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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Have you tried the soft collars on
her? You can buy them at Petco (and other places, too, I’m sure)
and they work pretty well and are not as upsetting to the dog as the rigid
plastic “cone of shame.” Another thing we use on the animals
(and us, too) is CORONA OINTMENT, which is a lanolin-based antibiotic ointment
for horses, cattle, dogs, cats and other varmints including people. The
lanolin base makes this stuff so incredibly sticky that even cows can not lick
it off with their big, rough tongues. When Holly the Dolly gave herself a
hot spot last year we went round and round with the various cones and I finally
gave up on them and just used the Corona Ointment a couple of times and it
healed up the hot spot. You can buy it at most local Feed Stores, Tractor
Supply, Dover Saddlery, also online at Amazon.com, Drs. Foster and Smith and
other places, just Google it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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dailydrool-bounces@dailydrool.org [mailto:dailydrool-bounces@dailydrool.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Lynn & Linda Ferrell<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 23, 2010 8:46
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> dailydrool@dailydrool.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Dailydrool] Need Help
and Advice</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Zoey and I are at the lake in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:place></st1:State>;
her daddy had to go back to work <br>
and will be back later. We are supposed to be having fun, but no so much so <br>
far. I took her to a very nice new vet today for a paw she has been <br>
relentlessly licking. The vet thinks she probably had a sting or bite <br>
between her toes and that has escalated with licking nonstop to a
downward <br>
spiral of infection and inflammation. She is reluctant to put her on <br>
prednisone because of her chronic pancreatitis, so we have topical steroid <br>
spray and antibiotics. I am supposed to put a sock on her foot. A friend <br>
helped me put it on this morning, though we had to use a muzzle and there <br>
was lots of very vocal acting out and thrashing. She got the sock off this <br>
afternoon and immediately licked her foot. I rolled up two hand towels and <br>
pinned them around her neck but her front foot is too accessible and the <br>
towels have little effect except I can grab hold of them and get her to stop <br>
licking. She does not mind them, though. Interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>She bolts if she sees the muzzle and I cannot restrain her and get it
on by myself. I was trying <br>
to avoid an e-collar, because I know the noise from running into things will <br>
upset her big time, but I am at the end of my rope. Is the e-collar the only <br>
alternative? I am supposed to spray her foot twice a day, so the sock must <br>
be reapplied again and again and the resistance just ramps up. If I go
back <br>
to the vet and get her the e-collar, can I just leave it on? How will she <br>
eat or drink? Is it safe to leave her alone wearing one of those? I need
to <br>
leave sometimes and it is too hot to take her along to run errands. She
is <br>
11 years old and mostly sweet, but messing with her feet is always marginal <br>
and now it has her steamed big time. She has had a very stressful summer <br>
with more thunder than the last ten years combined. She can't take valium <br>
because of her liver enzymes and the herbal remedies are limited in effect. <br>
We could use any suggestions from your experience. Droolers are the best!!<br>
Linda and Zoey</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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