I'm not sure where else to go at this point. We have a little black cooker spaniel, what started as what we were told was a behavioural condition has now turned in to a major issue spanning 2 years and has continued to be at the point of it being a major health concern.
Case history:
Started off on rear left paw. Excessive kicking to the point of leaving open sores. Then exacerbated by getting constant licking. Vet visit, anti biotics, bandage, fine.. same thing reoccurs. 10 times worse. And now includes the rear right paw, his shin and wrist equivalents on his front paw. Vet visit, antibiotics, as they got severely infected and anti inflammatories For severe swelling.
At this point the dog left the rear left foot alone, the pads have all healed and regrown in to 2 pads instead of 5. His focus then shifted on to the other leg But much worse. Larger wounds lots of blood loss, and the dog collapsing. More vet visits antibiotics cleaning, bandages, even photographs for a behavioral case study. (Then told another cockerspaniel of the same age is also showing the same behaviour)
Was advised on all the things I could do to clean and manage the wound which was at this point a gaping hole. The dog had no pads left. Continued to help him. Walks became more limited as this made it all worse. The foot showed signs of healing. I could see some pads reforming.
Now: out of the blue the dog went full hog, back to basically devouring his foot. He now has no pads left. You can see sinew, I've been cleaning out all the infection. this morning, the bandage I had on was as I eXpected, torn to shreds on his bed, blood again pouring from the wound. Managed to clean it out again, stop the bleeding re bandage with anti bacterial powder and a manuka honey covering. It's now wrapped with a plastic bag over the bandage to keep it dry when he goes out to do his business.
It's now at a point were we're financially exhausted and can not afford another vet visit. I have tried every chew deterrent available in pet shops to stop him from licking, that doesn't work, I think he might like the taste Grrrr.
Sorry for the war and peace up there. Any advice or suggestions at this point woukd be most welcome. It's now got to the point where we feel we might have to consider letting him go. The dog will be 3 this year.
Case history:
Started off on rear left paw. Excessive kicking to the point of leaving open sores. Then exacerbated by getting constant licking. Vet visit, anti biotics, bandage, fine.. same thing reoccurs. 10 times worse. And now includes the rear right paw, his shin and wrist equivalents on his front paw. Vet visit, antibiotics, as they got severely infected and anti inflammatories For severe swelling.
At this point the dog left the rear left foot alone, the pads have all healed and regrown in to 2 pads instead of 5. His focus then shifted on to the other leg But much worse. Larger wounds lots of blood loss, and the dog collapsing. More vet visits antibiotics cleaning, bandages, even photographs for a behavioral case study. (Then told another cockerspaniel of the same age is also showing the same behaviour)
Was advised on all the things I could do to clean and manage the wound which was at this point a gaping hole. The dog had no pads left. Continued to help him. Walks became more limited as this made it all worse. The foot showed signs of healing. I could see some pads reforming.
Now: out of the blue the dog went full hog, back to basically devouring his foot. He now has no pads left. You can see sinew, I've been cleaning out all the infection. this morning, the bandage I had on was as I eXpected, torn to shreds on his bed, blood again pouring from the wound. Managed to clean it out again, stop the bleeding re bandage with anti bacterial powder and a manuka honey covering. It's now wrapped with a plastic bag over the bandage to keep it dry when he goes out to do his business.
It's now at a point were we're financially exhausted and can not afford another vet visit. I have tried every chew deterrent available in pet shops to stop him from licking, that doesn't work, I think he might like the taste Grrrr.
Sorry for the war and peace up there. Any advice or suggestions at this point woukd be most welcome. It's now got to the point where we feel we might have to consider letting him go. The dog will be 3 this year.