How to Protect a Sore on a Dog's Toe
- 1). Wash the sore with a saline solution that can be purchased at your local drugstore. Work carefully. If your dog threatens to bite, muzzle him with a well-fitted and humane muzzle while you work. This protects both of you.
- 2). Apply an antibacterial salve or ointment to the sore to speed healing and reduce the possibility of infection.
- 3). Apply a gauze bandage large enough to fully cover the sore. The gauze pad can also cover the whole pad of the dog's paw to make it more comfortable for it to walk if the sore is on the bottom of the toe. If it is on the top of the toe, place the pad on the top of the paw.
- 4). Secure the pad in place with cotton wrap, taking the wrap part way up the dog's leg to help secure it. Start over the gauze pad, and wind the wrap gently around the foot and leg, slightly overlapping it. Take it back down in the same way and finish over the gauze pad.
- 5). Secure with a self-adhesive wrap or bandage, using the same wrapping method as with the cotton wrap.
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