Okay, my husband was walking our dogs in the woods and my Australian Shepherd / Border Collie Mix was running and jumping about when he cut himself really bad, we think on a broken bottle. He was bleeding profusely. I rushed him right to the vet and he patched him up by stiching him. I was up for 3 nights with him and then the worst! He chewed through his bandage and tore out all his stiches. At this point his pad was completely hanging off and looked chewed However he was not bleeding but the flesh is VERY visable. I rushed him back to the vet and he stiched him back up again. We got a bunch of bitter stuff so he wouldn't chew, and I could get some sleep, however on the second night he did it again and now I am at a place where I do not know what to do. I have a new vet and I don't want him running up my bill as he has been, steeply. I have been bandaging and airing out this wound for a week and a half since he cut it and it doesn't look good. HELP
2007-02-20 18:23:42 · 13 answers · asked by Shanna D 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I have used a cone...trust me if we really do live previous lives... my dog was Hundini
2007-02-20 18:30:54 · update #1
Also, there is not much left of his pad to stich. It is hanging to his foot by about a quarter of an inch and the rest of where his pad would be aside from an ouline is flesh. I do not think I should let him walk on it without some type of protection. If he was a person he would let the air heal it by drying out but he is a dog and I can't sit on top of him all day. He is on oral.
2007-02-20 18:35:00 · update #2
this was a very recent problem for us with our German Short-hair pointer. we were out walking in the snow. when we got in the house and her foot warmed up it began to bleed bad. We took her to the vet, they put super glue on it and bandaged it up. Within 20 minutes of unsupervised attention the bandage was off. My wife and I bought some cayenne pepper, colored "sticky" bandage wrap from Pet Smart, normal sandwich size baggies, and a $20 pair of dog booties from pet smart. and neosporin is important
First: you need to get that pepper on the bandage..(make sure obviously not to get around the wound)
Second: you are going to have to put a very little (be cautious very hot stuff) on you finger, then let the dog lick your finger so it knows the taste.
Third: Every time it goes to the bathroom you have to wrap the foot with the baggie. Tape the top with some scotch tape.
Fourth: Booties are for walks.
I'm sure the Vet told you this but NO RUNNING or Jumping. Also the neosporin needs to on that wound constantly to prevent an easy infection. We were told by several vets the saliva from a dogs mouth WILL NOT help heal a wound.
It will take about a week straight to get the healing process started. Then it took us another week for the new pads to start coming in. By the third week she was rapidly on her way to getting healed.
Good Luck, Be patient, Keep a very close eye on your dog all the time. I recommend making a bed up for the dog near where you sleep so you can keep a monitor on it.
2007-02-20 19:28:20 · answer #1 · answered by TONY 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dog is trying to heal it's self. If there is no bleeding at this point, leave him alone. The old pad will dry up and fall off and he will grow a new one. I had a cat that was hit by a car, and the first thing it did was run up a tree! The reason it did was to straighten out it's broken bones! When I took it to the vet and had it X rayed, the vet said it had been broke, but was back together again
2007-02-20 18:35:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cant imagine a vet being so dumb he didnt put a coller on the dog so the dog couldn't chew his paw. If you have any neosporin you can try wrapping the paw up (not too tight) so he doesnt get infection. Infection would not be a good thing. I think he is going to have to restitched. Sorry. It probably hurts the dog, so he will continue, cant the vet prescribe something to relax the dog so it stops chewing.
I dont like vet bills either but Im afraid the dog will cripple that foot without proper care.
2007-02-20 18:35:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get an E collar form the vet (doesn't cost a lot) the are plastic bucket like collars that stop dogs from being able to reach their body.
Is the dog on oral antibiotics? if he is then leave bandage off and try to prevent him from licking/chewing the wound and it will dry out and heal.
2007-02-20 18:30:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you don't really say where the cut is, so you could put a cone on him, or if that wouldn't seem to help you could put a muzzle on him when you're not watching him or whatever. (I kind of think muzzles are mean but if you're using it to protect him from himself and it's helping him, then go ahead and use it when you can't watch over him)
2007-02-20 18:30:39 · answer #5 · answered by Katie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him back to the vet to have him stitched one last time. This time, put one of those plastic cones around his head so he can not get to his foot. Keep it on until his foot is healed.
2007-02-20 18:28:37 · answer #6 · answered by patchouligirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get him a raw hide or something yummy to dristract him whenever he is about to chew his paw. Also ask your hubbie to stay up a couple of nights!! Good luck
2007-02-20 19:28:34 · answer #7 · answered by Kelly Taylor 49 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would a cone collar help? Wow that sucks for you, or maybe even a muzzle for when you cant be watching him, I knowit sounds cruel but you want him to heal.
2007-02-20 18:29:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your last bet is to get an Elizabethan Collar or E-Collar at Petsmart or Petco.
See description:
http://www.subtraction.com/pics/0305/030506_elizabethan_collar.jpg
It's those plastic thingies you attach around the dog's neck, so he wouldn't even get to anything. Not even his feet.
2007-02-20 18:32:15 · answer #9 · answered by Agent319.007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get him in a plaster like when humans break their limbs?
2007-02-20 18:30:54 · answer #10 · answered by Fire Flight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