[nagdu] Small injury

[Abby Bolling]

he probably won't leave a bandage alone. Do you have a cone of any sort 
to put on his head? that will keep him from licking the wound. Also, if 
you are worried about glass in the cut, you can try to wash it out with 
warm water.



On 11/3/2015 9:54 AM, Lisa via nagdu wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> so today Taylor had his first smaller injury since he's with me so I'm 
> a newbie on this topic and would be thankful for any advice.
>
> We have a low bathroom shelf  and on top of that was a glass. Taylor 
> managed to push the glass to the edge of the shelf and let it fall on 
> the floor. So apparently it broke, I was immediately there and took 
> the dog into another room to remove the shards. But then I noticed 
> Taylor was licking his forelegs and when I touched them, there was 
> blood on my fingers. At first, I was very terrified just because I 
> never experienced such an incident before. But I washed the legs with 
> a wet wipe and tried to see if there was a lot of blood or just a bit. 
> Luckily, the latter was the case. There seemed to be a small cut on 
> his upper leg but the bleeding had already stopped. The prpoblem was, 
> however, that he was licking his leg continously and caused it to 
> start bleeding again.
> I decided it was definitely no emergency and probably no case for the 
> vet at all. But still I'm a little insecure about how to handle this. 
> Should I let him lick the wound (that btw. I can't even  find and 
> nothing seems to hurt him so it must be very small) and accept the 
> fact that it starts bleeding again, or should I maybe bandage it and 
> hope that he won't be able to lick it then?
> What really makes me insecure is just that I couldn't overlook the 
> situation properly. I was so scared at first.
> So, experienced dog owners, what do you personally do in such a 
> situation?
>
> Greetings from Germany
> Lisa
>
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