Cut ears

[Rory4 267]

I just wondered if there anything i can put on my col whips ears! she has got a slit on each ear from bushing when younger, even after heals happens again next time does some tight bushing which shes doing quite alot. it doesnt bother her but looks like she has dunked her head in bucket of blood from shaking her head. so when walking home with her and see other people get some real bad looks. also my garden gets covered in blood. she has quite good coat just ears dont have the thickest hair. any ideas?

[jimster68 123]

hi rory4 what your describing could be ,chillblains, in the past i raced greyhounds and i had a dog with the same symptoms you describe ,i was convinced that the dog was rubbing his head on the side of his kennel and this was indeed the cause of his sore ears ,when i went to his kennel or pen in cold weather there would be blood spattered all over the kennel walls and all over his pen and he was constantly shaking his head that was also covered in blood.after some reserch and talking to friends i found out it was chill blains ,does your dog get sore ears in the summer or mild weather ?even a short period in cold weather can trigger them off(10 mins or so)i was also on a whippet forum and a couple of whippets had the same condition( problem) i told them what it was and ther condition improved after they took there dogs out with head protection.i could be wrong but people aint falling them selfs with a solution with your problem.hope it helps......JIM

[Rory4 267]

cheers for advice jimster but aint that. its old cuts reopening while bushing

[skycat 6,173]

Old cuts shouldn't re-open if they have healed properly. IMO the best thing for helping wounds to heal well and fast is a raw meat, fat and bone diet. It has made all the difference to the healing time in my dogs. Another thing: if a dog is continually ripping its ears in cover, over time, each rip forms scar tissue, and in the end there is so much scar tissue that even when ripped the ears don't bleed any more! That is the case with my terriers: their ears are crimped over at the tips and just a solid mass of scar tissue, but they don't rip any more cos the scar tissue is so tough!

[Rory4 267]

cheers skycat. they had plenty of time to heal few times and they did but when had all snow seem re open. is little slit on thin bit of ear thats eventually re opened. been covering her ears in vas last few mooching sessions has worked. see why spaniels have the ears they do.

[superfurryanimal 91]

if it's just cuts from bushing i wouldn't worry to much mate my old beddie used to look like it he'd done a shift in a slaugter house ! as for people looking take another route

[Rory4 267]

theres not another route. is just cuts ears but looks so bad, dont stop bleeding

[Wild Whippies 11]

cheers skycat. they had plenty of time to heal few times and they did but when had all snow seem re open. is little slit on thin bit of ear thats eventually re opened. been covering her ears in vas last few mooching sessions has worked. see why spaniels have the ears they do.

 

Bathe them in salt water every day for about a week. Sometimes the dogs skin bacteria can hinder healing so this knocks any of the negative bugs off. Then give them a good covering of sudacrem, massage it in at the end of the week for a few days. You'll know if it's working because the skin on the ear tips will become softer wheras I imagine now it's feeling brittle and if you rub them between your fingers, the fur comes away in little clumps.

Because sudacrem is a barrier cream it tends to protect the ear tips from the cold whilst simultaneously moisturising the skin.

It does tend to be a circulatory problem but I also think opportunistic bacteria play a role because the skin becomes abnormal and this is why they keep splitting.

My fine coated ped whippets (specifically blues) have been prone and the above works well and also seems to stop it recurring.

[Rory4 267]

cheers wild whippies will give that ago.