buddylove 6 Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 listen to poacher Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hollie 21 Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Hi Hollie: is it a full skin thickness cut? It looks as though it might be: not to worry. If this were my pup I wouldn't want to be filling it full of antibiotics unnecessarily: these sort of things can help to build up a dog's immune system. The cut looks clean enough, all you need to do is keep and eye on it and let the dog lick it to keep it moist and clean. The only time you need to worry is if the cut and the surrounding area start to look swollen, red and inflamed. You can smear some Savlon or similar on to it, but don't be tempted to try and dry it up: the cut needs to stay moist so it can heal naturally, starting with fresh tissue granulating in the middle: if it scabs up too soon it will pull and may get infected. Only cover it with a bandage if the pup nags and licks at it too much: most lurchers etc are sensible with these sort of things. Obviously don't let the leg get dirty outside in the mud etc. The wound may look worse or no better for anything up to 4-5 days, but then you should start to see a difference as it begins to heal. If the pup won't lick it then you can wash it every day with warm salt water, just to clean any much or oozy stuff away: quite normal for it to ooze a bit, but if the ooze starts to go thick yellow and smell bad then you need to see the vet for antibiotics. My dogs are doing these sort of injuries all the time (barbed wire!) and I've not had one go bad yet! Hiya, yes it is a full skin cut........I put savlon on it the 1st night as thats all i had in the house, it looks really good and i'm sure it is going to heal well, it isn't even oozing anything she is going to have an impressive scar though....1st of many i'm sure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watchman 256 Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 listen to poacher no.listen to me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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