Cut Paw

Hey guys. Ellie was out in the yard playing today with another pup and I noticednher foot was bleeding. Took a closer look and found her one toe is split right down the middle. It didn't seem to bother her too bad as she didn't want to stop playing. I put her foot in soapy water, dried it off, put on polisporin and a boot so she can't lick it. Is this a trip to the vet today or tomorrow for stitches? Thanks. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9425e4a597.jpg
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I'm not a vet but I'd be seeing a vet for that in the morning. Stitches look likely. Soak in epsom salts/water bath of and on until then. (You haven't done any real harm but polysporin is not for dogs.)

Polysporin...i use that *hit on everything. Ooops that Franks's Hot Sauce. Polysporin,peroxide they are all good and have both products in my doggy first-aid kit for years for cut paws and lacerations on the trail. I even used peroxide on a huge inside of the mouth laceration on one of my buddies dog after a dog fight, cleaned up real nice. I would even attempt to use the first aid glue on such a cut to the paw after it has been cleaned. More than likely your dog may try to pull stitches out.

Are you a vet? My VET says never use polysporin.

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Originally Posted by Sharon

Are you a vet? My VET says never use polysporin.

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My Vet is a Vet and he says anything that prevents infection will do along with cleaning the wound out thoroughly. My niece is a vet and recommends the same advice .Boy it's a wonder any of them survived. :)

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Originally Posted by Sharon

Are you a vet? My VET says never use polysporin.

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Maybe your vet wants you to by his/her product. ;)

Just went through this with my dog. Had him stand in a basin of water with Epsom salt to clean it. No stitches. Just healed on its own. Put on a rubber "Paws" bootie during walks. It took a couple weeks to close up but he is fine. This was done on the direction of my vet.

Went through the same 2 years ago ,cut on the paw from barbed wire. Clean thoroughly with warm water, scrubbed with Hibitane then a small amount of polysporin. Many years ago my vet recommended this procedure rather than bringing them in to the vet every time my working dogs cut their paw. Since my dogs would typically cut a paw in the winter from sharp ice running the trails this was the recommended procedure with at least a week off sometimes longer. I had no heated room to keep them out of the elements since they were sled dogs and for the most part had tough feet but on occasion they would get cut.

3 weeks prior to the National Championship my boy slashed a pad badly at a field trial. He finished the trial with the help of some crazy glue. MY Vet who also campaigns retrievers cleaned up the cut a few days later and wrapped it very well. After 2 weeks we took the stretch bandages off and cut the 'flap'of loose pad off.

It had healed significantly from the inside which is what you want. He wanted it as dry as possible and did not want polysporin etc on it nor was he prepared to stitch it. In another week the pad had virtually tightened up.

Guess our Vets attended different schools.

Try wrapping a working Siberian cut pad. They would have you wrapped up first. lol