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#406223 - 05/10/2018 06:09 AM |
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A friend of mine had a car accident and had to crawl under the car in order to pull out her GS. He was shocked and hurt and bit her. She has no muzzle.
My dogs are all muzzle-trained, but when I read this I asked myself, how I could put a muzzle on my dog, when I had to crawl under a car. Can't imagine. What would you do in such a situation? Should a dog always wear a muzzle, when in a car just in case something happens?
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Kelly wrote 05/10/2018 10:15 AM
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I don't muzzle my dogs in the car - I do keep a slip lead in the car that I can slip over a dog muzzle to prevent a bite if an emergency should come up. A long sock or belt will work as well to keep a dog from landing a major bite - none of these methods should be used for more than a few minutes though- a dog will need to pant.
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#406233 - 05/11/2018 05:43 AM |
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Thanks, Kelly. I have a basket-muzzle, not one of the tight ones, normally used by the vets, so he can easily pant and also drink. Stock or belt is a good idee. But if a dog is quasi panicking, do you think you'll get the dog away from under the car?
He doesn't understand what happenend and might perhaps within that chaos feel under the car like being in a safe refuge. (He wasn't pinched).
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Kelly wrote 05/12/2018 04:40 PM
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I would be able to get my own dogs out no matter what - I am what they go to for safety... It's the mark of a good leader.
I was in an accident with two of my dogs in the car - this was years ago- and my arm was shattered. Even though there was a fire truck, ambulance, and police car next to us with lights flashing, my dogs stayed put in the back seat where I told them to stay. Then they got in the fire truck when I told them to - the fire crew took them home when I was transported to the hospital. My dogs trusted that I would get them out safe and unhurt. I also stayed calm which kept them calm- in scary situations, your dog will get his cues from you- if you are calm it will help calm the dog....
This has been my experience with my dogs.....
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Kelly wrote 05/12/2018 04:50 PM
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Dealing with strange dogs in those types of situations should not be attempted by anyone that is not trained.
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#406245 - 05/12/2018 10:54 PM |
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Ditto with Kelly on both of the above posts!
Even a well trained dog can stress and panic in something like a car wreck.
Add injury to that dog and it could quite easily become a dangerous situation.
Having a very special bond AND excellent management/control of a dog in that situation can be critical.
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#406252 - 05/13/2018 05:53 AM |
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Wow, Kelly and Bob, that sounds fantastic. I myself have never experienced a car accident having the dogs with me. But I don't think I'd be able to manage this in the way you do. Staying calm is easier said than done. I can't give myself the command: Stay calm, if i'm not. I could only act as if. I think, I'll first have to produce a wrack to find out.
If I'd see an injured strange dog on the street, I'd be very scared, but I think I couldn't resist to help, if I had another person assisting me. Of course not if the dog were in panic. Do you really think this would be too risky?
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#406256 - 05/13/2018 10:24 PM |
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Yes without a lot of skill to handle a dog in that state of mind.
I do understand that it would be hard to ignore but it could be much worse with all the un vaccinated dogs where you live.
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#406257 - 05/14/2018 06:45 AM |
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Yes, very true.It is not only a question of being bitten, but also of possible diseases which might transmitted. Only few dogs are vaccinated.
When I found my Lab-Mix dying on the street, swe wasn't, at least Vet said, neither dewormed, nor vaccinated, and suffered from cinomose. Things which of course I couldn't have diagnostized even if I had known more about them. All I could see was that she had slightly that typical friendly swinging wa and I had seen before in that quarter. So I took her on my shoulder and brought her home and to the Vet. Gladly at least without her having had contact with my other dogs.. But it could have been transmitted also over simple touch, I guess. In retrospect this was too sentimental and stupid. I don't know how many of those possible illnesses are contagious.
You once told me in another context we should chose a dog with the brein not with the heart.. Nothing happend, neither with Charly, ery healthy dogs, but aaaaaaaaaaaaaait could have been completely different.
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Choosing with our brain instead of our heart isn't always easy to do, especially with a rescue.
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