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[AHPP]

The philosophical dangers of cheapening the status of genius aside, I'm a genius. Sailor cut a pad, probably romping through the broken glass that is the style around here. Wanted to press the flappy bit of pad back to the paw so it can bond back to the gristle (weird stuff...) underneath. Stitches generally not advised and would have probably required knocking him out. Pressing it in with a tight bandage and a stiff block of wadding was working but the flap would pop back off when I went in to disinfect. Ended up borrowing technique from composite repair. Instead of fibreglass cloth, steristrips. Instead of resin, superglue. The first one I settled for a rather baggy one but the rest of them I got fairly good tension on and started knitting it all into place. I reckon I've bally done it. Should be robust and waterproof enough to inspect and spritz with disinfectant. Updates as they occur. 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 19 by AHPP

[Mick Dempsey]

Depends if he starts ‘worrying’ it.

Some dogs do, some don’t.

[topchippyles]

15 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Depends if he starts ‘worrying’ it.

Some dogs do, some don’t.

Hi mick 

[Mick Dempsey]

47 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Hi mick 

Er, hi Les, are you about to tell me that you’re watching me from the wardrobe in my bedroom or something?

[topchippyles]

2 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Er, hi Les, are you about to tell me that you’re watching me from the wardrobe in my bedroom or something?

Is that wishful thinking on your side there Mick. Done some oddball stuff in my time but ask away old timer 

[Silverhooker]

9 hours ago, AHPP said:

The philosophical dangers of cheapening the status of genius aside, I'm a genius. Sailor cut a pad, probably romping through the broken glass that is the style around here. Wanted to press the flappy bit of pad back to the paw so it can bond back to the gristle (weird stuff...) underneath. Stitches generally not advised and would have probably required knocking him out. Pressing it in with a tight bandage and a stiff block of wadding was working but the flap would pop back off when I went in to disinfect. Ended up borrowing technique from composite repair. Instead of fibreglass cloth, steristrips. Instead of resin, superglue. The first one I settled for a rather baggy one but the rest of them I got fairly good tension on and started knitting it all into place. I reckon I've bally done it. Should be robust and waterproof enough to inspect and spritz with disinfectant. Updates as they occur. 

 

 

 

 

Nice job

Hope it’s works

[AHPP]

3 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Depends if he starts ‘worrying’ it.

Some dogs do, some don’t.

 

He's been pretty good with it. Picked the bandage off the first night (pre-fix) but hasn't since. He alternatively tested the strenth of the fix when it was only an hour or two on by accelerating like a drag car at a cat when I let him out for a piss. Will see how it fared later this morning. 

[Doug Tait]

It's a fighty kind of a day! Someone definitely in a good mood.

 

 

 

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, AHPP said:

 

He's been pretty good with it. Picked the bandage off the first night (pre-fix) but hasn't since. He alternatively tested the strenth of the fix when it was only an hour or two on by accelerating like a drag car at a cat when I let him out for a piss. Will see how it fared later this morning. 

 

Rock solid. Bosh. 

[nepia]

Worrying of the dressing aside there's no reason that dressing shouldn't work.

 

A few years back I opened up my forearm with a hedgetrimmer.  Went to see the wife who happened to be on duty running her Health Centre at a large private school half a mile away:  'that needs stitches'.  'NO IT DOESN'T; STERISTRIP IT PLEASE'!  Two other nurses looked at it; 'that needs stitches'.  'Nope; please just strip and bandage it'.

11 steristrips and a bandage later and the result is a pathetic little scar that I show people and tell them the wound was soooo much bigger

 

Pooch should be fine I'd say.  Good work