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Cut Paw Anonymous
2-3 days ago, my dog stepped on a piece of glass, not huge, but it cut the black part of his paw. It didn't bleed for more then 10 minutes, so everyone around says not to worry about it. But now, it looks a little wider, and he's still limping around. Should I take him to the vet?
>> Anonymous
depending where on the paw, it may never properly heal without a stitch. You also don't want it getting infected while it's healing, so a possible course of antibiotics might be needed too. I would call the vet and at least have it checked out, even if you just get sent home with some pain meds <3
>> Anonymous
When you look at the paw, kinda where the palm of a human hand would be, on the biggest black part.

I'm gonna call the vet when I get home tonight. I just don't want anything to happen D:
>> Anonymous
You could easily dress it yourself, and it would probably heal fine, just use a non adhesive dressing, a layer of gauze bandage, then one of those self adhesive rubberised crepe ones as an outer, that's exactly how a vet would do it. Just make sure it's not too tight.