Stitching Your Dog's Cut: Tips for Using Anesthetic Safely

😬 I just hope it gets cleaned up really good before you stitch it.😬 Hate for you to end up renaming your dog, "Tri-pod."

For dogs and cats I’d recommend glue. Generally regular superglue will work. It works better to apply on animals instead of stitches. They’re less likely to worry the wound as well and it requires no additional skin punctures. On top of that it is quick. After cleaning and sterilizing the wound put on gloves and shave back the hair near the wound. Apply glue on the surface of the skin on each side of the cut but not in it. Push and hold to two pieces of skin together so the wound edges fold down toward the open wound. Bandage to cover. Check and reapply as necessary every 24 hours.

I took her to the vet this time.

Some dogs are tougher than others and just take the stitching with no issue. If you have access to staples it’s a good option for a small cut as such. It’s quick and almost painless. Another option is to leave it be. That cut is in a good spot for regular licking which will keep it clean and disinfected. It’ll heal up in no time without treatment.

@Shorty thanks for the advice. I'm new to this dog stuff. I dropped her off at the vet and then remembered that I bought a skin stapler and had it in my emergency kit.

I feel bad for the puppy

@KlaireBear she will be perfectly fine. It happened yesterday and didn't even notice til this morning when my other dog was licking her leg. It didn't bother her one bit. She's a tough little girl

All stitched up at the vet . Now cone of shame for a bit and some antibiotics. The price tag was a little ridiculous though.

@Brandon any time my friend! Hope she heals up and is back to hunting for you real soon.

It depends on the dogs pain tolerance, if it were my gyp I would clean it and use the staple gun.

I’m old school. Betadine to clean it then if you want a little glue. A shot of penicillin for 2 or 3 days, it should be available at any feed store. And the dog would be fine. Just my tip for next time. Vets can be too expensive

@Garrett probably could help out with this one.

First and foremost , if you are concerned then take to your local veterinarian. That wound will be and in and out deal and shouldn’t cost you more than $100. There is nothing topical that can be given to numb the area that works. The solution to pollution is dilution…… lavage,lavage, lavage, with copious amount of saline. Diluting betadine solution in water to a sweet tea color makes a great wound flush. T

The wound should be clipped and cleaned and all hair should be absent several centimeters from wound circumferentially. Ideal to do this prior to flushing the wound. There is not way to assess a wound from a picture , therefore my recommendation would be take it to your veterinarian for a quick little outpatient procedure. Any additional questions you can direct message me.

@Garrett thank-you for the advice. She is perfectly healed now and I did go to the vet. In the future I won't, it was $ 710 for clean up and 4 stitches. It's only money I guess

@Brandon where at in Wisconsin are you located ? Was that your regular veterinarian?

Madison wi area. My regular vet doesn't do any "emergency" appointments. None in the area seem to as we have 3 emergency vets in madison. All have crazy similar prices

@Garrett maybe you need to be practicing in Wisconsin 😂

@Brad they couldn’t beat me out of these mountains with a shitty mop ! 🤘🇺🇸🐶🐻🦌🦃⛰️

@Garrett 😂

Honestly you’re probably better off to leave that one open

If it is really deep a trip to the vet is best

If it’s anything older than a few hours, I’d take her into the vets, I have a stapler that I use for the majority of my skin tears but like I say you have to be quick or you’re just stitching in bacteria and infection

I keep a stapler and sterile saline in my backpack

Super glue or staples personally. Much simpler and faster

@Isaac looks like a flesh wound I believe I’d just leave that open give it a few days off.

@Danny penicillin is only gonna be available until I believe June, the feds are stopping the sale through farm stores

@Brandon holy moley 😳 you got shafted !! Unless you went after hours, in which case those emerg vet are criminals! That is highway robbery and quite disgusting, find another vet

@Travis that's what I had seen after I has commented that it wasn't too deep

@Paul Did not know that. More 🐴 💩 from the government

I use staples. 35 staples a gun and puller on Amazon for about $5 as long as it's not in the muscle. A shot of vodka, a benadryl and a shot of pennisulin. a quarter inch drain tube about 2" long at the bottom has done many of my coonhounds. Stitching and they try to bite me almost every time.

This wound looks like its been open for awhile. If it’s been open for more than twelve hours, you should leave it open. Shave the hair back, then keep antibiotic ointment on it.

No clue just hope it works out well good dog