"emergency" dog question

[RobertN]

Amazing how a head doused in blood can get you all worked up!

People, dogs, etc, the head is pretty vascular. A small wound can look pretty bad. That's why it is always important to give the patient a good looking over; you may look at all the blood on the ear, nose etc, and miss a much more significant injury somewhere else.

 

[bmac]

They are known as Elizabethan collars. They usually use them when the dog is going to try to scratch the damaged area. Not all dogs will tolerate them and they can also do damage trying to get them off. Most head wounds will bleed a lot and once cleaned, they will be less traumatic than they first appear. Just make sure that she doesn't miss the appointment to remove the sutures. I once had to remove sutures that were in a dogs ear for more than 4 months. It was a very difficult job once the skin grew around them.
Dusty

This reminds me of a story. Back in the mid-80's, I was in graduate school in Indiana. My 90 lb bulldog had to have eyelid surgery. Now, to get one of those cones that was big enough to go around his thick neck (this was an English bulldog), the rim of the cone barely cleared the ground. Everytime Otis would try to sniff the ground, the cone would scoop up a shovelful of snow. You could almost see the embarrassment in his eyes when other dogs would see him in his cone half filled with snow. We laughed alot.