Thank you every. Charlie went back to the vet for a 48 hour post op check up yesterday, he sat so well in the waiting room and let a 5 month old Sproker pup jump all over his face His name was called he slipped his collar and headed for the door, a nurse was quick to step infront of the door and he tried to hide behind the nurses legs. I thought I had trained vet calm visits but he obviously thought he was being left poor boy In order not to stress him Kate (vet) let us use the 'quiet' room which only has chairs, she checked his wound and it's looking good, gave him his yearly jab, Charlie washed her face, of course He has successfully removed about 20 dressings, so now he just has a sock, clean of course held on with vet tape just to stop him licking it. One more visit next Thursday, to remove the stitches I think and hopefully that will be that. I really don't like pad wounds they are so difficult, but the main thing is Charlie is OK thank goodness. xxxxx
Not quite such a brave soldier hiding behind a nurse. Glad his foot is healing well. Back to normal soon.
Oh it just got worse Lisa Despite my very, very best efforts, Charlie has chewed every single dressing I have put on his foot off and today whilst I was out for 2 hours he chewed another dressing off and he has chewed the damn stitched part of the carpal pad right off. All that effort to sew it back on and it's gone. The wound is raw and fleshy and it looks dreadful, I really don't know what else I can do. He is back to the vet tomorrow, probably more AB's and who knows what else will have to be done. Feel sick xxx Any suggestions at all are greatly received. Thanks x
Oh no, poor boy and poor you. It does sound like it'll have to be just an enormous cone I'm afraid. A big one that extends way out... I hope you get it sorted - stressful all round.
Julie, I'm assuming he couldn't sleep in a giant cone as that's when he would chew it when there is no one around to watch him? x
I don't see why not. Charlie did after his surgery. When he was at home we switched to a comfy cone (that was still long enough to prevent him getting to anything), but Greyfriars used a large plastic cone. In total, at the first surgery, he slept in a cone for nearly 4 weeks.
Oh dear...sorry to hear that. Big plastic cone 24/7 is the only sure way for foot injuries I'd say. Has to extend well past the nose. They can sleep in them. Might need the cone off for supervised, on-lead wee trips - Obi just would not wee in his cone as it interfered with sniffing for the right spot to wee on. It's really hard with feet. My thoughts are with you!
Thank you everyone much appreciated. I only have a 25cm plastic cone so not long enough for Charlie, he has such long legs he could still get to his paw. David has just put another dressing on much further up his leg double vet taped, so here's hoping he doesn't get that off and we will see what the vet suggests tomorrow. It looks like it needs the air to get at it to help the heeling process but this is just not an option as he will not stop licking it even through the dressing, it's so frustrating. xx
Oh dear, sorry to hear about the problems. Tuppence wore a cone for four weeks when she cut her leg badly - and for the last two of those weeks she wore an inflatable collar too, as she chewed the cone and found she could get her leg into it to chew the stitches. Although the combination of inflatable collar and cone looked uncomfortable, she tolerated it and it certainly didn't stop her eating! It gave her leg the chance to heal, although the scar still isn't completely covered in hair again. I didn't dare take the cone or the collar off until the wound had healed, as I didn't think I'd stand much chance of getting them on again and neither Tuppence nor I could have coped with more stitching and weeks of 'rest'!
I feel your pain. We didn't have a big enough cone and used taped dressings and socks when Lilly had her biopsy. She too managed to remove her own stitches She also managed to cut and graze the leg around where the tape was on when trying to rip off the dressings. Biggest cone Charlie. Only way.....
Goodness me,Charlie and Lilly..what are you doing to yourselves ? Helen I've not been around so much recently so I sorry I've missed your news about Charlie ,what a time you have all had....You can give Charlie breaks from the cone when you can sit with hims,say evening times. We've got pad injuries at the moment...I'll,post when I've caught up on everyone else's news ,we are managing with some little socks in the house and I've caved and bought him those Velcro fastening soft boots for going out to the to the toilet .....I'm lucky though he's not bothering with anything ......at the moment x
I'd somehow missed this till now. Very sorry to hear of Charlie's injury and your heart must have sunk just when you thought he was nearly better. Hope you've had a helpful time at the vets today. The big cones aren't very nice but they can sleep in them when needs must - my last dog had a lump removed in old age and had to wear the cone at night when I couldn't keep an eye on him. (Though I appreciate that it's trickier with a young active dog.)
Hope Charlie's paw is better soon, but it looks as if a big cone will be only solution. After Juno's surgery she had to wear a cone but as she was so good I only used the cone at bed time or when I had to leave her to go shopping, the rest of the time I left her without the cone and just kept an eye on her.
Thanks you so much everyone for your kind thoughts. Charlie went to the vet last night and thank goodness it's not as bad as I had feared. Charlie removed the stitches so the would opened up but the vet decided to leave it as there's no infection, so keep it covered and continue to wash it in salt water. I am a little worried that it's not getting any air to it. It must be a little painful because when the vet stuck her finger in it he did a little growl then very quickly washed her face as if to apologiese, I was mortified as he has never, ever growled at anyone Kate was so sorry for hurting him, gave him loads of hugs and treats and all was good. My friend gave me a Medipaw protector boot which saved the day, Charlie is not at all bothered by it, doesn't try to chew if off and he walks around normally, sleeps in it and it's only removed for walks. So no cone xx
