Lacerated Front Pad

[BlessedGirl]

Well, Indy goes and cuts her pad today. I think on a rock. It was bleeding pretty good but she didn't seem to favor it that I noticed. Nobody knew anything was wrong except there was blood all over the place. I cleaned it up and bandaged it and have her hanging out inside now. I think she would be fine if I put it in a sling of some sort, but when I let her outside to go potty tonight she used it and it started bleeding again.

Any advice how to aid a speedy recovery?

P.S. Suddenly this evening the other dog, Rainey, starts running around with her front paw held up, "hurting". Almost makes me wonder if she plays copycat so she can come inside too ...

[jmez]

Should get it sutured. Best and quickest way for it to heal.

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[Sharon]

As jmez said. Sutures.

Running around outside will just end up with an infected paw.

[oldbeek]

The only cut pad I ever had to deal with my vet said it couldn't be sutured. It was quite deep and on a very strong GSP that my vet knew well. He said kennel him for 8 weeks.

[BlessedGirl]

Thanks. I called the vet this morning.
Sharon, I meant outside with a bandage and plastic bag around the bandage. Not bare paw.

[Sharon]

Sorry . Missed that. Didn't think of that helping as my dogs have always ripped the bandage off 3 minutes after I put it on.

[BlessedGirl]

Haha, no problem! I didn't have bandage supplies on hand so my makeshift bandage was pretty lame anyway.

I sent a picture of her paw to my vet. He gave me a call and said since the sutures on the paw often come out anyway, he recommended I just bandage it up and let it heal on its own, disinfecting periodically with diluted iodine. I picked up some supplies at Wilco and now she's all bandaged up properly, lol (and now she can't get the bandage off!).

Thank you for the suggestions tho

[Garrison]

In the chukar hills, it is pretty common for one of my dogs to tear up, cut up, or run off his pads. I clean them with a warm soak in a dish tub, pack them with bag balm and do a couple wraps of vet wrap around the ankle before duct taping a couple of my daughters old socks on his foot. They like to lick the bag balm off and will pull off the sled dog booties to get to them. A week or two in the penalty box, and we are usually back in business.

Garrison

[BlessedGirl]

Indy's been confined all month long except for potty breaks, but almost ready for freedom again! Here's a couple progress pictures from day 1 and day 23. Now she's probably wishing she could be out exploring in the snow.

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