08-20-2022, 07:20 PM
I just had to give Yuki the Heimlich
He stole one of our water filtration bags and was playing keep away with it. It was annoying because he could easily perforate it with his fangs and that would be disastrous if discovered later on the trail. But he saw I was upset and brought it in nicely. So I gave him a handful of training treats.
He started choking on one, snorting, gagging, and frothing spasmodically. I grabbed him by the diaphragm and get him three heaves and he stopped on the third.
Scary moment. Especially in our exhausted post backpacking mood.
I’ve trained the heimlich ever other year for at least 35 years while recerting. Never used it. Never taught how to do it to dogs. But it worked.
He stole one of our water filtration bags and was playing keep away with it. It was annoying because he could easily perforate it with his fangs and that would be disastrous if discovered later on the trail. But he saw I was upset and brought it in nicely. So I gave him a handful of training treats.
He started choking on one, snorting, gagging, and frothing spasmodically. I grabbed him by the diaphragm and get him three heaves and he stopped on the third.
Scary moment. Especially in our exhausted post backpacking mood.
I’ve trained the heimlich ever other year for at least 35 years while recerting. Never used it. Never taught how to do it to dogs. But it worked.
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