Lacerations in the mouth bleed profusely and sometimes do not stop until the dog is dead. Clasp your hands together like a fist and push up, hard, three times. Dog spit is not going to hurt you. You will have to do what you think is right-I cannot make this decision for you.
If your dog is still pawing at his mouth and choking, you can move your hands up from his belly to his solar plexus (where his abdomen stops and his rib cage starts, on the midline). If he jerks his head when you are shoving a foreign object down his throat, you may end up cutting his mouth or puncturing his larynx. (Unless you have a small dog, in which case you want to use just a few fingers so that you will not break his ribs.) If nothing happens, do it three times, again. This is another moment when you need to decide whether or not you want to save your dogs life.) This is probably not going to help but you can also try striking your dog on the back (between http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog the shoulder blades) with the flat of your hand.
Do not follow the bad advice given at other web sites and stick a pair of pliers or tweezers down in your dogs mouth.
If your dog stops breathing you have a small chance of getting him going again. (If you cannot see it, you are unlikely to get it out and may push it down even deeper.) If you think this is gross, get over it. Dog spit washes off.
If you cannot see the object, move around behind your dog, put your hands underneath his belly, and lift him up, leaving his front feet on the ground. CPR will only restore partial blood flow until the heart can be started again, and unless you live close to an emergency clinic this is not likely to happen before your dog suffers serious and permanent brain damage.
If the object still will not come out, and your dog loses http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dog consciousness, you must reach down and find the obstruction. (If you have another person with you, they should hold the dogs head because this is uncomfortable and the dog may try to bite. If his heart stops beating he has little chance of making it. At this point you should not stop to worry about pushing the object further down his throat.
If you see the object your dog is choking on just reach in and pull it out. If you are not able to clear your dogs airway he will probably die.
There is a chance you will be bit trying to save your dogs life. CPR will not usually keep a patient alive; despite what you may have seen in movies or on TV it only works in about 5-10% of humans, and it works in dogs a lot less often. If you damage his larynx he may not be able to breathe.
If your dog is still pawing at his mouth and choking, you can move your hands up from his belly to his solar plexus (where his abdomen stops and his rib cage starts, on the midline). If he jerks his head when you are shoving a foreign object down his throat, you may end up cutting his mouth or puncturing his larynx. (Unless you have a small dog, in which case you want to use just a few fingers so that you will not break his ribs.) If nothing happens, do it three times, again. This is another moment when you need to decide whether or not you want to save your dogs life.) This is probably not going to help but you can also try striking your dog on the back (between http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog the shoulder blades) with the flat of your hand.
Do not follow the bad advice given at other web sites and stick a pair of pliers or tweezers down in your dogs mouth.
If your dog stops breathing you have a small chance of getting him going again. (If you cannot see it, you are unlikely to get it out and may push it down even deeper.) If you think this is gross, get over it. Dog spit washes off.
If you cannot see the object, move around behind your dog, put your hands underneath his belly, and lift him up, leaving his front feet on the ground. CPR will only restore partial blood flow until the heart can be started again, and unless you live close to an emergency clinic this is not likely to happen before your dog suffers serious and permanent brain damage.
If the object still will not come out, and your dog loses http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dog consciousness, you must reach down and find the obstruction. (If you have another person with you, they should hold the dogs head because this is uncomfortable and the dog may try to bite. If his heart stops beating he has little chance of making it. At this point you should not stop to worry about pushing the object further down his throat.
If you see the object your dog is choking on just reach in and pull it out. If you are not able to clear your dogs airway he will probably die.
There is a chance you will be bit trying to save your dogs life. CPR will not usually keep a patient alive; despite what you may have seen in movies or on TV it only works in about 5-10% of humans, and it works in dogs a lot less often. If you damage his larynx he may not be able to breathe.