Dog in pain

[dplizzymom4]

Hello,
Can anyone advise me. My dog has a cut on her tail which I think she got from the groomer. I have taken her 3 times to the vet and nothing is really helping. I can't afford to take her agian. The 1st week the vet put a bandage on and a e collar and it seemed to heal. 2nd week the vet took the e-collar off and she was fine for a day and then attacked her tail agian and started bleeding. The vet put another ecollar on a bigger one so she can't get to it, said to give her benedraly every 8 hours and put cortizone on the wound and leave it open. Now I think it is infected because she is crying everytime she moves and sits on her tail. I feel so bad for her and I tried calling the vet but he is not there until tom morn. Does anyone know what to do? Help me please.
Debbie

[StaceyB]

A wound gets itchy as it heals so they tend to scratch or chew at it. I would wash it with an antibacterial soap, dry area, apply cortizone cream and wrap it with vet wrap. Put the e-collar back on so she can't get to it. It is in a friction area so it is very easy for the area to get dirty as well as being rubbed raw in some cases. The benedryl may help with the itching.

[justncase]

Try applying Vitamin E thickly to the cut on the tail and leaving the tail not wrapped. Vitamin E is very very healing and will relieve itching as well.