Torn pad!! What to do??

[rasmy]

Johnny has a part of his pad (front left leg) torn, he can't even touch the ground except when he is very excited he seems to forget that he is in pain. I took him to the vet and she said that he will be OK, but it has been four days now and no improvement:(

I can't put anything on the damaged part to prevent it from touching the ground cause everytime I try he torn the bandage, I tried to put some lemon on the pandage, but he seems to like lemon he even try to eat it!!

I'm very worried and I want to know if anybody has experienced similar situation? Is 4 days too long?? I think that he didn't improve cause he still completely lift his leg up the ground unless he is playing and excited, I try not to get him move but he is a dog!

[Carina43]

One of mine cut his pad badly on a broken bottle once, the vet stitched it up and we had to keep him off of it as much as possible for a while to let it heal. I'm surprised the vet didn't stitch it, seems it would be easy for it to get infected.

I guess he should at least stay off it for as long as possible - is it gaping open? Maybe you can tape it securely and get him one of those E-collars, if you can get those in Cairo. I'd call your vet back if I were you.

Sorry I'm not too helpful! Just seems to me it will take forever to heal and be liable to get infected if it's not cloed up & protected somehow.

[Anne]

I would go back to the vet or try a different vet. The situation is not improving as the vet predicted it would so something else needs to be done. I wouldn't put lemon on it, it stings like mad. I would say at this stage and antibiotic would be appropriate, either topically or systemically.

[rasmy]

ok I'll go to another vet today. I didn't put lemon on the torn part I put lemon on the bandage so as not to make him get it away of his feet, the problem is he is alone for 8-10 hours while I'm at work so I won't be supervising all the time. I'm very worried of it being infected, but I'll see another vet today. Thanks

[lblax]

crate him and only let him out for br breaks

[Knucklesmom]

Knuckles cut a pad on something in the back yard. I put some soapy water (used a hospital type antibacterial soap) in a bucket, cleaned it up real good, rinsed it well, dried it thoroughly and put some liquid bandage on it. I can't for the life of me, remember the exact name of the product, but I know it wasn't New Skin. It healed up nicely. I had tried the bandage thing with a sock over it and Bitter Apple on it, but that only slowed down his removal of the bandage.

[rottlove]

My vet recommends a black tea compress for an hour or so every day. The tannins help the raw skin to heal and toughen. I make it with a giant Lipton teabag soaked in a little hot water for a while and then cooled, then make a cut in it and press to pad and put a plastic baggie around it and some masking tape to hold. You might need an e-collar if your dog can't resist chewing his bandage. They get used to the collars. Sometimes it's the only way!

You should definitely check again with a vet though because the risk of infection is high. Keep any bandage besides the tea compress clean and dry.

[Rott-Wiley]

I recently found tannins in a tiny spray bottle at my local drug store, it's in the burn section isle. It can be used exactly like the black tea compress rottlove talked about.

[rasmy]

I have looked at another vet, he said that he is OK but he has pain he seems that he has knocked his leg badly plus the torn pad. He prescribed some medication, he said no broken bones and that he will be OK. Thanks for all the replies it really helped.