Bon has a puncture wound on his chest

**anna_66** · 08-31-2009, 02:27 PM

Needless to say I couldn't wait to take him to the vet, so we went first thing this morning.

The vet was just as baffled as I am although she's pretty sure it wasn't some kind of shot wound because there was no residue around the area and there was nothing lodged in the hole.
As Pam said, it's his little secret

He was very good while we were there, but a little nervous of course. He didn't like her shaving the area because of the sound, so I held his head. He was a real trooper about the whole thing. Even laid over on his side so she could get a good look at it

Although when we were leaving he had to take a good look at their resident kitty who was on the counter...so she gave him a little goodbye slap in the nose...lol

We got Cephalexin 500mg for an antibiotic so hopefully that will kick in soon and it will start healing up. She said she's pretty concerned about how deep it is and will be giving us a call in a couple days to see how he's doing.
Oh yeah, our little boy only weighs 142.5...much less than what I though and I'm glad of that.

He was so happy to be coming home that he decided to get in the front seat with me...lol! Silly dog!

**Cinder & Smoke** · 08-31-2009, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by anna_66

Needless to say I couldn't wait to take him to the vet,
so we went first thing this morning.

We got Cephalexin 500mg for an antibiotic so hopefully that will kick in soon
and it will start healing up.

She said she's pretty concerned about how deep it is and
will be giving us a call in a couple days to see how he's doing.

He was so happy to be coming home
that he decided to get in the front seat with me

I didn't think the "wait till Tuesday" idea would get past Monday.

Are you supposed to wash / clean it, or just *watch*?
I hate hearing the "I'm not sure ..." words from the White Coat.

Share the front seat??
Be happy he didn't wanna DRIVE!

**Daisy and Delilah** · 08-31-2009, 03:58 PM

I'm glad to hear a pretty good report. Feel better Bon!! I love the pic of him in the front seat.

Bon, you are a big ole goofball!!

**Taz_Zoee** · 08-31-2009, 04:32 PM

I hope it heals up and Bon is all better soon.

I'm just wondering why they wouldn't stitch it up.

Irrigate it out and just put a couple of stitches in it. Of course I am NOT a vet, nor do I pretend to be one on TV.

**ChrisH** · 08-31-2009, 05:25 PM

Aw, what a good boy.

I know it is not the same thing but remember when Bob had lumps removed? Well, the top hole of where the drain went through looked just like that - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...IMG_2003-1.jpg - and was deep. Too deep to stitch up, it had to heal from the inside out but the vet did give me some gel - Citrugel - to apply twice a day, I believe it is the kind of stuff they use for leg ulcers, burns that kind of thing to protect and aid healing. After a couple of weeks it had all healed up nicely.

Prayers and good thoughts continuing for speedy and full healing for your Bon boy.

**Pam** · 08-31-2009, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by Taz_Zoee

Of course I am NOT a vet, nor do I pretend to be one on TV.

LOL! This just tickled me!

**Taz_Zoee** · 08-31-2009, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by ChrisH

Aw, what a good boy.

I know it is not the same thing but remember when Bob had lumps removed? Well, the top hole of where the drain went through looked just like that - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...IMG_2003-1.jpg - and was deep. Too deep to stitch up, it had to heal from the inside out but the vet did give me some gel - Citrugel - to apply twice a day, I believe it is the kind of stuff they use for leg ulcers, burns that kind of thing to protect and aid healing. After a couple of weeks it had all healed up nicely.

Prayers and good thoughts continuing for speedy and full healing for your Bon boy.

Yeah, I was thinking that too. Because it's so deep, if they stitched it it would probably produce yucky stuff inside. Makes sense.

Originally Posted by Pam

LOL! This just tickled me!

Hee hee, glad I could make you laugh.

**Lori Jordan** · 08-31-2009, 07:08 PM

Wow that really is deep,Hard to say what it could be isnt it?I hope that Bon heels up fast,Does he seem to be botherd by it?The one thing i hated doing when Lacy had the punture wounds was keeping them open,The vet told me they heal inside out,Even with the antibiotics the healing process seemed forever.

Have you checked the other pups over?If your suspicion of a pellet gun or something else?

**KYS** · 09-01-2009, 08:34 PM

Anna,
Glad Bon is going to be ok. Looking at his wound was disturbing.
I guess we will all remain baffled on what caused it.

Sending him lots and lots of healing wishes to our big boy.

**anna_66** · 09-02-2009, 12:11 PM

Well, it's looking better already I'm happy to report

Looks gross, but you can tell the hole is closing up.
And of course he's still his happy self

Hugs and kisses given to everyone!

**K9karen** · 09-02-2009, 07:50 PM

Give the Big Galoot a big kiss for me!

**chocolatepuppy** · 09-02-2009, 08:11 PM

Good to see Bon's boo boo is healing up.

**4 Dog Mother** · 09-03-2009, 04:55 PM

I haven't been on much due to computer problems both at home and work so I just saw this. I have to say it looks worse now than when you first found it. When Jasmine was born and I was in Texas with her and Christy, we found a puncture wound on Dakota's side. We couldn't figure out what it had come from either. We took her to the vet and he said we needed to walk around the yard and look for something about that high. He thought it might have come from the fence. I thought he was crazy but we went home and sure enough there was a wire that was sticking out of the fence right at the heighth. The way she and the other dogs run I imagine she got pushed right into it. I hope Bon continues to heal and that ugly thing becomes a small scar all covered over by his hair.

**wolf_Q** · 09-04-2009, 04:21 PM

Poor Bon! I'm glad to hear he's doing okay though. I found a mystery puncture on Keva's leg once too, never knew what happened, it wasn't as bad as that one though.