What to do if a dog is bitten in a fight

Observe the size of the dog’s injury

During a dog fight, When biting, the owner must first check the size of the dog’s wound to judge the severity of the injury. If the bitten site is minor, the owner can treat it at home until the wound scars and falls off; if the wound continues to bleed and cannot be stopped, and the dog has shortness of breath, weakness, large wounds, etc., the owner should Take it to the pet hospital immediately for treatment to prevent the dog from dying from excessive blood loss.


How to manage a wound at home?

First, the owner should carefully check the dog’s wound site, then shave all the hair around the wound to expose the wound; then carefully trim along the edge of the wound to prevent re-injury by improper force To the dog; in the last step, the owner should use saline to clean the dog’s wound, and the action should be gentle to avoid the dog’s violent behavior due to pain. After cleaning, apply iodophor on the surface of the wound to avoid wound infection. After doing this, in order to prevent the dog from licking the wound and infecting the bacteria, you can bring the dog with an Elizabethan ring.

At the same time, the dog owner can give the dog a good nutritional supplement during the recovery period. During this time, you can give the dog hygienic nutritional cream or meat, such as egg yolk, chicken breast, goat milk powder, etc. If possible, you can also stew some bone soup, or cut some small pieces of fruit to feed the dog, so as to To help the recovery of the dog’s health and accelerate the healing of wounds. And the owner should remember to take the dog to the pet hospital in time to get the rabies vaccine to prevent rabies virus infection, or contract other infectious diseases when the immunity is low. Tetanus vaccine should also be given to the dog if possible.

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