeding is crucial to a good breeding program - we calculate Coefficient of Inbreeding (COI) at both 5 and 15 generations on every litter. Our line breedings tend to have a COI of at least 7.5% at 5 generations, as we drive towards a more consistent look to our breeding program and keep out unwanted genetic issues. When we do outcross - and we have only outcrossed outside our 22 frenchiefancy.com
Maserati (GCHS Maserati Grand Gyvybes Zyme), our first group winner, and #1 Bitch in 2011.
house a few times in the past 5 years - we do so to dogs that are tightly bred themselves, to minimize the genetic diversity those outcrosses can bring in. That said, type is crucial when matching dogs to bitches. The COI calculations only tell you how well that dog will produce his/her self; a tightly-bred mediocre dog will only produce mediocre puppies. So the key is to create a tightly bred beautiful dog, and that can only be achieved by matching highquality dogs to high-quality bitches - type to type.
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Rubi (MBISS MBIS Ital Ch GCHG JWW Iacta Alea Est De La Bete), winning the group at Morris & Essex Show in 2015
What is your process when choosing a show prospect to keep? Do you look at puppies as soon as they’re born? How do you evaluate your litters? Pete says jokingly that a dog isn’t a show dog until it has gotten its championship. While that is an extreme statement, it does highlight an important point in the breed: we have all seen beautiful puppies that end up being long and lanky in their adolescence, and never quite come back to the proportions and substance of their youth. We take tons of photographs of our puppies from about 3 weeks old until they get placed. A well-taken picture of a stacked puppy allows us to examine proportions, angles, and head size. We compare those photos to ancestors of those puppies at the same age, trying to see how things will evolve and develop. This is where line breeding
is most powerful - if you know how much a puppy is genetically similar to its ancestors, you will better understand how they will develop in the future. We typically select the dogs that are clearly not show prospects at about 8 weeks of age. By that point, we know if a dog is just not going to turn out. From there, we keep the puppies, continuing to photograph and monitor, until it becomes clear that he/she will be staying or its time to find a forever home. Looking at a dog at birth could have some insights, but mainly those evaluations are for color/markings, body length, and tail. You can immediately know if the tail will be good on a puppy the minute they come out. To us, the tail set finishes the topline, and so it could be a good early indicator of how well a puppy will turn out, but picking a dog at birth is like picking the next Miss America from a neonatal ward.
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Princeton (MBISS MBIS GCHP Le Petit Prince de La Bete), here winning our first Best In Show handled by Blake
People say French Bulldogs are a head breed. Do you agree? Why (not)? While headpiece is important, outline and structure are crucial to a great French Bulldog. As a breeder, you can always add a headpiece; you can’t just ‘add a topline’ or ‘fix a front’. So when looking at breeding stock, head takes second string to the more difficult genetic components of a Frenchie. We would breed a bitch with an ugly head and a great body long before one with a beautiful head and mediocre body. However, when judging a French Bulldog, you need to look at the whole package, including the head. The head has
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always been an important part of our standard, and so it must follow that a great show dog must have a great, correct head. That means a strong underjaw (not flewsy or upside-down V shaped), large round ears, and a large, square head. So what follows from that is that at times, we will breed a dog or bitch that isn’t one you would be dying to bring to the show ring, but has the right elements in a breeding program. The quintessential example of that is Luis and Patty Sosa’s Parker (Bandog’s Feel the Magic) which was never shown, but is arguably one of the greatest sires in our breed’s history.
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Do you like our standard’s wording? Would you change anything about it? One thing we would like to see is a better understanding of “good proportion”. Even over the past 10 years we have seen Frenchies go from ‘longish’ to ‘really shortbacked’ to today with a moderate length. Judges still struggle with this vaguity - and the fact that proportion is in the eye of the judge is both a curse and a blessing. What would be long to some judges is just right for others; what may be the right leg length for one is too short-backed for others. It allows a diversity in the breed not seen in others, and it prevents us from being a “cookie-cutter breed”. However, it can make judging difficult and oftentimes judges get caught up in finding the right proportioned dog, passing up a superior dog with proportions that differ from the judges opinion yet still correct to others.
Miura (BISS GCH Lamborghini Miura De La Bete) winning an award of Merit at the New York Specialty Show.
What is your French Bulldog pet peeve, the one thing you could never live with in a French Bulldog? Personality is crucial to what makes Frenchies so special. Probably the most annoying thing is when a Frenchie doesn’t act like one. Being aggressive, shy, or fearful doesn’t adhere to the role of “Clown in a Cloak of a Philosopher”.
What do you feed your Frenchies? Any supplements? We have gone through many different foods over the past 10 years. Currently, we feed Royal Canin to our puppies when weaning, and ProPlan Performance Salmon and Rice to our adults. Our senior dogs are on Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream. On top of that (when we can find it), we typically add ground raw chicken backs or duck necks and a chicken liver. We have found that for the most part what you feed isn’t is as important as the amount of food you give. Each dog gets a different amount of food, and we are constantly adjusting that amount to optimize the look of each dog. As for supplements, we use “Show Stopper” for some of our dogs, which provides additional protein for great coats, and digestive pro-biotics.
If you could breed to any French Bulldog in the world, dead or alive, who would it be? Pete: I think the dog I would breed to would be a dog from the 70’s called Smith’s Petite Maitre, which was the first BIS winner to both sire a BIS winner and grandsire a BIS winner. Although there has never been a Dog-Child-Grandchild triplet in direct line in Frenchies to win a BIS, this is the closest in our breed so far. Blake: Leibøll’s Hannibal. This dog has all the elements of a great dog: headpiece, topline, and incredible bone. At the time he was used mainly by breeders in Denmark, but today you can can find him repeatedly in the pedigree nearly every great European dog. He is, in my opinion, the origin of the “Danish Type”. I think he would be an incredible dog to utilize in a breeding program.
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Who have been some of your mentors throughout the years? We’ve talked about Luis and Patty Sosa, but we have also been guided by others, both in person and through their writings. Within the Frenchie community, we have talked with people like Darren Friend in the UK, Diane Burvee, Juanita Imperiale, Karen Fore, Jana & Milan Miklos, and Luca Carbone. Another great mentor with whelping puppies and neonatal care has been Kathleen Malone, and we owe her eternally grateful for her help and support. Outside Frenchies, we have gotten tidbits from so many people we can hardly name them. But the key is keeping an open mind, and looking at ALL breeders, whether you agree with them or not, and realizing every one of them can give good advice, and even if you can only study their pedigrees. We have looked at so many different dog breed pedigrees, and even those of ‘hybrid breeds’ like Goldendoodles - if you look at the ‘good ones’, skilled breeders were able to set a type, in a pattern no different from the development of other breeds such as the German Shepherd in the 1910’s and Norfolk Terriers in the 1960’s. Beyond that, we study pedigrees of cattle, horses, alpacas, and any species where breeding is carefully done - the only way to learn is to study the successes and failures of our predecessors.
We regularly read and reread books on dogs and breeding. Robert Cole’s “An Eye of A Dog” is an annual read at our house, as well as the works of Lloyd Bracket, who in the 50’s and 60’s was arguably the greatest breeder of German Shepherd Dogs in history. He discusses linebreeding, and discusses the pedigrees of his dogs going all the way back to the origin of the breed.
In all these years, what has been your most treasured owner-handled win and non ownerhandled win? Owner-Handled, you would think it would be Blake’s BIS win with Princeton, or our first Group One with Maserati (GCHS Maserati Grand Gyvybes Zyme), but honestly, our most memorable win is finishing Olive’s Championship. It was at the supported entry after the Nationals in Massachusetts, and we will never forget how satisfying it was - after almost 8 months of showing - to finally finish our first dog. For a Non-Owner-Handled Win, we would have to say Princeton’s Reserve Best in Show at the AKC National Championship. Even the group win was a surprise, and to go RBIS with almost 5000 dogs, amongst all of the best dogs in the country, was an unbelievable memory.
Princeton going RBIS at the AKC National Championship in Orlando in 2017
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A rare picture of Pete as a handler with Gentry (BISS GCH La Bete’s Quintessential Gentleman at LeCirque) winning a specialty from the classes at Santa Barbara Kennel Club in 2017, under breeder judge Lori Hunt.
Do you aspire to judge? With only 10 years in dogs, we are still a few years out from even becoming eligible to become a judge. We probably would consider it, but at this point we are still focused on breeding good dogs.
If you had to give an advice for people who are starting out, what would it be? Our advice is to be persistent, and find the right breeder(s) to mentor you - they should be knowledgeable AND willing to help. Too many breeders are ‘BINOs’ - Breeders in Name Only - and don’t really know why they did a breeding or what they were selecting for. They throw spaghetti at a wall to see what sticks. The good ones know why they do
a breeding, and what they plan to do with the puppy, and have advice on what to do with a puppy they sell you. Good mentors should also be willing to help you at any time. The ones that are holding back their secrets, or not willing to discuss health issues in a line are probably lying about it. Every breeder has had something come up, and shouldn’t be embarrassed or ashamed to discuss it. The late Luca Carbone once said that he had probably more litters than anyone else in the Frenchie world, and yet in every litter he still saw things come up that he’s never seen before. He was never afraid to discuss health problems in lines, and for that we had tremendous respect for him. Also - any truly good breeder - no matter how much they hate you - will still answer a phone call at 2 am to help you with a dying puppy. November 2018 27
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CANINE INFLUENZA AND PARVOVIRUS TREATMENT OPTIONS
article by DR. JEAN DODDS, DVM republished with permission from author.
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ou may have heard in the past that Tamiflu has been used to treat viruses and assume the use applies to canine flu. We have not heard of any instances of veterinarians officially prescribing the human use approved Tamiflu to dogs for flu symptoms. The majority of the discussion surrounded use of oseltamivir for parvovirus. First, we should step back and look at the law. The Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act gives veterinarians the right to prescribe these human medications but with limitations. Part of the law is, “limited to circumstances when the health of an animal is threatened, or suffering or death may result from failure to treat.” In this instance, the use of oseltamivir would apply to parvovirus, as it is deadly. Canine flu would not fall under this category because dogs very rarely die directly from the canine flu viruses (H3N2 and H3N8). Only 2-3% of dogs that are immunocompromised or harbor Streptococcus bacteria in their pulmonary system and then develop a secondary bacterial pneumonia can pass away. In case pneumonia does develop, antibiotics would be prescribed. Canine influenza viruses can be spread by direct contact with aerosolized respiratory secretions from infected dogs, by contact with contaminated objects, and by people moving between infected and uninfected dogs. They are highly contagious, like human flu viruses. The signs of this illness in dogs are cough, runny nose, high fever, lethargy, eye discharge, and reduced appetite, but many dogs show only minor or no signs of illness. These cough symptoms differ from those of the common kennel cough complex as it does not initially produce a fever, unless secondary pneumonia occurs 7-10 days later. Canine Parvovirus is ubiquitous and is spread through dog feces; it can live in the environment for months. The general symptoms are lethargy, severe vomiting, loss of 60 frenchiefancy.com
appetite and bloody, foul-smelling diarrhea that can lead to life-threatening dehydration. Parvovirus is a tricky disease to treat, but veterinarians have an arsenal of options to stave off death such as fluid replacement therapy, fresh-frozen plasma transfusions, whole blood transfusions, antiemetics for nausea and vomiting, possibly antibiotics for any secondary bacterial infection, antiparasitic medications for intestinal worms and oseltamivir depending on the severity of the disease. So, how does oseltamivir (Tamiflu) work against parvovirus? Oseltamivir inhibits the neurominidase enzyme, which is necessary for pathogenic bacteria to adhere to the intestinal endothelium and then penetrate into the bloodstream – a very important step in the progression of parvovirus. While this treatment option needs further study and may not be available due to stockpiling Tamiflu for human use, an Auburn University research team found that dogs treated with oseltamivir had increased weight gain and 100% survival rate versus the control group that experienced weight loss and an 81% survival rate. While the researchers could not establish a clear advantage to use oseltamivir, they did note that no adverse effects were associated with its use. The absolute best parvo prevention of course is appropriate vaccination. Dr. Dodds’ protocol calls for parvovirus and distemper vaccinations at 9-10 and 14-15 weeks of age, plus a third parvo booster at 18 weeks of age. Titer testing is then measured a year later followed by re-titering every three years thereafter. So, what are the treatment options for canine flu? As mentioned, Tamiflu would not be approved for use for canine influenza unless, potentially, a highly virulent, deadly
strain developed or if a strain jumped the species barrier to humans. Regarding human influenza, Tamiflu is prescribed for human use after signs of influenza are present and depending on the strain. We could not find any mention of similarly used drugs in current development for canine influenza. The two known canine influenza strains in North America are H3N2 and H3N8. Vaccines are available for both. While we definitely promote the use of parvovirus vaccine, we do not currently recommend the routine use of the canine influenza vaccines.
