[nagdu] Small injury

[Lisa]

Hi Abby,

thanks for your reply. I have no cone for him because he never had surgery 
or another issue where we got one.
By now, he's ignoring the wound most of the time. So I think everything is 
fine. I'm pretty sure that there's no glass in the wound. I think I'd have 
gone straight to the vet if I had had this feeling.
It's just good to hear from others what they did or would do. :-)

Lisa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Abby Bolling via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Cc: "Abby Bolling" <violingirl30794 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Small injury


> 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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