Local news station KWCH shows a dog oxygen rescue kit.
It's a deep breath for the dogs of the K-9 Search and Rescue of Kansas.
The organization received an oxygen kit Saturday; the kit can be used anytime the search and rescue dogs have trouble breathing.
Our dogs are air sent dogs that would be used to go to a field or disaster area and search for missing people,” says Don Gamble of K-9 Search and Rescue of Kansas.
The kit allows good air in, blocks the bad air and lets the animal properly exhale. "It’s designed for the shape of a dogs face or a feline but could be used for any little nose that can fit in there," says Beth Ericson of Invisible Fence of Central Kansas.
"The reason that it is important to have is because oxygen masks for people are shaped different because our faces are shaped differently," added Ericson.
Invisible Fence of Central Kansas donated a kit complete with three different masks to the K-9 Search and Rescue of Kansas.
The search and rescue squad says the kit will not only come in handy for their own animals but also for any other animals that may have trouble breathing.
View the video here.
