STICKY Question

newfie49 · 03-15-2010, 08:53 PM

Riley, my Newfoundland strained his shoulder a month ago, he is limping on it now. I have a chip that I want to stick to his skin at the shoulder but it will not stick. I shaved the area and cleaned it but his skin still feels oily, anyway I take this pain chip and put it on but it refuses to stick...so I try some sticky packing tape...same thing will not stick...
What can I use to get this chip to stick. They work wonders on me and I really want to try one on Riley.

Mikey · 03-15-2010, 08:57 PM

Honestly I have no idea what your talking about-are you putting a 'pain patch' meant for humans on your dog?

Mikey · 03-15-2010, 09:01 PM

Ok

1) You *CANNOT* use your pain medicaiton on your dog. It is toxic. Dogs do not take codein, tylenol or ibuprofen and those can KILL them. WHAT is this patch you are trying ot put on the dog?

2) If he's limping a MONTH after -he needs to see a vet. It's your legal and ethical duty to take him. If you have-I apologize but you didn't say that in your post. If you haven't you are legally responsible to do so and after a month-this isn't going away and your dog is likely very seriously injured.

I don't want to sound rude-not my intention-but I'm pretty worried about a dog who's been injured for a month and now is possibly being inadvertantly poisoned! Please update and clairify!!

**Criosphynx** · 03-15-2010, 09:04 PM

Iam sorry, I cannot understand the question. Can you rephrase it?

**fawkese1** · 03-15-2010, 09:07 PM

well... where did you get the chip and what is it, for starters? HUMAN PAIN KILLERS/MEDICATIONS CAN KILL YOUR DOG! even in seemingly small doses, my dog almost died after ingesting ibuprofen (accidentally) so i am very cautious of this... i would imagine that if a product like that were intended for animals it would have suggestions...

imo, you also want to be careful of giving pain killers to dogs for the simple fact that you sorta want them to feel a bit of pain so that they don't re-injure, depending (your vet should be willing to discuss this with you...

) you definitely don't want them to suffer in agony or anything, but you also don't want them to forget their injury... i think that many vets are good at helping you to gauge this....

newfie skin and fur is very oily, it helps them to dry off quickly and keep water from penetrating to their skin since they were bred to swim in such cold waters... i don't think any amount of sticky stuff would help you...if your vet approves of the medication in the pain patch thing, then you could try wrapping it in place with an ace bandage...

sorry to make assumptions, but like i said, a lot of human medicines aren't safe for dogs, so please make sure that you've checked with your vet before you self treat....i hope he feels better soon...and welcome to the forum

newfie49 · 03-15-2010, 10:56 PM

let me explain, this is is a transparent holographic chip, no drugs are involved, non-transdermal, it it used on both humans and animals, one is for pain relief, one for energy and one for sleep, I personally use them with excellent results and I know several who have had very good results when used on their pet. If I start naming the product, you all will accuse me of advertising but I can tell you this chip, NOT PATCH, works, I just want to find out how to keep it on Riley without it falling off. If you want to know what I am talking about feel free to email me, but I assure you there are no drugs involved, its similar to acupuncture only without the high cost or the needles, I love my dogs and want the best for them, yes Riley's been xrayed by my vet, and my vet also was impressed by the pain chip i showed him and after explaining as I have done here, he said it was worth a try, better than all the drugs the my vet proposed and the cost of them. I am convinced these chips will work, I have seen what they did to improve my life and I know they will help Riley.

**fawkese1** · 03-15-2010, 11:07 PM

ahhh, that makes a bit more sense, thanks for clarifying... hope you understand our concern

as i said before the only thing i could think to do is to wrap it in place with an ace bandage or something similar...

newfie49 · 03-15-2010, 11:16 PM

I thought about an ace bandage, a friend emailed me and said I should try a dab of aloe and put the chip on with the aloe and when it dries it should stick, so I will try that.

Mikey · 03-16-2010, 02:18 AM

THAT Makes more sense!! So your vet x-rayed and did he prescribe anything or give you a hint of what's wrong physically?

Have you tried vet wrap? You can buy it from your vet or in a pharmacy (though vets have the cool colors) it's non-sticky self adhesive-it's like a thick gauze that doesn't need tape.

newfie49 · 03-16-2010, 05:37 PM

just getting back......vet did an xray and found no damage other than a bad sprain, gave me some anti-inflamatory drugs but he's such a big guy he's constantly going.............