K9 Operational Emergency Medical Support

21/09/2024

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As summers continue to get warmer year-over-year, new research from the Penn Vet Working Dog Center (PVWDC) reveals the best way to prevent dogs from overheating.

After comparing various cooling methods, researchers found when a dog voluntarily submerged their head in clean, room-temperature water to retrieve a treat or toy, they not only cooled off faster, but also avoided dangerous post-exercise temperature spikes.

“During heat stress, blood flow to the head, nose, tongue, and ears is increased,” said Cynthia M. Otto, VMD, PhD, lead author of the study and executive director of the PVWDC. “Cooling the tissues of the head allows for rapid cooling of the whole body with limited amounts of water.”

🔗 Learn how to correctly teach your dog this game-changing method by visiting: https://bit.ly/4eajKuy

21/09/2024

Some important info on emergency heat injury treatment in canines

15/09/2024

Great time with some legends at Impact Working Dog Conference 2024. Can’t wait to see what 2025 holds for it.

14/09/2024

🎉🎊We are delighted to announce the IMPACT Working Dog Conference 2025 🎊🎉

🎂2025 sees the 10th anniversary of the IMPACT Working Dog Conference & we are proud of the long running history of our conference🎂

🤗Once again we will be bringing like-minded people together to share ideas, network & enhance the capabilities of our working dogs🤗

🎓Confirmed speakers so far are Cameron Ford & Nando Brown, who will bring some insightful presentations & learning opportunities🎓

🎫Early Bird tickets at just £119 are available at www.impactk9.co.uk🎫

14/09/2024

Starting Day 2 of the IMPACT Working Dog Conference with some biomechanics with . A crucial part of working with dogs, to avoid injury & maintain physical performance in handlers & instructors

14/09/2024

In full swing

31/07/2024

They’ve arrived 🤗as always outstanding service and quality from Challenge Coins UK. Big thanks for getting this order back to me for going to the USA and Canada.

11/07/2024

Lesson learnt evidenced based medicine, ‘stop the cooking’

Working in ER this past week: We had four heat injuries each day for two days straight. Four of these were French Bulldogs, which happens to be the most common US breed these days. The others were three Rottweilers (brachycephalic by exam) and one Pit X.

Only ONE survived. NOT a Frenchie. Not a brachycepahlix breed. The Pit X.

Why? He happened to be playing in a pond. He ran and played with kids on land and then in the shallow pond water in 95 F 85% humidity weather until he collapsed. The humidity at his breathing level was probably a lot more, since it was approx 12 inches above water level.

They recognized a problem and brought him in… from one hour away.

On arrival
he was HYPOTHERMIC. Low body temp. Typical of heat injury. We warmed him up, treated his other abnormalities and within a
few hours he waa normal. Like NORMAL. No kidney failure. No coagulopahty. NO PROBLEMS.

Why is this? Probably because this dog reached critical heat injury when he happened to be in the best environement for treatment… IMMEDIATE cooling in water that was colder than him.

RAPID cooling with the coldest source available is what saves dogs with heat injury.

It’s time ro let go of the old wive’s tales of how ice water causes vasoconstriction or that rapid cooling is bad. HEAT is what causes death in heat inrjury, not the coolong method.

26/06/2024

26/06/2024

Please read and take onboard

Here's a repost of our fast facts on heat injury. There's a lot of bad info going around out there right now. Everything we state in this list is backed by scientific evidence and lessons learned in the field. Feel free to share!

12/04/2024

Great day instructing the instructors with a specialist unit. Some great handlers, wanting to learn how to care for their partners.

02/04/2024

Had an great day teaching some highly motivated volunteers/ dog handlers. Always a pleasure to work with these handlers.

14/03/2024

Another great day of training with a real mix of handlers, novice and experienced. All did an amazing job, protecting the protectors

22/02/2024

03/11/2023

More great info from PVWDC

Search and rescue dogs are professional athletes and have an important life-saving role. Veterinarians and handlers need to understand what types of medical conditions might affect these dogs so that we can ensure the best care and longest working life possible. In a forthcoming paper in the journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA), the medical conditions of 150 search dogs across their careers were identified. The most common system affected was the musculoskeletal system, opening the door to many opportunities for both prevention and management.

Listen to this podcast (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2047448/13875869 ) with two of the paper’s authors, Dr. Cindy Otto and veterinary student, Abby Seeley as they discuss their findings with associate editor Dr. Sarah Wright and the editor in chief at JAVMA, Dr. Lisa Fortier.

To learn more about working with working dogs visit www.workingdogpractitioner.com

22/10/2023

Some interesting findings

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20/07/2023

Refresher training online for police gp dog handlers. Hyperthermia, massive bleeding and wounds and adder bite care in the field whilst deployed, today. Doing the basics well!