100 mgs of diphenhydramine for a 75# dog is WAY much of a dose, even PO. If you're going into an area of concern, speak with your vet and carry 50mgs benadryl injection for IM (terribly easy to administer), as well as an EPI kit for an anaphylactic reactions. 50mgs PO will dose a 225lb human real well, anything over that will knock them right to sleep and perhaps cause concern for respiratory comprimise.




The recommendation of 2L of Ringers Lactate over 2 hours would seriously volume challenge a dog of modest weight, and possibly even cause concern for heart failure; you must be able to adequately monitor the input and output of an animal that you're going to IV infuse with that sort of volume, especially a volume expander like LR. Did we fail to mention that you need IV access, and that IV access in the field on an anaphylactic animal is not the easiest to get?

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Another remedy I have heard of comes from a Dog Handler in TN. He has another Suggestion that he uses.


100mg of Benadril (oral) as soon as possable and follow with Lactate of Ringers 2 liters over the first 4 hours.




Bill Tolhurst

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Many dog handlers have home remedies for treating their working dogs for snakebites.


Please share your methods and the results with us on our Message board.


We would also like you to leave your e-mail address. We just might save a lot of dogs a lot of pain and handlers a lot of grief.




Thank you .... Bill Tolhurst