What should I do if a puppy is bitten by a big dog? The puppy should be sent to a veterinary clinic immediately for treatment. If possible, blood clots on the wound should be removed as soon as possible to avoid infection causing more damage.
Secondly, try to observe the puppy's behavior and whether there are symptoms such as redness, swelling, fever, etc., and the puppy should be regularly checked to determine the occurrence of infection. In addition, if a large dog is found to have a vaccine, you should consider vaccinating the puppy to prevent secondary infection.
1. If the puppy is only slightly trauma caused by biting, the owner can handle it by himself. First, you need to remove the hair near the dog's wound and expose the wound to facilitate post-treatment. Then you need to rinse the wound with normal saline, then rinse it with iodine or apply some antibacterial drugs for pets. Finally, you can simply bandage it with clean gauze to prevent infection.
2. If the wound on the puppy is serious or difficult to deal with, then you need to take the puppy to the pet hospital to be treated by the pet doctor. If the wound is large, it may also need to be sutured.
3. Because the teeth of the big dog are sharp, it is likely to damage the puppy's internal organs during the biting process. Therefore, the owner should also pay attention to observing the puppy's mental state, the color of the visible mucosa, whether it is difficult to breathe, and whether the body temperature drops. If abnormalities are found, you need to take your puppy to the pet hospital for examination and treatment immediately.
4. If the puppy has not received rabies vaccine before, the owner also needs to take the puppy to the pet hospital for rabies vaccination to avoid bitten dogs being infected with rabies virus.
Note: In daily life, when taking your dog out, you must wear a leash, so that the dog is within the owner's sight, and do not contact dogs with unknown origin or irritable personality, so as to avoid accidents.