My dogs paw

[Trinity]

Last night, when I went to bed, my dog was fine. This morning i woke up and called her to go out and she was limping very badly. It took me a long time before she would even let me look at her paw, and her right paw is very swollen. We're gonna take her to the vet within the next few days. But, I was wondering if theres anything i can do for her until we get her to the vet to dull the pain.

[wolfgirl159357]

Well she might have sprained it, i find that baby asprin works on my dog, she has arthites in her back and has hurt her shoulder, chasing the cat >.< it helps ease the pain, just hide it in a peice of cheese but just one,

[ChocolateGal]

Wolfie may be right, but there is one other thing it might be.

My cat, a couple of years ago, was bitten on the paw by another feral cat. Because of the uncleanliness in it's mouth, it cause an infection in my little one's foot. However, after a few weeks, and some medication, he was fine.

Plenty of rest for your dog, I say, until he goes to the vet.

Hope this helps!
Choco

[wolfgirl159357]

[Ferox]

DONT give your dog an aspirin if you're going to the vet.

If you do, the vet can't give your dog any other, SAFER main medication to go home on without letting the aspirin clear out of your dog's system for at least 24 hours.

Human pain meds are not designed for animals and I cringe everytime someone brings in an animal that they gave aspirin (or god forbid, paracetamol) to, because I can't give them the safer pain killers. This is especially true for small dogs.

It sounds like an abscess (grass seeds are very common in dog feet, but it could be a bite), and dogs will limp badly if they've broken a toe. These are all fixable.

Get to the vet as soon as possible and use warm compresses in the mean time. If you insist on giving your dog aspirin, it had better be at least 20kg and you should RING your vet first to let them know you're going to do it.

[wolfgirl159357]

heh heh ya me no know that so basically ignore that,

[Vitani]

If at all possible (although if its really hurting her she wont be super active anyway) try to confine her to a single room, or just indoors if she lives outside...Something like a broken bone etc can be made worse with her walking on it.....A seed, thorn, or any other foreign body that may be in the paw pad will travel deeper and be harder to move, etc etc etc...

Pretty much until you can get to the vet...Try to keep her as calm and comfy as possible. Poor thing Keep us updated...Fingers crossed for a simple fix-up job

[SomebodyDude]

Well I guess you could always try ebson salts [I hope that is how you spell it >.<], they can sometimes help infections and pain and you can buy a bag at yor local walmart . You put a certain amount [says on bag, i belive] in a certain amount of water and then soak whatever is the problem in it...

[Fire Opal]