CA POPPY
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
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We had to find a vet out of town the first time, last week. We had just gotten to my niece's house in Auburn, CA, at 5:30 pm and her kids were playing with our dogs. Rosie somehow got the dew claw from her right foot stuck in her mesh harness and I suspect the little kid holding her tried to help by pulling on it. All of a sudden blood was gushing everywhere, darn those useless dew claws! We dashed Rosie outside and applied a handful of flour (thanks, Susan!) and a snug bandage to the boo boo foot. Then we called a local vet that was closing the office at 6 pm. Bless her heart, she waited for us.
Rosie was so good and never even cried through the whole thing. The vet gave her an antibiotic shot and wrapped the foot with that colored mesh tape and all is well. Love small town vets, I was envisioning surgery and mucho bucks. Anyway, we had thought ahead enough to have a first aid kit in the RV and those bandaids and medical tape came in very handy before we got to the vet. We were lucky to get in quickly but it might have been the next morning before Rosie could be seen, so it was good that we had supplies to apply pressure and control bleeding.
Just a reminder to try to be prepared for pet emergencies when you travel. Just like kids, if they can get in trouble it seems like they will. Anybody else have an on-the-road pet emergency experience to share?
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GSF
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It's a small world. Our dog snagged his dew claw while we were driving through northern California and we stopped at the Edgewood Vet Clinic in Auburn on the way to Grass Valley. We were taken care of by a very nice female vet who's name was Carol, but I don't remember her last name.
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CatandJim
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Yes, we have to be ready for just about anything with our pets, don't we? You did everything right Judy! I'm glad you got Rosie all fixed up, sounds like you were lucky enough to find a great vet. 
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Don Don
Pleasant Grove, AL {Suburb of Birmingham}
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I never have thank goodness but before we leave I always get online and find all the vet is the area we will be at. When we get there I always drive and find it just in case I need to get there in a hurry.
It's a good practice for everyone. I also have my vet's home # programed in the phone. He is great and does not mind if you call him at home.
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Hiker3
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Don Don wrote:I never have thank goodness but before we leave I always get online and find all the vet is the area we will be at. When we get there I always drive and find it just in case I need to get there in a hurry.
It's a good practice for everyone. I also have my vet's home # programed in the phone. He is great and does not mind if you call him at home.
I do the same with the Vet Addresses at our camping destination city.
And thanks to Judy for posting your story as a reminder for me to put that Pet First Aid kit in the car.
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