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« on: September 08, 2018, 03:26:49 pm » |
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My Smokey dog had what I thought was a large pocket of puss in his leg. He got cut pretty good about a 8 weeks ago and he got a lump that never went away and would occasionally leak some puss. Well i got some scalpels and cut in to it. To my surprise, hardly any puss came out. Turns out it had healed back up with a twig inside of it that was keeping it inflamed  and infected. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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t-dog
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« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2018, 07:45:33 am » |
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That's a pretty good piece of twig. Your ole' dog is probably pretty happy with you Doc! It's funny how something like that can be overlooked. Seems like it has a way of hiding sometimes.
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« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2018, 12:11:05 pm » |
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Lol first time I’ve cut on one. I’m somewhat knowledgeable with some medical stuff for both people and dogs just from reading. Figured I’d watch a video and then try to drain the puss. It was really just luck I found the twig. I noticed something just didn’t look right and I pulled on the tip and it came out. Funny enough when he got cut my buddy was hunting him. He sent me a picture of the cut in the woods, sure enough when I looked back at it I could see the little twig in it. The lump went away pretty immediately
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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2018, 02:16:15 pm » |
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That sort of stuff can be bad. My old Clyde dog had a toe get bitten off one time. I took him to a vet and they sewed it all up and said for me to soak it in Epsom salt and betadine twice a day. I did it faithfully for a coupleof days maybe even 3 or 4. It started stinking so bad that I could smell it from the front yard with him in the back yard when I got home from work one day. I immediately started soaking it. As I rubbed it the skin started slipping. His foot was green. I was in Palestine at the time. I called a vet friend back in Lexington and told me to bring him on. Clyde almost lost the entire foot because the first vet just sewed the wound up without cleaning it good. There was all kinds of mud and grass and whatever else in there. Gan green had already set in. Thanks to Tom we saved it.
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2018, 03:40:15 pm » |
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That’s wild, glad ole Clyde healed up good. Smokey’s cut was pretty bad on his back leg but my buddy that was hunting him is really good with the medical stuff and said it would heal up just fine without stitches. (I was in Afghanistan and he had been hunting him for me the entire time I was gone). Well he must’ve just not seen the twig, it was definitely hidden since it was covered in blood. It was bout healed up when I got home and then after a few weeks it had healed up good except for the lump that kept oozing puss where his scar was. That was about 4-5 days ago I cut it open and the swelling is gone now. Just got the cuts to heal up
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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2018, 05:12:13 pm » |
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That's good. Sounds like a good buddy to hunt him AND take good care of him. Good friends and good dogs are hard to come by.
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2018, 07:37:30 pm » |
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Glad your dog is healing well now...like already said...twigs, grass, dirt and other foreign matter will delay healing and sometimes if the foreign object doesn’t come out on its own it will continue to be a problem...many guys on here believe in hydrotherapy and they say it works great...
I was the wound out as cleans as possible and use cut heal twice a day...and if it is bad enough I use 500 mg amoxicillin capsules, one twice a day for a week or so...cleaning the wound and keeping it clean is very important...
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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2018, 07:45:36 pm » |
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A friend of mine had his dog get cut through the ribs into her chest cavity. He spend a small fortune at the vet getting her put back together. She did good at first but started going down hill. He took her to another vet closer to home to get checked out. The first vet closed her up... but left a gauze pad in her chest cavity!!!
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2018, 07:34:30 pm » |
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Thanks for the advice guys. And yep my buddy is a good dude. He’s actually been my mentor in this sport, he hunts 7 days a week and makes his living by training and selling dogs.
Reuben, I like to rinse it good with a hose fairly often and I spray it with vetericyn a few times a day as well as 500mg amoxicillin once a day for 7-10 days.
Mike, that’s crazy! I would’ve raised cane with that first vet for sure...
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