Road trip with dog - DISASTER in Europe! 🐶(he needed surgery)😱😥

Do you enjoy road trips with your dog? Have you ever wondered what happens if your dog is unlucky enough to get injured while you're traveling, especially if you're in a foreign country? As you can see we found that out this week and by the end of this video I will have shared everything that we discovered which was quite a lot and you'll know what to do should the same horrible situation ever happen to you. If you want more road trip tips and advice subscribe to our channel, hit the bell so that you know whenever we put out a new video which is twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays. Injuries and hospitalization is one of the biggest concerns to many people when they are traveling especially when traveling in a foreign country. Have you ever thought about what happens if your dog is unlucky enough to need it? Because honestly we really hadn't until we kind of had to. It was not fun I'll be honest I was obviously very upset and a little bit panicky and didn't really know what to do. So what I thought I'd do is share in this video what we learned. While we're all nice and calm I really sincerely hope that you never ever have to use anything that I'm about to tell you but on the off chance that you do if you ever find yourself in that situation then at least hopefully you will be a little bit more prepared than I was. You're not helping, you're not helping. So a few days ago I was walking Mac our cocker spaniel in a woods in the middle of France. He was having a grand old time we were playing hunt the ball which is one of his favorite favorite games and he disappears off into this undergrowth of thorns and brambles and dense hedge as cocker spaniels do all the time. Not a problem not an issue I walk on a little bit because one way to get him out is to pretend like he disappeared and he comes running afterwards except this time he didn't. So I call him and I could see where he was because every time I called him I could see the thicket moving but I couldn't hear him he wasn't making a sound and then he yelps like proper puffy hurt yelps which is horrible the most horrible sound so I'm trying to figure out how to get into this dense thicket of horror and I just couldn't get him I couldn't see exactly where he was to get him out. I'd like to say that at this point I wasn't panicking but honestly that would be a lie I was not sure how the heck I was going to get him out I didn't know entirely what state he was in but he was making the most horrendous noises and then suddenly he just appears on the path covered in blood like covered. I don't know what state you're in if you're eating I'm not going to go into any more detail than that his face was pretty badly with skin and fur and blood so much blood I can tell you now what I did at the time honestly I was just a big panicking mess first step was obviously get him back and get it cleaned so I could see exactly how much damage it was I didn't really know if it was his blood because he was still running around honestly you're a crazy puppy yes yes you are um so we got it back we got it cleaned we realized that there was an awfully huge gash in the fact there were several gashes all right I'm marking it on my face there were several gashes all around his nose and his snout um which was unpleasant it was deep enough that we knew we needed to get emergency treatment for him now I have never done this before so what I did was I googled what vet was in French we're in France which is veterinaire veterinaire yeah there's a word that sounds a bit like veterinary um I googled that I copied and pasted it from the French English translation thing stuck it in google maps and did a whole search nearby from there I was able I think I'm about four within sort of a 20-30 minute radius of us and I literally clicked on each one and went to their website until I saw an obvious emergency number so I dial this number and I get an answer phone message in French speaking very fast as the French do and I have absolutely no idea to this day what it said don't know so I hung up as you do when you have no idea what the heck's going on and then I thought I can't hang up he's still bleeding I need help so I phoned back again and then I left a very bad message probably speaking far too fast in English um using the very limited French that I have got to explain that there was lots of blood and could you please call me back on this number and leaving my phone number so we cleaned him up we put a padding on him to try and staunch the blood as much as possible which worked in fairness we were very lucky that did work and I still hadn't earned anything back so I phoned that number again this time a guy answered and we had one of those really fun conversations between French and English where they talk to you in French and you have no idea what they said so you go uh-huh I have no idea what he was saying but again I used my very bad French to try and explain what was going on anyway long story short we um arranged for a meeting we said we'd be there in about minutes we all got in the car and we drove to the vets there was nobody there like the place was dark and locked up we were just like have I got the right address have I got the right time I I didn't know and what do you do you can't go anywhere else so we're sitting outside this vet that's completely deserted there is nobody around it's on the outskirts in the middle of an industrial estate we're just do we just how long do we sit here for he's beginning to really whimper and yeah we just sat there that was all we thought we'd just give it a little while and in about 10 minutes later the vet turns up so I don't know what would have happened if he'd been in real dire straits because I sounded pretty panicky in my opinion um and I just kept saying lots of blood lots of blood so yeah I don't know I have never called a vet in England or the UK I don't know how that relates to emergency services on a Sunday in the UK versus in France I couldn't speculate on that but I am very grateful that we were able to staunch the blood he wasn't just bleeding out because he was waiting maybe 45 minutes anyway so we get into the vet and this guy is asking us questions in French and I'm doing my absolute best to answer and then he goes right we'll see you in what and they had to put him to sleep and to stitch up the side of his face and stuff and I'm assuming the vet explained all this so literally we were sort of pushed out the vets whilst poor little Mac went to sleep well we stayed with him while he put to sleep and then they had to leave him and it was one of the most horrible things I've ever done so about an hour later we went back to the vets and picked him up he sort of was a bit groggy and staggered around and the whole thing cost us about 200 euros possibly one of the most expensive walks I've ever done a couple of things that we learned was that they do have emergency services in France yeah I'm guessing that makes sense they have lots of pets in France too um it was actually quite easy to get him treatment like I say as long as his like head wasn't hanging off it was fairly straightforward to get and it was quite expensive I still need to find out and see if our vet insurers can cover it I haven't got around to doing that yet so yeah that is a quick run through of seriously seriously hi no not you no no no not you so now you know exactly what to do in the middle of a pet emergency in a foreign country again I sincerely hope you never ever ever need to use any of that information but I do hope it helps if you ever are lucky enough to find yourself in that position what you might need however is a checklist to take for your dog on a road trip so that you don't forget anything like we did one time when we forgot his food bowls yeah um so I've created a little checklist for you you can just stick up in your van or your camper so grab your checklist below have you ever had to deal with an emergency for your pet whilst you're traveling drop your story below we'd love to hear it and we can all share and learn from your experiences make sure you check out these videos for more dog friendly road trip tips and ideas hit that subscribe button and the bell to be notified every time that we put out a new video if you like this video and got something out of it hit the like button and I will see you in our next video and give your pet a hug from me i'm mac bye