You're out for a leisurely weekend stroll with your dog in the woods when all of sudden your beloved pooch keels over.

There's no pulse. He's not breathing. And there's not a vet in sight. So what do you do?

Thankfully, dog owners can breathe a little easier as an instructional video demonstrates how to administer life-saving CPR should the nightmarish situation ever arise.

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Vet David Babbington, teaches dog owners how to revive their dogs using a stuffed teddy in a video posted on YouTube (still pictured). The vet outlines the situation when a dog collapses without breathing or a pulse, and talks you through the best course of action.

David Babbington, a veterinarian with The Pet Professionals, teaches the technique in a video posted on YouTube.

The vet outlines the situation when a dog collapses without breathing or a pulse, and talks you through the best course of action.

After checking for signs of breathing, including if the chest is rising or falling, owners need to check for a pulse.

Unlike people, where the pulse can be taken from an artery in the neck, the best place to check if Rex's heart is beating is to feel under the inside of the back leg.

HOW TO SAVE YOUR DOG'S LIFE Check for signs of breathing – is the chest moving? Take the pulse from the femoral artery – use your fingers to feel for a pulse at the top of the inside back leg. Check the chest for signs of heartbeat - it is located behind the elbow of resting front legs. If there is no breathing and no heartbeat, begin CPR. Form a seal around the dog's closed mouth with your hands and breath into the nostrils until the animal's lungs inflate. Overlay your hands, lock fingers and compress the chest over the heart with the palm of your hand. Smaller dogs require much less force than larger breeds. Give one breath for every five compressions. Keep timing by thinking of Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees. Advertisement

'You should feel the cylindrical femoral artery, and you're feeling for a pulse in that artery,' explains Babbington.

In addition, viewers are advised to check for signs of heartbeat by looking at the area of the chest behind the elbows of the front resting legs.

The CPR itself involves switching between chest compressions and overcoming a fear of doggy breath, by making a seal around the dog's closed mouth with your hands and breathing into its nose until the chest inflates.

For the compressions, overlay your hands on top of one another, lock fingers and compress the chest over the heart with the palm of your hand.

The size of the dog will dictate how powerful the compressions need to be, with 'toy' dog breeds only requiring a gentle chest massage to get keep their hearts going.

And the ratio is one breath for every five compressions.

Keep going until the dog comes around, or help arrives.

The training is already being provided to pet shops staff.

MailOnline reported that staff from online pet shop Pets Corner are being taught CPR for cats and canines, along with how to save choking and poisoned animals and those injured in road accidents and fights.

The first part of the CPR process involves making a seal around the dog's closed mouth with your hands and breathing into its nose until the chest inflates (still pictured). This gets oxygen into the dog's system

The size of the dog will dictate how powerful the compressions need to be, with 'toy' dog breeds only requiring a gentle chest massage to get keep their hearts going (still pictured)

The day-long session is the first ever 'pet and human first aid training course' in the country, the company said.

It is being given to 600 employees across the UK this month, including the branch in Marple, Stockport.

And doggy CPR has proved to save more than one pet in the real world.

A video emerged last summer of a Florida dog owner celebrating after her Labrador was saved by a Good Samaritan.

The size of the dog will dictate how powerful the chest compressions need to be. While a big breed like a Labrador (pictured left) will need some force, 'toy' dog breeds like a Chihuahua (right) may only require a gentle chest massage to get keep their hearts going

The person administered CPR to the dog after it stopped breathing while swimming in a dog park in Tampa.

After chest compressions and mouth to mouth the dog, Zena, can be seen coming around and getting to her feet.