Advice On Wound Please

[Liz Third]

Poor Kobi!

I think I would leave it alone, it looks fairly small and not stretching out. Do not let him be too strenuous on walks . I find that bathing with lavender oil does stop the licking a bit, as mine do not like the taste much. Licking does not usually do too much harm, it is after all nature's way. Try to distract him with favourite toys and chews. It looks a very difficult area to cover, but maybe a jumper sleeve could be adapted for night time.

Hugs to Kobi, get mended soon!

PS He has 10 half brothers and sisters in Yorkshire! Born yesterday, 2 blues, some blacks and brindles with white.

 

[Monique]

At the end of the day, everyone has different methods for treating their dogs and they're chosen methods are usually down to previous succesful experiences. I am always interested to hear of other peoples experiences because it is useful to share knowledge and lifes one constant learning path and I want to do the best for my dogs as I'm sure everyone else does.I too like yourself Lanny have used simple methods (diluted peroxide or saline) infact one of my dogs years ago had a very severe bite wound about 4 inches long and about 1 inch wide from being attacked by another dog. Due to location and severity the vet couldn't suture the wound so we had to resort to bathing with warm saltwater as often as possible and of course anti-biotics because of the very high likelihood of infection. It was a slow process to heal mainly because the wound had to lay down granulation tissue from underneath wheras if it had been possible to suture, this would of course had drastically reduced healing time. The other thing was of course my dog was left with quite a thick scar but that really wasn't any concern to me because she'd been lucky to survive the incident in the first place. I do appreciate if people have a chance of using something that could minimise scarring, increase healing time and prevent infection then I'm all ears to any information people have to offer.

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That is the only disadvantage of our beloved breed, do you not think? Their skin is very vulnerable and it is hard to keep them unharmed, unless you keep them on a leash (which we do not, because they should leave a normal dog's life after all). Our vets  (in the Netherlands) rarely suture anymore, most skin wounds are stapled (metal staples). It leaves less scars than suturing, is our experience. Small wounds we glue ourselves, with collodine (linnen dissolved in ether), which can be bought at the chemists. It is important to leave a small section open, to let wound fluids run out (in case it infects, which happens sometimes when it is a bite wound). Gently massaging the scarring tissue daily with your fingers helps reducing the scars as well, also we use vitamine E to help the healing. Wbr Monique, Holland