[at-l] Injured dogs - rescue options?

[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

OB,

You've just reiterated what I already said in my reply below when I said 
"assuming that you can probably rig something with the materials at hand."  
One of the original replies to my message gave a web site where you could 
buy cushioned splints designed for dogs.  I just pointed out they weren't 
necessary because other items could do the same thing.

Mara
Stitches, GAME99

>From: W F Thorneloe <thornel@attglobal.net>
>To: "Mara Factor" <m_factor@hotmail.com>
>CC: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Injured dogs - rescue options?
>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:19:05 -0500
>
>Certainly you carry a few splints. Your trekking poles, lined with fleece
>are excellent, taped over with duct tape. Another option is to wrap a long
>extremity with a mat pad, tape it down and blow it up (assuming inflatable)
>This will immobilized a joint quite well. As you noted, pack stays are
>excellent splints for a wrist or ankle injury, or for a dog's leg.
>
>This another great reason for an extra bit of fleece to cushion between the
>limb and the splint, ample duct tape, and possible safety pins to help
>fashion a sling or other support.
>
>OrangeBug
>
>At 01:23 PM 3/20/2002 -0500, Mara Factor wrote:
>>As for the splints, I don't carry a splint for myself and probably
>>wouldn't recommend carrying one for the dog - assuming that you can
>>probably rig something with the materials at hand, if necessary.  You can
>>always bend a stay and pad it with clothing or pieces of your sleeping pad
>>instead of carrying the actual splints.  (A good wilderness first aid
>>class will help point this stuff out.)
>


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