Above: Janine didn’t think twice about giving Jasmine mouth to mouth. Right: Janine with Jasmine who she saved from death. 38884Pictures: Nigel Clements.
By Casey Neill
A COCKATOO woman who brought her beloved pooch back from the dead is singing the praises of doggy CPR.
Janine Arlove is also warning dog owners to watch out for osso bucco bones, after a deadly chop almost claimed her boxer’s life.
Ms Arlove bought nine-year-old Jasmine a bag of raw dog bones late last month. A short time after Jasmine began to tuck in, Ms Arlove noticed her pet was frothing at the mouth.
She reached inside the dog’s mouth and discovered a bone was blocking her airway.
Within moments Jasmine was no longer breathing and had no heartbeat.
“I thought ‘it’s too late, she’s dead’,” she said.
Ms Arlove removed the round bone.
“It was pretty hard to get out. They shouldn’t be given to dogs,” she said.
She clamped her hands around Jasmine’s jowls, placed her mouth over the boxer’s nostrils and mouth and breathed.
“I didn’t panic and I just went straight into it,” she said. “She was dead. I just had to try.”
Ms Arlove rolled Jasmine onto her side, having seen a similar resuscitation attempt on television, and began to beat on her chest to start her heart.
Jasmine soon regained consciousness, coughed, and began to breathe again.
“She was pretty ill for a couple of days but she’s fine now.”
Ms Arlove did not think twice about getting up close and personal with her pooch.
Jasmine has been a part of the Arlove family has since she was a puppy.
“Jasmine’s my baby,” Ms Arlove said.
Monbulk vet Andrew Byrne praised Ms Arlove’s efforts.
“I think it’s quite an achievement,” he said.
Dr Byrne said boxers and similar breeds had a “squashed up larynx in the first place”, making her feat more impressive.
He said mouth to mouth was not essential to revive an unconscious canine. The vet advised dog owners to instead stretch out their pooch’s neck and pull out their tongue to allow air to flow into their lungs.
Dr Byrne said they should also pump on the dog’s chest, just behind the front legs.
He said they would get a reaction from their pet within two to three minutes if the resuscitation was going to be successful.
