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I can only tell you Richard what I can remember off the top of my head. I think the book is up in the loft.
Lint, Bandage, scissors, sticky tape, 2 x 6" wooden rulers for splint purposes,small nosed pliers, small snippers for fish hooks, tweezers, dog thermometer, potassium permanganate for small cuts or ripped nails,
dolly blue ( think your granny used for a whitenener for clothes) I think that was recommended for stings but I would have to check, I had waspeze, I think it had a antihistimine tab in (not sure).A cream called 'Grass's Skin Cure' which is a homeopathic cream for dogs & I did have 'Excemarid' but preferred to use Grass's. I always carried a small thin leash also. Johnson Antiseptic powder & a must for me is 'Thornit' which having a poodle I use for keeping canker at bay. Its can be used in rabbits & cats, it is also a homeopathic powder.

I don't have a dog. I don't really plan to actually

I've found that having a thin lead is very useful. It seems as if I am always coming across lost dogs whilst on my rides, and they do come in handy.

Not the normal thing to carry in one's bicycle saddlebag, but better than makeshift!

Kingfisher

Thanks for the list, seems like you have most situations covered. A thin leash seems like a good idea, I too come across lost dogs every now and then and their owner is nearly always nearby. I would think it is quite common for dogs to hurt their legs while running in woods, so a splint is also a very good idea.

Must depend on the area of UK you are in perhaps. I've never seen a stray dog injured or just lost. And if I did find a stray dog, I must admitt I wouldnt be too keen to go and do first aid just incase it got hehe

I always carry a small first aid kit for my dog, after it having cut it's leg very badly on a walk. I had to carry it several miles back to our camp site and it's not a light dog - 25 kg. When I was a search dog handler, my vet made up a neat kit for me which included an aluminium splinting material which could be rolled up, but when bandaged in place was extremely effective. Thankfully, I never had to use it.

It would be awful to have your dog injured and not have the equipment to help it on hand, a first aid kit sounds like a very sensible idea. It must have been really hard to carry the poor dog all the way wild canon. The aluminion splinting material sounds like a great idea, do you know if it is available to the public?

I would be interested in that also wild canon as I had one of my standard poodles pull a muscle in the middle of nowhere (she was about 80lb in weight don't know Kg's) & had to sit there rubbing it for ages as I couldn't carry her , so if she broke her leg in the same location I would have been right up the creek. I suppoose if there are two of you its a case of make a stretcher from 2 coats if you have them if not call for reinforcements with the mobile. Who said they were the scourge of modern life? They have their uses!!