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Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 4:09 pm Post subject: Dog first aid kit
Does anyone know if you can get such a thing in the UK and what sort of things it should contain? Currently our mutt has chewed her paw and I'd like to put something antiseptic on that would also put her off chewing, but it must obviously be something safe for dogs. I have tried putting a sock over the paw but it confused her as she went a bit mad looking for her lost paw.

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 4:22 pm Post subject:
Vicks stops them chewing skirting boards etc, I suppose if there was an impermeable layer between the wound and that it might help. It'd smart like heck if it got through though. What about that stuff you can buy to stop children biting their nails?

Bebo

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Dog first aid kit

Treacodactyl wrote:

I have tried putting a sock over the paw but it confused her as she went a bit mad looking for her lost paw.

Chocolate labs aren't the sharpest tools in the box are they (she says from experience)

They make up for their daftness by being gorgeous in other ways though.

Ours has just managed to tear one of her nails off right at the skin. It was hanging half off and we had to get the vet to finish the job for her. He's just told us to bathe it in salt water to help it heal. Not sure if that's any use in your case?

alice

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 6:17 pm Post subject:

My JRT started chewing her paw last year - as if something had bitten/irritated her, but we couldn't find anything. We kept an eye on her and tried distracting her from chewing - the vet gave us an antiseptic cream which made us feel better but didn't do much for the foot

Eventually she lost interest and moved on, it healed perfectly....now she's worrying us with a pulled cruciate ligament...my next pet is going to be a stick insect

I tried the sock thing - I've never seen her so confused - foot? sock? sock? foot? I think she's still having nightmares about it.

Nanny

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 6:46 pm Post subject:

there is a spray that stops them in their tracks, bitter alum it is made of.....stopped our animals from chewing furniture and tails and paws etc

there is also a boot you can buy in various sizes at larger pet stores...it ties on like a trainer ....i have used it once or twice and it worked on the greyhounds when they cut their pads but when it gets wet it gets a bit...uncomfortable and flaps around if not tied on well enough

Green Rosie

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 7:29 pm Post subject:

Nanny wrote:

there is a spray that stops them in their tracks, bitter alum it is made of.....stopped our animals from chewing furniture and tails and paws etc

It's called Bitter Bite and we got ours from Battersea's Dog Home. It's not an antiseptic but you could spray around the covered wound to stop her chewing it. It stops our mutt eating all the kitchen furniture

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 7:35 pm Post subject:

If it was a simple matter of cleaning up a minor wound I'd used some salty water however mutty seems to like salt (took her to the beach for the fist time a week back and she decided to 'eat' the waves

) so she'd be even worse.

We have a bittering spray although it didn't stop her chewing plaster off the walls...

But I'm after something a cream or something designed for dogs that we can use and take with us. Looks like tonight will be another night on the bed so we can keep an eye on her.

Tomorrow I'll try and resist going down the local park with a bag of spare socks and a pocket of dog treats.

Green Rosie

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 7:37 pm Post subject:
Good Luck Hope she's better soon

alice

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 7:43 pm Post subject:
I've just been and checked, ours was given Fuciderm Gel, which now I've googled it isn't an antiseptic, it is 'a combination of fusidic acid (an antibiotic) and betamethasone valerate (a corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and anti-itch properties).' It says Needs a prescription though.

Dogwalker

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Location: Mid Wales

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 8:01 pm Post subject:

Sudocrem works on most things, but stopping her licking her foot would help most.
Have you tried covering with a thin stretchy cotton bandage then that self sticky bandage. Can't remember what either are called.
the self stick ones are what the vets use, they're usually purple or pink not boring colours, careful how tight you put it on though.

just found this, scroll down to cuts and grazes.Hope it helps
https://www.irishwolfhounds-wales.eu/first_aid.htm

Calli

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 8:32 pm Post subject:
Purple spray? Or turquoise as my current vet prescribed spray is....and purple would look sooo much better with black hounds....

Jo S

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 9:06 pm Post subject:

Up until Sunday I would have suggested Purple Spray but my Lab was (accidentally) bitten by a lunatic chocolate Lab when they were playing Fetch in the river. Out came the spray and once I'd pinned her down for long enough, her foot was well as truly sprayed (as was my hand). The bite's clean and is healing nicely but the reason I *wouldn't* recommend Purple Spray, especially not in this particular case, is because my Darling Dufus licked all the spray off

I did the pig several weeks ago and his shoulder has now faded to light lilac but you wouldn't know she'd ever been near the stuff...

Nick

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 9:17 pm Post subject:
The alternative is one of those buster collars, which stops them getting at anything. They look stupid tho, especially when they KEEP walking into door ways.

yummersetter

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 10:34 pm Post subject:
a dab of perfume, the more expensive the better, sometimes works. Just up from the wound. They think it smells so vile they won't put their nose anywhere near. No nose=no licking A pet first aid kit would be a brilliant vet surgery moneyspinner, don't think I've ever seen one there, though

judith

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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 09 11:21 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

The alternative is one of those buster collars, which stops them getting at anything. They look stupid tho, especially when they KEEP walking into door ways.

When Jif came back from surgery, the vet said she wouldn't bother using one of those as it would depress him too much. He would heal much better if he were happy and moving about normally. Which proved the case.

That said, Jif is a dog who would rather eat meat deliverypersons than his own flesh.

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