4. Naturally generated immunity is better than strainspecific vaccine immunity. In 2008, a groundbreaking study was released about the 1918 human flu pandemic. Eric Altschuler and a team of researchers gathered 32 survivors who were born before 1915. 94% of them (30 people) had produced antibodies that neutralized the 1918 flu virus. The scientists went further and found out that the gene sequence that encoded these antibodies had accumulated many mutations, which suggests that the cells had made further adaptations to similar viruses after 1918. This means they would more than likely not become ill if the 1918 virus cropped up again.
Why we say no to canine influenza vaccine: 1. Canine flu, like human flu, is self-limiting and usually resolves itself after 1-2 weeks.
If my dog gets the flu, what can I do?
2. The mortality rate amongst dogs is less than 5-10% and more than likely occurs due to a secondary bacterial infection like pneumonia.
We all want quick fixes to make our companion dogs feel better. However, medications are not generally given beyond supportive care unless a secondary bacterial infection or high fever develop.
3. Companion animal influenza vaccines are often not adapted for mutations after initial development. In 2012, Pfizer Animal Health released a study it funded of its H3N8 vaccine which was isolated from dogs in Iowa in 2005. The researchers found that the Iowa vaccine was effective against more recent strains isolated from other parts of the country. However, the researchers noted, “The greatest amount of divergence correlated with the more recent isolates.“
The American Veterinary Medical Association and the FDA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call for supportive care, which involves keeping your dog hydrated and comfortable while the body mounts an immune response to the infection to facilitate recovery. If a high fever develops, ask your veterinarian about treatment options. Good husbandry and nutrition may also help dogs mount an effective immune response.
REFERENCES “Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA)”. American Veterinary Medical Association, https://www.avma. org/KB/Resources/Reference/Pages/AMDUCA.aspx.
W. Jean Dodds, DVM Hemopet / NutriScan 11561 Salinaz Avenue Garden Grove, CA 92843 REPUBLISHED WITH AUTHORIZATION FROM DR. W. JEAN DODDS.
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FRENCHIE FIRST AID IT’S AN EMERGENCY! (OR IS IT?)
written by LORI HUNT, DVM Assisi French Bulldogs
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n this article, I’m going to go through a few scenarios where First Aid may be necessary. For the purpose of this article, First Aid is defined as things you can do when veterinary care is unavailable, far away or while you’re en route to the veterinary clinic. Knowledgeable assessment of your dog’s condition is VERY important. This is information that your veterinarian may ask you over the phone in order to determine the severity of the situation. It is important to mention here that First Aid should never replace veterinary care, but can be an important first step. By knowing what to do and acting quickly, you may prevent further injury or damage. Let’s start by briefly discussing how to assess your dog’s “normal”.
Is my Pet OK??? General appearance: Is your pet “BAR” (Bright Alert and Responsive)? Or is he “ADR” (Ain’t Doing Right)? Rectal Temperature: Normal is 101 - 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit Respiratory System: If at rest, 20-40 effortless breaths per minute is normal. Panting? Was the dog recently active? If panting, is it with or without difficulty? Gums: Should be moist and pink. To check capillary refill time, you can press down firmly on the gums and then release. Gums should be pale/white when pressure is released but return to pink in under 2 seconds. Anything else is abnormal. Heart rate: Normal heart rate is 60-120 beats per minute. You can check at the point of their chest that is just behind point of elbow or inside back leg (femoral artery). If any of these parameters are abnormal, contact your veterinarian!
