Scratching sores open, help!!!

[borzoimom]

I would stop with the baking powder as that makes granulars in the wound. Use neosporan then if he has a scar use hair of the dog..

[bluebird]

Call your vet and follow his advice. A burn like that does damage much deeper under the skin than is visible and affects the nerve endings. It is incredibly painful. The danger of infection is high.

Until you talk to the vet keep it clean and don't cover it with anything that will cause any sort of friction even the softest cloth. If you must, use an EC to keep him from chewing or scratching it.

[borzoimom]

I think they already called the vet. If you dont have a E collar, you can make one out of stiff cardboard- just only keep it on when you can watch. Our vet will loan a collar to someone that is not able to pay for one. And if you are a regular client they will even see your dog with payment later...

[frawri]

Yes I have contacted the vet that we use to go to before we moved. And they just kept saying bring him in. They were not interested in giving me any advise. I have found this vet hospital to be one of the worse I have ever attended. There have been other past experiences that have caused me to see them in this light. I am now in search of a good vet, that will listen to my worries and help me understand what needs to be done in different circumstances. I had a vet like that back in MN, she was the best one I have ever had. But we had to move to KY, so on goes the search for that special vet. I have been trying to find my old vets phone number just to ask her these questions. But no luck so far.
Some good news, I have stopped using the Backing Soda, I think some one mention it has to many granules in it. And that is what I have found out too. I am using a generic of Neosporin; will that work just as well? It has seemed to have soothed the sore a bit already. As for the EC, he doesn't chew so much on the sore as he likes to scratch it. So I have put on all the stuff I told you about. But when I take the stuff of for the wound to get some air. I put a band-aid on his rear foot, to soften the scratch. So he has stopped trying to scratch it. I wish I had thought of that earlier on. His wounds wouldn't be as bad as they are. They just started out as very tender skin, that was healing on its own. He scratched it, and it all went to _ _ _ _ after that.

[borzoimom]

Generic neosporan works just as well but you have to apply it more. I really cant operate as a vet, but I have learned a few things over the years. I am also in a remote area, and have learned things to help until I can get the dogs to the vet. Our vet is closed on saturdays, and doesnt reopen til sunday evening but they are great.
I was told actually by them to use neosporan for abrasions, cuts, and one time Hottie stepped on a hot coal when we had a fireplace before we put the wood stove in. That is what they told me to use.
One time a hot ash from my husbands cig fell on my doberman. That is what they suggested also. It has antibiotics on it, and vaseline to keep the skin moist and lubricated to heal as well. Make sure its the antiobiotic kind..

[bluebird]

You might want to check with the vet to see if it would be safe to use a little lanacain or preperation H on the area to relieve the pain too.

From your description, this is not merely superficial, but rather a 3rd degree burn that requires the supervision of a vet or someone with experience to actually view the extent of the wound and prescribe treatment.

[borzoimom]

Well neosporin does has a pain reliever that is safe as I found out with Hottie when he stepped on a hot ember before we got the woodstove verses a fireplace..