[Squishy]

Yesterday I clipped my dog's nails at noon and accidentally clipped one too short and he started bleeding. He bled quite a bit. Called the vet and they suggested flour and a kennel to keep him from moving around until it healed up. I ended up putting gauze on it and taping that in place then putting a boot on that foot. Kenneled him and it stopped bleeding eventually.

Took the boot off when I got home from work and he did not bleed at all last night. This morning, we skipped out walk and I just took him out in the yard to do his business. When he came back in, it started bleeding profusely again.

Last night I bought some of that blood clotting powder, so I put that on and wrapped it up again. I sure hope this works!!

Do you think I should leave the boot on for a couple days or something?

Thanks!!
-Mike-

 

[FailedSlacker]

Depends on the dog. I once accidentally cut Tesla's nail half off*. I put on the blood clotting powder (no boots or wrapping) and a lot of pressure for the first five minutes** and didn't take her on any long walks for the next day or so and it didn't bleed again.

* She jerk-kicked her paw at exactly the wrong moment. To counter this, I've been holding her paw as close to her body as it goes so she can't jerk it anymore.

** after I caught her. She ran all over the house first. My house looked like it was a set for a giallo movie.

 

[bigpawsup]

I know with my big dogs, it does have a tendency to break back open so I wrap or boot them for a few days. When I had my terrier, quick stop was enough.

I went to using a dremel about 3 years ago and have not looked back.

 

[pawzaddict]

I wonder if wrapping it then taking the bandage off is also taking off the protective powder.

 

[minniepin]

I think it just depends.Minnie jerked once and it started bleeding non stop!I finally stopped it and it randomly started bleeding at 9:00 that night.I held flour on it literally all night.It has happened a few other times and stopped bleeding almost immediately.

 

[ZoesMom]

You really need to pack the quick-stop into the nail. I do this by putting the powder into the cap of the bottle and then I press the nail into the powder, I do this again and again. You really want to pack the powder up into the nail. That is the best way to keep the nail from re-opening. I use quite a bit of pressure and hold it with my finger for a minute.

 

[Squishy]

Hello all!
The quick clot worked well. After I got it to stop, I put some in a paper towel and taped it onto his paw, then put his boot back on so there would be some there if anything opened up again.

After work, I cleaned it with a good disinfectant and put some super glue on the nail as a protective coat. (A groomer told me that this is what they do.)

No problems since!
-Mike-