cut pad

[scottish carper ingram 40]

ive just got back from walking the dog and he has cut one of his pads, hi is still walking on it fine and not showing any signs of discomfort, whats the best option? i have already washed it but dont know weather i should bandage it or not? any help apreciated, ingram

[rabbit mad 10]

keep it clean it and keep an eye on it if not limping should be fine.

[scottish carper ingram 40]

cheers

[marko 30]

just salt water will help if its a bit of pad missing try cut and heal and keep the dog off it for a few days depending how bad it is may be a wk to ten days.

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

I'd squirt some 7% iodine in there once and then salt water it in the evening if ya got time but a cut pad is nothin to worry about at all. It's a long ass ways from their heart.

[skycat 6,174]

Just don't let it get full of muck, and keep on the lead until it is healed: If you let the dog run on it and it is fairly deep it will keep opening up. Depending on how deep it is cut pads generally take about 3 weeks to heal.

[MOO 730]

Keep it clean ...I normaly dress these wounds ...wht I will say if after a few weeks you think it is healed ...give it another week at least just to make sure as it does nt take much to open them back up

[scottish carper ingram 40]

cheers folks, its cleaned out but think i will still dress it, its not deep but would rather dress it than not and it get worse,

[paulus 26]

salt water and time everything thats kept clean will heel with time. Real deep cuts and gashes will heel from the insideout any cut that scabs keep an eye on for infection,first sign, soak the scab off clean and start again.

[KittleRox 2,147]

cheers folks, its cleaned out but think i will still dress it, its not deep but would rather dress it than not and it get worse,

Not too ticht

[scottish carper ingram 40]

cheers folks, its cleaned out but think i will still dress it, its not deep but would rather dress it than not and it get worse,

Not too ticht

werabouts in scotland are you mate?

[scottish carper ingram 40]

salt water and time everything thats kept clean will heel with time. Real deep cuts and gashes will heel from the insideout any cut that scabs keep an eye on for infection,first sign, soak the scab off clean and start again.

[RossM 8,149]

salt water and keep clean, when my bitch split hers i used this skin glue stuff from chemists and that worked fine, she took some of the pad off before and all i did with that was cleaned it, bit savlon, and when excersising, i would put a childs sock over it to keep dirt out of it. its gonna be tender imagine picking the skin off of a blister?

[scottish carper ingram 40]

salt water and keep clean, when my bitch split hers i used this skin glue stuff from chemists and that worked fine, she took some of the pad off before and all i did with that was cleaned it, bit savlon, and when excersising, i would put a childs sock over it to keep dirt out of it. its gonna be tender imagine picking the skin off of a blister?

cheers. its cleaned and bandaged up and using a sock when walking him to keep the bandage clean, looks daft but will benefit the dog so its all good