Advice On Wound Dog Picked Up

[Banter 1,751]

few stitches an honey sorted this in couple weeks

[MikeTheDog 153]

If I had a wound on my arm as big as whippet08's dog I would be down casualty or repair it with those sticky strips soon as and I bet you mum's and dad's would take your kids to casualty if they came home with a similar wound to their body....But at the end of the day it's only a dog and not covered by the NHS!..duh.

[Westy76 546]

Manuka is the nuts

[whitefeet4190 1,724]

 

Lol stitches and staples ??? Think that's a bit far fetched unless its worse than the photo suggests I'd just put sudacrem on it and keep it clean

lol.....stapled or stitched the dog is out in the field quicker doing their job....how's that far fetched?..

I'd still run my dog like that and I think stitching or stapling would make it worse

[Giro 2,648]

Sudocrem is good stuff for small nicks & cuts.. Its antibacterial & has a mild anaesthetic property.

 

I use it on stuff the dog cant reach other wise they have licked it off in seconds..

 

For minor wounds I use wound powder, Septi Cleanse or sudo crem.

 

Big cuts and tares I go to the vets.. Its piece of mind.

 

I would not like to attempt stapling myself. Unless someone was able to show me, how its done and I felt competent.

 

Do lads stapling & stitching use antibiotics just incase ?? Or is it generally not needed, if wounds been flushed out correctly, prior to closing ??

[Guest vin]

I've seen Socks doing his emergency on the spot field repair to his old dog Tegan..And I can honestly say he is probably better than most vets would be..im sure a bit of manuka afterwards would also speed up the healing process..

 

I would like to have a go at stitching up myself...where do you get the kits ? Its something i would like to have in the car.

[marko 30]

this is the wound in my bitches chest used manuka plus 15 for 2 wks and this is after 3 wks the vet recomended best not to stitch.

Edited December 2, 2013 by marko

[socks 32,253]

I've seen Socks doing his emergency on the spot field repair to his old dog Tegan..And I can honestly say he is probably better than most vets would be..im sure a bit of manuka afterwards would also speed up the healing process..

 

I would like to have a go at stitching up myself...where do you get the kits ? Its something i would like to have in the car.

Cheers vin bobcullen79 off here has seen me do a quick emergency stitch job to ... Except it was on his leg :laugh: