For Dogs With A Leg Injury

[Boronia]

This was on the Westie facebook page, seems a good idea

Edited July 19, 2016 by Boronia

[PossumCorner]

This was on the Westie facebook page, seems a good idea ....

Looks good for a small dog, collar might not cut well for large dogs, worth a try. Two-dollar shop socks then for trying it, then lovely Argyle socks from HorseLand for stepping out.

http://www.horseland.com.au/euro-star-argyle-socks-steel-blue-navy-taupe-adults-large-591433-0.html

[RuralPug]

Must resist....must resist...do not pretend your Pug has a leg injury just so you can apply the sock bandage.

pug socks

[PossumCorner]

Didn't think I'd be needing this so soon. Rheneas has some self-inflicted hot spots on his upper front legs. He is an obsessive dog at best, so the carry-on to lick and scratch has been to the max and damaging. My fault, I was given some bags of bread for the horses: not to be ungrateful I took them, though I don't feed bread out to ponies, just a special treat maybe but not daily or even weekly.

So Rheneas found the bread bags and cleverly just took a little and often in secret over a couple of weeks, thought he was trotting in and out of the feed shed to chase mice til I checked up. Yeast overdoses much.

The socks came to mind after we had a couple of sleepless nights of scratch slurp lick: I don't want cortisone unless as a last resort, so will try the socks and a well controlled diet til it settles down. Any hot-spot recommendations welcome - and can say thanks Boronia as the socks absolutely work to give it a rest, and are ten times better than an Elizabethan collar.

[Papillon Kisses]

Try a calendula tea rinse... must be Calendula Officionalis. I'll bump the thread.

[PossumCorner]

Oh yes, calendula, knew there was something that someone on dol recommended or sold or both. Thanks PK for the remind, yes, as soon as I can organise I will order - for both dogs, Frodo's skin is also developing all the old-doggie problems so it should suit him, shampoos are too harsh.