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How to Perform CPR on Your Dog

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They say that anybody can and anybody should learn CPR for people. What about our best friends, though? We all love our dogs just as much as a parent loves their own child! Here is an easy to follow guide on performing CPR on your dog correctly.

Here are the steps to perform CPR on your dog:

Find a sturdy flat spot and lay your dog on his right side.
Take the palms of your hands and place them on your dog’s ribcage over his heart.
With smaller dogs and puppies you can use the 1-handed technique. Wrap your hand around the sternum directly over the heart and squeeze.
For dogs with barrel-chests, like English Bulldogs, you may perform CPR with the dog on its back (like you would a human).
Push down on his chest so that you are compressing it about 1/4th to 1/3rd of the way. You should do this at a speed of about 100 to 120 compressions per minute.
After every 30 compressions, hold his mouth shut, make sure it is completely closed, and breath into his nose 2 times.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until your dog is responsive or until about 10 to 15 minutes has passed.

February 10, 2016 | DogGeek

Why is chocolate so bad for dogs?

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You’ve always heard that chocolate is bad for dogs but if you’re like us, you never understood why. How could something so tasty to us be so toxic to all of them? Well… it comes down to one ingredient… theobromine. Theobromine is the one molecule that is the central culprit to chocolate’s toxicity to dogs. The below video goes into more details about who chocolate is bad.

January 21, 2016 | DogGeek

Top Pet Toxin by State

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Every year the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) gets thousands of calls about pets who have gotten into something that isn’t good for them. The map below shows the top toxin by state that they have received calls about.

If you think your pet has gotten into the wrong thing, please call the ASPCA Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435. They are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

January 18, 2016 | DogGeek

DYI Dog Friendly Cleaning Products

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Many household cleaners are toxic to dogs and other pets. To avoid issues, use one of the DYI dog friendly cleaning products you can make at home from our friends at Petco.

January 16, 2016 | DogGeek

The Dangers of Pet-Unfriendly Cleaning Products

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Everyone wants a clean and fresh smelling house, especially after a rainy weekend with that wet dog smell. Did you know that the cleaning products you are using may be harming your dogs? Hazardous cleaning products such as bleach, laundry detergent pods and phenol-based disinfectants such as Lysol and Pine-Sol top the list of products that are toxic to your dog. To help see what products you should avoid use the infographic below from PetCo.

Think your dog is showing symptoms of poisoning from cleaning products? Use the infographic below to see symptoms.

January 16, 2016 | DogGeek

Toxic House Plants that can Harm Your Pets

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Every year the ASPCA receives over 150,000 calls from pet parents who need help with accidental poisonings. Approximately 1/4 of them are because of the dog or cat eating a poisonous plant in the house. Don’t let your best friend become a statistic. The following infographic from Pots, Planters & More, shows the 12 most toxic plants that are commonly found both indoors and outdoors. Know what to look for.

January 4, 2016 | DogGeek