I can't imagine that this hasn't been brought up before, but a search and 20 pages of manual searching didn't pull up anything so I thought I'd ask about it. I also googled it but there's a HUGE amount of information that seems to all contradict itself...
Hugo was running with another dog at the dog park and suddenly stopped and started limping. He came right up to me and let me examine it with no fuss. I can't really see anything but there was a little bit of blood between 2 of his toes. I took him home, swished it in some epsom salt to clean it out, put some neosporin on it and very lightly (not tight at all) wrapped it in some gauze with tape. He's still limping. Is there anything else I should do? Should I take him to the vet or will the vet have me do the same thing I am now? I feel insane with the amount of vet visits he's had in the last month, lol. Not just money-wise, but like... I swear I'm a good dog person! I just have a crazy dog!
Hugo was running with another dog at the dog park and suddenly stopped and started limping. He came right up to me and let me examine it with no fuss. I can't really see anything but there was a little bit of blood between 2 of his toes. I took him home, swished it in some epsom salt to clean it out, put some neosporin on it and very lightly (not tight at all) wrapped it in some gauze with tape. He's still limping. Is there anything else I should do? Should I take him to the vet or will the vet have me do the same thing I am now? I feel insane with the amount of vet visits he's had in the last month, lol. Not just money-wise, but like... I swear I'm a good dog person! I just have a crazy dog!