I just do not know what to do! Sunday of last week, Bailey was trying to get into Guinness' crate to play with him. She caught her toe and tore the underside of the nail. You can see the pulpy part of the nail bulging out.
When we went to a scheduled vet appointment for something else and I showed the vet her toe. She said we should treat it conservatively by soaking it in Epsom salt water every night for 5 minutes to keep the infection out. Also, we have kept her away from the dog park all week, cause I am sure there are bunches of germs there.
She just banged it again and it started bleeding. She also did this Thursday night. My hubby was supposed to drop her off at the vet Friday morning, so they could look at it and evaluate her for pain meds. However, since she was acting normally and not limping, he decided not to.
I mean, when she banged it a little bit ago, it bled all over. I tried to mop up the blood from her foot and she went nuts. I settled for soaking her foot again in Epsom salt water.
The vet said something about "quicking" her nail. This is where they put the dog under and cut her toenail almost all the way down, so it can grow back normally.
I just don't know what to do. I think we are going to have to do the "quicking", because she won't let us doctor her foot normally and she keeps banging it on things, because she has a high pain tolerance.
I just wish this hadn't happened.
Anybody ever had this happen before?
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