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First Aid Kit This is a list of items that are handy to have around in case of an emergency. Some of these things require a prescription and instruction on use. If you have a good working VCPR (Veterinary Client Patient Relationship) with your veterinarian, they may help you stock an emergency kit. Scissors Muzzle (even sweet dogs can bite if painful) Tweezers Nail Trimmers Flash light Clean towels Clippers Antibiotics (oral and/or topical) Pain medication (NSAID and tramadol) Steroid (tablet or injectable) Benadryl Tablets and/or injectable Sterile fluids and administration set Gauze pads Vet wrap Bubble Wrap Bandage tape Clotting powder Betadine scrub Hydrogen peroxide Eye wash or saline solution Rubbing alcohol Antacid and/or peptobismol Ice pack/heat pack Digital thermometer Your vet’s phone number and closest ER clinic Pertinent info on your pet(s): examples include any allergies, current meds, (rabies) vaccine history
Is your pet “BAR” (Bright Alert and Responsive)? Or is he “ADR” (Ain’t Doing Right)?
Situations which may require First Aid: 1) Lacerations/Wounds Find the wound and evaluate the extent of the trauma. If the dog is stable, flush wound with saline solution and bandage on way to vet. If bleeding is extensive, apply clean towels or gauze and wrap with strong pressure. Avoid tourniquets unless absolutely necessary.
2) Drowning If you witness this, quickly hold the dog upside down by back legs. This will help facilitate fluid drainage. Gentle coupage of the chest may help hasten this. Check for breathing. Administer CPR if not breathing and then head to nearest veterinarian.
3) Penetrating wounds Sticks. Fence posts, etc. Resist the temptation and do NOT remove the object. Stabilize the object with towels and bandaging and head to vet.
4) Bee sting/insect bite Ascertain the dog’s reaction to the bite. If stable, give oral benedryl and cold compress and monitor. If severe, such as major swelling, or difficulty breathing, head to the vet immediately. These can progress incredibly fast and lead to anaphylactic shock and death. If possible, while en route administer injectable benadryl and steroid.
5) Heat stroke Excessive panting, collapse, weakness, elevated temperatures (104 and up), vomiting, diarrhea, seizures. Soak dog in luke cool water (not ice cold) or rubbing alcohol. Head to vet as soon as possible.
6) Dog bites Assess damage and if life threatening head to vet ASAP. If mild or local trauma, you can clip hair and clean the wound with saline and dilute betadine solution. Visit your veterinarian within 24 hours for antibiotics and pain medication.
8) Snake bite Head to vet right away. Do NOT ice or apply tourniquets.
9) Eye injuries Flush the eye with saline solution or contact lens solution. Call your veterinarian. Eyes can go badly quickly in Frenchies.
10) Lameness or broken bones Assess the area for instability or open wounds. Bubble wrap makes a handy air cast. Try to stabilize it, if dog is tolerant and get to the vet immediately if you suspect it’s broken. Any lamenesses that exist for more than 24 hours MUST be seen; it is likely an anti inflammatory medication will be needed for proper healing.
11) Ticks Apply topical anesthesia or rubbing alcohol to the area and then grasp the tick by the head, sometimes pinching some skin with it. Clean area well and monitor for symptoms.
12) Ingestion of foreign material, inappropriate medications, poisons, etc. If you think ingestion has occurred within the last 30-60 minutes, you can induce vomiting with hydrogen peroxide. If it’s been longer than that, I suggest heading to the vets office where sometimes counteractive measures can be taken, such as administration of activated charcoal. When in doubt, contact your vet first.
13) Seizures During the seizure, keep the dog safe by buffering with soft beds or blankets. Avoid holding the dog near its face as you may be inadvertently be bitten during convulsions. Monitor your dog after the seizure and seek veterinary care within 24 hours. Any dog who is seizing continuously should be taken to the closest emergency veterinarian and kept for monitoring.
7) Skunk spray
I highly recommend taking a course on pet CPR just in case you may ever need it.
Is mostly just irritating unless the dog is sprayed in the face and eyes. Allergic reaction is possible and eye injury as well. Rinse the face and eyes immediately. Monitor closely for any signs or swelling or breathing difficulties.
It’s worth mentioning again, that these tips are not intended to replace veterinary care, but instead to stabilize and help lessen the severity of injury while you seek veterinary care. I hope you never need any of them.
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