First Aid Kit for Dogs
# Roll cotton
# Some cotton balls
# Gauze pads
# Gauze tape
# Hydrogen peroxide (check the expiration date)
# Hydrocortisone ointment
# Scissors
# Eyewash
# Silver nitrate
# Tweezers
# Oral syringes
# Pediolyte® or other balanced electrolyte fluid
# Baby food – meat flavors work best
# Large towel
# Exam gloves
# 1 inch white tape (in addition to gauze tape)
# Rolls of elastic wrap
# Emergency ice pack
# Thermometer (both oral and rectal thermometers can be used rectally)
Dog Owner's Guide:First aid kit
* Gauze sponges -- 50 four-by-four inch sponges, two per envelope
* Triple antibiotic ointment
* Rubbing alcohol
* Ear syringe -- two ounce capacity
* Ace self-adhering athletic bandage -- three-inch width
* White petroleum jelly (Vaseline or similar)
* Eye wash
* Sterile, non-adherent pads
* Pepto Bismol tablets
* Generic Benadryl capsules -- 25mg, for allergies
* Hydrocortisone acetate -- one percent cream
* Sterile stretch gauze bandage -- three inches by four yards
* Buffered aspirin
* Dermicil hypoallergenic cloth tape one inch by 10 yards
* Hydrogen peroxide
* Kaopectate tablets maximum strength
* Bandage scissors
* Custom splints
* Vet Rap bandage
Other suggested items were:
* Blanket
* Tweezers
* Muzzle
* Hemostats
* Rectal thermometer
* Ziplock bags
* Paperwork, including the dog's health record, medications, local and national poison control numbers, regular veterinary clinic hours and telephone numbers, and emergency clinic hours and telephone number.