Unconscious Dog: Dog in Shock

What are the dog symptoms?

1. No reaction to stimuli of any sort
2. Dog Doesn't move
3. Expanded pupils, glassy eyes, lost stare
4. Accelerated breathing, panting, or the opposite, there's no breathing
5. Accelerated pulse, or the opposite, no pulse
6. Pallid gums and lips, cold and sticky or the opposite, purple (septic shock)
7. Trembles, with a body temperature either below 37°C or above 39°C (septic shock)
8. These symptoms may come with vomiting

What can you do to dog?

1. When the animal breathes and has a pulse
2. Lie the dog on it's right side, elevating rear areas so the head remains below
3. Pull the tongue outside to prevent that your pet swallows it, facilitating breathing
4. Cover your dog with a blanket, coat, towel, etc

• When the animal doesn't breathe

1. Initiate reanimation through mouth – nose immediately
2. Check if there's any object impeding the breathing process and remove it using your fingers, pincers or tongs.
3. Once the dog is on its right side, pull the head back as much as possible and firmly close the mouth (keeping the tongue out)
4. Proceed to place on its snout our mouth and breathe deeply (you, the owner) around 5 – 6 times in a row, noticing how your dog's chest inflates
5. Continue this process for 10 minutes giving around 20 breaths per minute counting to three in between every attempt
6. When the animal begins to breathe by itself, open its mouth and maintain direct observation of how it recuperates
7. If after 15 minutes the dog doesn't respond at all, pupils remain dilated and the dog's tongue is now blue, all future attempts will be in vain

• When there's no pulse

1. Maintain the dog on its right side and check cardiac rhythm placing the palm of your left hand on the rib section, between the third and sixth rib, just behind the elbow of the front left leg
2. If there's indeed no pulse, proceed to placing the palm of your right hand on the back of the other hand and attempt ten quick pressures, one right after the other, followed by a six second pause
3. Reinitiate cardiac massage doing 10 compressions per minute followed by a 6 second pause during 10 minutes
4. If the animal recovers pulse, interrupt procedure and maintain a close watch
5. If after 15 minutes the dog doesn't respond at all, pupils remain dilated and the tongue has become blue, all future attempts will be in vain
6. When there's no breathing and no pulse
7. If only you are available to help with the reanimation
8. Do ten cardiac compressions followed by two attempts to breathe on its snout, doing approximately 10 + 2/ minute, until the cardio respiratory rhythm has been restored or for a maximum of 10 – 15 minutes.
9. If two people are trying to reanimate the animal
10. One person does the cardiac massage as established at a rhythm of 10 compressions every 6 seconds, followed by a pause during which the other individual does the mouth –to –nose, at a rhythm of 2 insufflations and again the first person will restart cardiac massage, doing the same procedure until the animal regains pulse and breathing, or for a maximum period of 10 – 15 minutes.