swollen bruised belly

[oldbeek]

My Britt was in a trial where the grass was 3ft tall so she was jumping through it. While retrieving a bird she leaped and landed on a burned out stump. Scraped her chest and under belly real bad. Her under belly back to her right leg is black and blue with a small abrasion on her right side. 3 days later there is swelling along the abrasion. She is active and I am not one to run to the vet with every problem. Any advice would be appreciated.

[smittty]

I also am not one to run to the vet ...that being said .I think any swoleness on that part of a dog deserves a trip to the vet only because there is a lot of stuff that can be injured on that part of the dog that can go bad

[DudeRN]

is she acting normal? eating and stooling okay? If so, she probably just has an infection if the swelling is small and located at the abrasion. if she has a lot of bruising and swelling, it might be something more serious. it sounds like she needs to see the vet.

[Sharon]

I also am not one to run to the vet ...that being said .I think any swoleness on that part of a dog deserves a trip to the vet only because there is a lot of stuff that can be injured on that part of the dog that can go bad

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[oldbeek]

I did go to the vet after the good advise. She was swollen about 4 inch long and 1 inch diameter on her left under belly. Got 10 days of antibiotics and I put on hot damp packs 3 times a day. Swelling almost gone today. Learned to rub stick antipersirant on her fur near the wound to stop licking.

[DudeRN]

Ah! I like the idea about the stick anti-perspirant. Will keep that in mind for future use. Glad things turned out well for your dog (and you)

[Sharon]

Was it the vet who recommended that or.........

[oldbeek]

Was it the vet who recommended that or.........

Yes the vet recommended the Hot packs to reduce the swelling. He also recommended the antiperspirant on her fur to stop licking the open wound that was originally just a abrasion but she kept irritating it with the licking.