From: lybbe1631NOT@gmail.com   
      
   On 10 Sep 2005 11:53:17 -0700, dncmullin@yahoo.com wrote:   
      
   Did the vet check thoroughly to make sure there isn't a splinter or   
   thorn embedded in the foot? My lab had a similar experience last year   
   and turned out to be a small sliver in the fleshy growth. Once that   
   was removed he healed up good as new.   
      
   Lybbe   
      
   >Greetings all!   
   >   
   >My 15.5 year old aussie shepherd injured a toe on a hind leg somehow.   
   >It didn't seem to hurt her much (if at all) but she was licking at the   
   >injured toenail and causing a raw area there which would bleed a bit.   
   >We took her to the vet (actually she was due for a blood test) and the   
   >vet shaved around the toenail, put neosporin on the injury, said she   
   >might lose the toenail, and did not otherwise seem at all concerned.   
   >Eventually (after a few weeks of licking and bleeding) the toenail fell   
   >off.  This kind of thing happened to a previous dog of mine, and the   
   >new toenail in that previous case came in without any unusual   
   >complications, so ordinarily I wouldn't worry much about the current   
   >case.   
   >   
   >However, right below the new toenail that is growing in on my current   
   >dog, there is still a large-pea-sized bit of firm flesh (becomes raw   
   >and a little bleedy when she licks at it).  Is that bit of flesh   
   >suppose to recede, or harden over and become part of the nail, or what?   
   > It almost looks like somehow this fleshy bit was intended to be the   
   >stump of a new toenail, but then the new toenail actually decided to   
   >grow out above this stump.  I can't imagine that this is what is really   
   >happening, but that is just my lame attempt to describe the appearance   
   >of the fleshy bit.   
   >   
   >I'd very much appreciate any advice on what to expect with the upcoming   
   >healing process (partic. re. that bit of flesh under the nail).  All I   
   >do now is keep it clean and put a topical antibiotic on it once a day.   
   >   
   >Thanks,   
   >   
   >Chuck   
      
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