She sprung into action when Angus 'started losing the colour from his face', using the Heimlich Maneuver to save him
A mum-of-two has revealed how she saved her dog’s life by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on him when he started choking.
She then jumped into action as he started to lean sideways, looking as if he was about to lose consciousness. She said: ‘I knew straight away that Angus must be choking. It was horrifying to see, he could not breathe at all.The family think he was choking on a piece of sofa ‘My heart was in my mouth at first but my training kicked in, allowing me to keep calm.‘I looked in Angus’ mouth and, when I couldn’t see anything, I picked him up from behind and pulled into his belly.‘Nothing happened the first time so I had to do it again, and this time he started breathing again.
Louise, from Congleton, Cheshire, described the dog as ‘a cheeky little thing’ who ‘snaffles everything’, including four of her sofas.She continued: ‘I am so grateful I had done a first aid course, it just goes to show that first aid knowledge of any kind is worth knowing.
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