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froggy7 · Oct 28, 2007, 05:43 PM

My poor Trink got bit at the dog park this morning (and do NOT get me started on people who bring a foster Great Dane to a dog park without knowing how it's going to interact with other dogs!). It doesn't look that bad... one puncture up on top of her shoulder (where the little bumps are) and one puncture further down on the fleshy part of the shoulder. I've washed the wounds out, treated them with neosporin, and let her take it easy for the day. She's doing full weight-bearing on the leg, eating, drinking, and eliminating like normal. Is this something I can just keep an eye on, and take to the vet if things seem to be getting worse? Or am I better off going to the vet now just for the extra reassurance?

And should I do anything different when we go to the park next week (besides checking to see if the Dane is there before going in, obviously)? Or just treat it like a normal trip? She likes to go to the park, and I don't want her getting some sort of phobia about it.

(Apparently the Dane had been kept as a brood at a puppy mill, and is very aggressive to other female dogs, but not males. Which the foster parent knew, since they have a female greyhound that has a rather testy temper herself, which the Dane had attacked.)

labman · Oct 28, 2007, 06:18 PM

Sounds like as good as anything. Too bad there isn't any treatment for stupidity.

Edit, One treatment for stupidity would be to point out the problem to the operator of the park. I hope you already did.

bushg · Oct 29, 2007, 05:37 AM

It would be nice if you could get in touch with the foster group, that they are fostering the Dane for. Maybe they would think twice about letting these people foster their dogs.

RubyPitbull · Oct 29, 2007, 05:58 AM

Froggy, the same thing happened to a relative's older pitbull mix that was visiting me. He was attacked while we were walking by another dog that wasn't on a leash, and there were puncture wounds. I took him to my vet to make sure I had done everything right to keep the wounds from getting infected. The vet told us to not bandage the wounds, gave him a shot of antibiotics, and gave us medication for 10 days. The wounds were deep enough to cause me concern (one tooth punctured his muzzle straight through). So, you might just want to call your vet and let him/her look at the bite marks. Just cleaning it out doesn't always keep an infection from setting in. Better to play it safe.