Jackson was running and swimming ALL day Saturday, and doing lots of running around the pool (cement) and he ended up somehow breaking one of his front nails past the quick.
We've never had it happen before - I had noticed him kind of licking his paw while I was in the pool, but thought maybe he just had something stuck in there. Then I got out and saw him still doing it. Then I saw a trail of blood behind him walking and was like WTF?!
So I went and grabbed him and blood was just pouring all over the place, lol. my shirt looked like I had just murdered somebody. When I realized it was his itty bitty nail. Who knew a nail could bleed so much?
Anyways we had nothing to put on it (no corn starch, which I read you're supposed to use, and no flour) and no quick-stop. So I kinda just wrapped it in a towel and my dad went out to the store to pick up some stuff, but it stopped bleeding on it's own.
I think maybe he had sort of a hang nail and was chewing on it and ripped it off, which is what caused it to start bleeding.
It's now Monday morning, and he's still occasionally licking it... is that normal? I don't think it's terribly bothering him, but it is a little bit.
Also, oh how I LOVE the pool - this dog is exhausted. Thursday, Friday, Saturday were spent outside almost all day and swimming a LOT. I swear he's still tired from it. He was so lazy all day yesterday.
We've never had it happen before - I had noticed him kind of licking his paw while I was in the pool, but thought maybe he just had something stuck in there. Then I got out and saw him still doing it. Then I saw a trail of blood behind him walking and was like WTF?!
So I went and grabbed him and blood was just pouring all over the place, lol. my shirt looked like I had just murdered somebody. When I realized it was his itty bitty nail. Who knew a nail could bleed so much?
Anyways we had nothing to put on it (no corn starch, which I read you're supposed to use, and no flour) and no quick-stop. So I kinda just wrapped it in a towel and my dad went out to the store to pick up some stuff, but it stopped bleeding on it's own.
I think maybe he had sort of a hang nail and was chewing on it and ripped it off, which is what caused it to start bleeding.
It's now Monday morning, and he's still occasionally licking it... is that normal? I don't think it's terribly bothering him, but it is a little bit.
Also, oh how I LOVE the pool - this dog is exhausted. Thursday, Friday, Saturday were spent outside almost all day and swimming a LOT. I swear he's still tired from it. He was so lazy all day yesterday.