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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR for dogs, involves chest compressions with or without artificial respiration. It is normally used when you cannot feel or hear the dog’s heartbeat and the dog is no longer breathing. This can occur for a number of reasons, including trauma, choking, or illness.

Before performing CPR for dogs, please keep in mind that CPR is potentially hazardous and can cause physical complications or fatal damage if performed on a healthy dog. Dog CPR should only be performed when necessary.

Ideally, you will be able to have someone call your veterinarian or an emergency vet for guidance to perform dog CPR on the way to the clinic

It involves rescue breathing (mouth-to-snout resuscitation) and chest compressions. Although you may have taken a human CPR course, dogs and cats don't share the same anatomy. The concept is the same, but the technique is different making pet-specific training essential.