Cut foot (graphic pictures)

[deanflute 550]

Got her back with me now. A little dopey still with the anasthetic but its all been cleaned up and stiched and shes now got a dressing on till friday.

[Millet 4,497]

[Guest bezza]

Watch she doesn't chew at the stitches. Some are relaxed with stitches, some worry at them.

[birddog 1,354]

what did the vet say? any underlying damage?

[Millet 4,497]

If the vet did say they is any underlying damage Birddog..it will all be down to money..that dog will be fine in several week's..

[deanflute 550]

She's not showing any interest in the stitches as yet bezza but i'll keep my eye on her, they're not accessable anyway with the dressing on but as i say i'll watch her

No the vet said it should be fine once it's healed, no nerve damage or anything so it's just a case of healing time now

 

[chartpolski 23,884]

It's just a cut pad, mate. You did the right thing, taking it to the vet's, if you wern't sure what to do. You could have saved a bit of money by simply keeping it clean by cleaning it twice daily with some warm Dettoll but there's nowt wrong with letting the vet see it. Should be healed in a couple of weeks. Good luck with the dog

 

Cheers.

[birddog 1,354]

i'm glad , she'll be fine in no time, we forget how hardy our mutts are sometimes

[birddog 1,354]

If the vet did say they is any underlying damage Birddog..it will all be down to money..that dog will be fine in several week's..

your too young to be as cynical as me...........would a vet suggest such a thing?.......i'm lucky i've got access to all sorts of glue, steristrips and the like, i try and stay away from the vets as much as possible

[Millet 4,497]

cleaning it twice daily with some warm Dettoll

Cheers.

Chart's a good vet once said to me don't clean a wound on a dog with anything that turn's white in water as it can cause an infection within..

[Millet 4,497]

 

your too young to be as cynical as me...........would a vet suggest such a thing?.......

A bad vet sure would make thing's up to gain more money..when i was younger and more nieve i once took a terrier to the vet's that used to scratch the floor through nettle sting's after a walk..i did not know that it was the nettles at the time..but he still jabbed the dog twice over a fortnight and charged me each time.

[paulus 26]

cleaning it twice daily with some warm Dettoll

Cheers.

Chart's a good vet once said to me don't clean a wound on a dog with anything that turn's white in water as it can cause an infection within..

salt water and a good lick off the dog a few times a day works miracles

[chartpolski 23,884]

cleaning it twice daily with some warm Dettoll

Cheers.

Chart's a good vet once said to me don't clean a wound on a dog with anything that turn's white in water as it can cause an infection within..

 

I've used Dettol, or the "own brand" stuff, on myself and my dogs all my life !! With no apparent side affects. Dettol tells you on the label that it's for cleaning wounds, so, in these days of rampant littagation, I'm sure it's fine !

 

Cheers.

[birddog 1,354]

your too young to be as cynical as me...........would a vet suggest such a thing?.......

A bad vet sure would make thing's up to gain more money..when i was younger and more nieve i once took a terrier to the vet's that used to scratch the floor through nettle sting's after a walk..i did not know that it was the nettles at the time..but he still jabbed the dog twice over a fortnight and charged me each time.

the local guy loves my mother in law, everytime her dog coughs it's a jag, every bee sting it's antihistamine, she's there every week...........she stays in a council house and he parks his range rover outside his farmhouse.............me cynical

[haymin 2,465]

He much did the vet charge dean I no everybody wants to no ) glad its ok atb