Tool Box to hold all the items listed

First Aid book – people/animals

Tweezers

60% or 70% alcohol – either in a small dropper bottle or wipes

Antihistamine tablets (check with your vet for dosages and write them down!)

Rectal thermometer

Kaopectate liquid or tablets (Kaobiotic or Neosulfate)

Pepto-Bismol – liquid or tablets

Scissors (round tipped)

Swiss-Army style knife

Pliers and/or Wire-cutters (yes, wire-cutters – in case your dog tangles with a snare on a trail. This happened to a  dog – the dog survived but only because the snare wrapped around the leather collar – the owner did not have wire cutters with him)

Nail Trimmers (when nails tear or just need trimming!)

Quik-Stop or HemoStop (stop bleeding nails)

Liquid Skin (New Skin) - great for burnt pads

Krazy Glue - fixing torn skin and sealing small cuts

Cotton balls, Q-Tips

Gauze squares (3”x3” square is a handy size) (have LOTS on hand)

Stretchy gauze bandage (Kling, Conform, etc.)

Elastic tape bandage

Vetwrap – 2” and 4” – color doesn’t matter but fluorescent pink is cool!)

White adhesive tape (1”)

Hydrogen Peroxide

Hibitane cream

Hibitane soap or betadine soap

Hibitane disinfectant or betadine disinfectant (Hibitane disinfectant has an advantage over Betadine disinfectant to rinse wounds with because Hibitane disinfectant doesn’t have to be rinsed from the wound)

Eye ointment such as Polysporin or Neosporin (the veterinary preparation is called by several names --  BNP, Vetropolycin, etc. – is the same as Neosporin)

People bandages – ‘cos we play with dogs, you know!

35 cc Catheter tip syringe

Nutrical Paste (or similar) – provides quick energy for your pooped pooch

Safety pins, pens, small pad of paper to keep notes on

Saline eye rinse – in a squeeze/squirt bottle to irrigate eyes

INSTANT ICE (or similar product) for acute inflammation injuries or to help