![]() ![]() Although we cannot stop the bleeding, we can mimimise the effect that the blood loss will have on the dog. The first thing to do is to put him in the correct position for treating shock. Obviously, we cannot bandage the inside of a dog so we need to act fast. This was, in fact, the deciding factor for me personally when I had to make the decision to take my Labrador to be put to sleep following an illness in her old age :0( This has more the texture of an over-cooked or “well-done” steak. As the blood fills the space, the tummy swells and doesnt feel so soft. If, when you bounce your hand on the tummy, it feels hard and tight and doesn’t squidge much under your palm, then this can often indicate internal bleeding within the abdomen. It should have the texture of a raw steak. Don’t take your hand off in between presses, don’t poke him with your fingers and don’t slap his tummy – just “bounce” your hand gently 3-4 times and see what it feels like.Ī normal tummy should feel soft and squidgey (you can feel your own tummy when you are lying down and relaxed to see how it should feel – whether you’ve “eaten all the pies” or whether you’ve been down to the gym every night for six months, your tummy should be soft). Gently place your palm on his tummy and bounce it. Signs you might see to alert you to this are:-Īpart from the above signs, the key and most obvious sign as to whether or not your dog has internal bleeding might be that it is possible to detect the bleeding, just by feeling his tummy/abdomen with the flat of your hand. With internal bleeding, although the blood is not actually leaving the body, it isn’t travelling around the circulatory system as it should be, and hence it is not delivering the oxygen where it is needed. If the blood leaves the body, it takes oxygen with it and the animal will start to slide into shock. This might tip us off to the possibility but what can you as an owner do to detect whether that is actually what is happening?īlood is supposed to travel around the circulatory system feeding oxygen to our organs. Well firstly, you must ask yourself what it is that alerts you to the possibility of an internal bleed? May be we saw the accident happen, or we know our dog has been unwell. You can’t exactly put a plaster on a bleed if you can’t see the wound! Thats not so easy if the bleeding is INSIDE the dog. ![]() When we see blood from a wound, we know instinctively that we need to stop the bleeding as quickly as possible so we apply pressure to the wound and dress it with a bandage. After an accident where there has been significant trauma, say like a road traffic collision or fall from a height, or perhaps when our dog has a serious disease or infection, internal bleeding can develop. ![]()
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