Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Bites and puncture wounds can both lead to abscesses. Your dog can sustain puncture wounds in fights with another animal, stepping on a sharp object, or even running into a broken branch or stick. These problems are most common in dogs that roam free outside. Unlike superficial lacerations or abrasions, bites and punctures tend to carry material into the wound.…
Dog paw pads take a lot of abuse. This makes them difficult to bandage and get any wounds to heal. We did manage to get Cookie’s plantar paw pad cut to heal without any complications, though. During that time, I have received quite a crash course in bandaging. What worked best This was our first experience with bandaging. Despite all…
Surgical glue is used by surgeons and vets when they need to seal an incision quickly, cleanly, and securely. It also has its application for closing wounds as part of first aid. Did you know that? I didn’t. When Cookie cut her paw pad, I was double-checking the best ways of taking care of the wound and getting it healed…
Dog paw pads are tough but they can still be cut by sharp objects. Cut pads take their sweet time to heal because the edges are pushed apart with weight-bearing. Cookie’s paw pad injury The new territories we’ve been exploring include neighboring fields that are open and far enough from the swamp. They are surrounded by woods and we walk…
Mismanaged wounds can get unimaginably bad very fast if infiltrated by bacteria. The biggest risk is improper bandaging, wet bandaging, not changing bandages frequently enough and not monitoring the would. When we used a bandage on Cookie’s cut, I was changing her bandage three times a day. Brutus’ story When Brutus, a 22-month-old Great Dane, arrived as an emergency patient…