A question about my dog!!?

Question

What is the best way to numb a dog's foot? (I need to do it at home). if it is an ointment, where could i get it?

some people dont want to spend hundreds of doolars for just a few stiches

some people dont want to spend hundreds of dollars for a few stiches

Answer 1

Ambesol might work. However, if you are considering stitching your dogs paw I do not reccomend doing it. Why don't you get liquid stitch or believe it or not crazy glue works too.

Answer 2

It would help if you described the problem.
One numbing ointment that might be effective is that teething gel you use for babies. It's good for cutting abscesses, helping teenagers with braces, etc, and it can numb your fingers if you're not careful.
If you're thinking about actually sewing anything up, forget it. Home sewing is a bad, bad idea. The wound has to be clean-clean. The stitches need to be balanced. Everything on the inside needs to be lined up. You'll just guarantee that any infection the dog has will fester inside until it blows up days or weeks later and ends up actually costing hundreds of dollars.
Puncture wounds need veterinary attention, if you're concerned about the dog's health. If she has something stabbed into thick tissue, there are bacteria driven deep into her flesh. She should get antibiotics and some very technical wound-flushing with some sterile saline with some fancy medical chemicals and surgical doohickeys. They'll also give her a tetanus shot. Or you could go to your local feed store and buy some penicillin and a needle and syringe. Dosage should be on the side. See if you can get your hands on a Merck Veterinary Manual or something like that.
If you're not going to get an expert, you'd probably do well to let the dog take care of the problem by licking it, once you've cut open and drained any abscesses she's got, if that's the problem. Dog saliva kills most germs, at least, that's what I discovered in high school biology with the petri dish experiments. Keep an eye on the problem, and if she starts chewing on herself, be concerned. Maybe get her one of those plastic cone collars.
Good luck.

Answer 3

Set you dog`s feet in some ice for about 20-30 minutes and it will go numb,but you have to hold your dog`s foot down in the ice to get it numb and the dog will try it`s best to pull it out of the ice;but if you want it numb without spending about a hundred dollars or so then just use the ice hun and that will get it numb.Good luck

Answer 4

I don't think there is anything that you can use at home. Just bandage the wound after cleaning it, apply neosporin. Call the humane society, a lot of the time they will help you with little to no charge for a situation like this. Good luck!

Answer 5

You are joking aren't you? You're just having us on cause it's kinda funny to write inflammatory comments and then watch all the dog lovers out there recoil in horror. Shame on you!. If that's not the case and you're REALLY considering it, DOUBLE SHAME ON YOU!!! Home surgery indeed!! How would you like it if you were a child and you were playing superman and you broke your arm and your parents said, hmmn, we don't have health insurance, i think we'll do a home splint on this one!! pffff!!

Answer 6

Why would want to NUMB your dog's foot?! If any limb on your body was in pain would you just want to NUMB it or find out (through a doctor) what exactly was wrong?
TAKE HIM/HER TO A VET!!!

Answer 7

u need 2 go 2 a VET if your dog needs stiches

Answer 8

well if its on the dogs foot it could be pretty serious my dog burnt her foot and its still scared but what the vet told me to do with paw pad injuries is to soke them in lukewarm water and epsome salt put ice on it then wrap it in ace bandage and keep her off of it good luck

Answer 9

What exactly do you need to numb your dog's foot for?

And no there is nothing you can do this at home.

Answer 10

Why exactly would you need to numb your dog's foot? Please explain! Nothing should be done ''at home'', if numbing is needed.