skinned pad - extreme reaction ?!

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i know a skinned pad can be sore and over the years have had several instances of this with various dogs who have been very lame initially.

Husbands dog was away with him on a wild camping trip up in the cairngorms at the weekend, by all accounts he had a fabulous time:D however he has a small area of skinned skin on a back pad... its really nothing to look at. However this lad is refusing to weight bare on it!! :eek: Im sat looking at him now, licking and fussing over the pad, so (thankfully) it is obviously stingy and sore. I say thankfully as obviously there is a bit of me worrying he's done something else:o

Has anyone else had such an extreme reaction to skinned pad :confused: dont worry, trip to the vets if this doesnt improve but having had a good feel of his leg there are no sore bits or swellings, other than the pad.

thanks for reading... here's a pic of the lad himself enjoying his trip:cool:
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My JRT had a similar thing to what you describe and again I thought she'd taken a bit of skin off - like you say, nothing to look at. Few days later, it started to look rather sore (although wasn't bothering her) took her to the vets to find it was infected, 3 weeks of anitbiotics. Finished course and it looked ok although went a little pink after walks. A week later looked inflamed again - we are now on second course of antibiotics. Have to say it does look totally healed now... I would say pop him to the vets just to make sure. I wish I did with Jelly as could have done without £300 vet bill! Good luck
 
Aww what a shame - bet he had a great holiday though despite his injury! Purdey skinned her pad last year when we were beating. I dunked it in a washing up bowl of salt water 3 or 4 times a day and thankfully it healed without infection in a couple of days. Just look out for heat and swelling which is a sign of infection and will need a trip to the vets for some anti-biotics.
Good luck!
 
My fella has sliced himself a couple of times, he is a total drama queen about it but I tend to leave it alone, walk him on grass, if I do anything to it I use spray disinfectant and then spray plaster over the top to seal, removes all conflict and wrestling!
 
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