Help needed reguarding paw injury

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My 18 month ESS cut 3/4 of her pad off/open just over a week ago. She's had it stitched and bandaged up until yesterday. Her foot is starting to get sore and sweat so they've had to remove the bandage but now she's licking it. I know poeople say use a buster collar on her but we've tried! She's such a nervous scared little girl she just cowers down and shakes even when its off, makes her worse. We've always had probs with her being nervous since we got her as she was mistreated by a breeder!. Anyone have any ideas what we can do atm she has a sock on!.
 
Socks is what worked for our ESS who did the same thing once - just replaced regularly to try and keep dry. Bought a job lot of kiddies socks and threw away as they got trashed! I also used a cut down cereal box as a buster collar - cut a hole in the closed end and put his head through. He preferred this to the buster collar as meant I could adjust it to allow his eyes not to be covered but he couldn't quite reach to lick the underside of his foot. Good luck!
 
Try putting a bandage on the good paw! I know it sounds daft but often because it is strange they will concentrate on licking, chewing at that rather than the injured paw.
 
MurphysMinder said:
Try putting a bandage on the good paw! I know it sounds daft but often because it is strange they will concentrate on licking, chewing at that rather than the injured paw.
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This is what I did when my Fred cut his paw that and lots of kids socks and carrier bags stuck with tape when he went outside.

There are other collars out there which are not so frightening just google, hope her paw heals quickly as it must be a nightmare in this weather.
 
If the suggestions above doesn't work, you can also try an inflatable Elizabethan collar, however, if it is a front paw that is injured, I'm not sure whether the inflatable collar is enough to restrict access to it or not.

I've had one bitch who really disliked to have her field of view limited (at that time there were only non-transparent Elizabethan collars available), but she didn't mind wearing a muzzle like this Baskerville muzzle around her snout.
On the other hand, I've also had bitches who didn't care one iota about having their field of view limited by a cone, but wasn't at all happy about wearing a muzzle, so this is really a question where one solution does not fit all.


I did read that she is a nervous girl, that she shakes even after you've taken the cone off, and I hope you won't feel offended by me asking this, but what is your attitude to her wearing a cone? Is there any possibility that you unknowingly feels sorry for her? Worrying about her nervousness, about her not being able to wear the cone?
I'm not trying to suggest that it would solve everything, it is just that it is so easy to unknowingly begin to pity them in that sort of situation, and it usually only makes the situation worse.


Have you tried making her brain a little tired before putting on the cone? For example, I have a few of Nina Ottosson's dog toys, or brain exercise toys as I usually refer to them, http://www.nina-ottosson.com/ .


This is no help to you that have a nervous dog that is already injured, but since these situations can happen also with dogs that isn't usually nervous, I want to remind others that might read this thread, about that it can be a good idea to train your dog (or cat) into accepting wearing a cone when they're not injured.


Hope your girl gets better soon.
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try bitter apple spray, FWIW i would never stitch pads again, they grow anyway and my lurcher was anightmare when hers was stitched so now i get painkillers and antibiotics (if needed) then rest her (as much as possible) and keep it clean and dry, it grows out
 
blow up collar and baby socks did it for my girl oh and a lovely anonymous musher sent her boot to wear for walks!!!

BTW my vet said he "no longer" stitches up paw cuts unless really bad as you just end up with pressure sores and the cut doesn't heal any faster! His advice just to keep it clean (salt water) and reduce pressure (lead walks).
 
It had to be stitched as apparently there was no other hope of it healing. The vet didnt want to but because it was so bad he didnt really have any other choice. Atm she's wearing all of my 'odd' socks and it seems to be looking alot better. She still has to wear a drip bag when she goes out on it so it doesn't get wet. We have tried a dog medi boot but she has such odd size little feet.
 
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