QUESTION: How to Check Dog temperature?
ANSWER: Follow these steps and prepare a digital thermometer, petroleum jelly, gloves, and wipes for cleaning. Using a thermometer we can quantify an important piece of pet health information.
Get your pet ready on a table or your lap:
- Lift your dog into the table or your lap
- For a larger dog, one person gently embraces the dog so he/she stays in place by holding one arm around the neck (controlling the head) and one around the chest
- Do not restrain too tightly as this will make the dog want to escape
- Another person lifts the tail and inserts the thermometer behind
How to apply the thermometer for the measurement of rectal temperature?
- Apply some Vaseline to the thermometer
- Switch the thermometer on by pressing the button
- Gently restrain the animal
- Raise the tail
- Introduce the thermometer in the anus and advance a few centimetres
- Wait till the temperature shows, a beep might be heard
- Remove the thermometer
- Read the temperature
- Clean the thermometer using an alcohol wipe so it is clean for the next use
- Consider marking this as the “Pet” Thermometer
Read more about cat temperature and normal temperature readings (in degrees celsius).
