Dog stitching

I also rarely stitch a dog, especially if they can lick it. If they can't lick it, I put him with another dog. I had to stitch a dog for a friend a couple years ago that had got hit by a trailer. The fender had taken a BIG flap of skin off the rib area. It was an area aboUT 10 to 12 inches on a dog that was part chow and would bite. I gave her about 3cc of ACE in the muscle. ACE is a drug given to horses to take the edge off. It made her real relaxed and she let me do the stitching. I got it from the vet without fuss. BTW I prefer 15 lb monofilament fishing line to suture a dog, anything smaller will usually break when the flesh turns proud.