Dog blood donation in Pune: where to call first

Call the hospital treating your dog and ask:

1. Does my dog need whole blood, packed red cells or plasma?
2. Can you transfuse here, and have you typed or cross-matched my dog?
3. What kind of donor do you need: age, weight, anything else?
4. If you can't transfuse, which Pune hospital would you send us to?

Then look for the donor yourself. Ask your society group, your dog-walking friends and local dog groups for a dog that fits what the vet said. Most requests are for a healthy, vaccinated dog between one and eight years old, and the bigger the better: a Labrador, a German Shepherd, a Golden Retriever or a large Indie.

Keep the hospital as the meeting point. Don't arrange a private collection, don't move blood between homes, and don't post your home address or your dog's medical records in public groups.

• PetFix Veterinary ClinicBavdhan
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• Vetic Pet Clinic, Kalyani NagarKalyani Nagar
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• PetFix Veterinary Clinic in Bavdhan lists emergency stabilisation, blood transfusion and day admission as one service. Its listed hours are 9.30 am to 7.30 pm and it is closed on Thursdays, so it is not a night option.
• Vetic lists blood transfusion among its emergency services in Pune, without naming a clinic. Its Kalyani Nagar clinic is open 24 hours. Its Aundh, NIBM and Wakad clinics open 10 am to 8 pm.

Phone and ask "can you transfuse a dog today?" before you move yours.

No other Pune hospital mentions transfusion as a service on its website. Some may still do it, so at night start with the hospital already treating your dog, or one from our 24-hour vets in Pune guide, and ask.

India's national blood-bank guidelines list the main reasons: severe anaemia, very low platelets, clotting disorders, serious injury with heavy bleeding, and anaemic dogs who need surgery. Tick fever is one way a dog gets there, because the Babesia parasite destroys red blood cells. Our tick fever guide explains the signs.

India's August 2025 animal blood-bank guidelines describe a donor dog as one to eight years old, healthy, calm, vaccinated including rabies, regularly dewormed, free of tick-borne disease, and not pregnant or recently lactating. Minimum weight depends on the dog's size: 5 to 7 kg for small breeds, 15 to 20 kg for medium breeds and 25 kg for large breeds.

The same guidelines require a health exam, medical-history review and blood screening before donation. They give 15 to 20 ml per kg as the safe collection range and at least one to two hours of observation afterwards. Compatibility testing is a veterinary decision: the document notes that cross-matching is not normally required before a dog's first transfusion, but recommends it after a previous transfusion. Let the treating vet decide what this patient needs.