Short of gaffer taping the dog's gob.....

frankie55

A dog I used to have many years ago often got grass seed in his paw and had quite a few ops. We ended up bandaging all four paws, using socks and gaffer tape at the top to hold it on, as well as a buster collar. We got through all our odd socks as well as friends and families, sometimes Ollie had four socks on each paw lol! gave him a 1 in 4 chance of getting the poorly paw. I've used the comfey collars recently and they are a lot more comfortable than the buster ones and no injuries from bumping into things, I got mine at VetUK various sizes and around £7-8. Good luck and I hope your doggy gets well soon.

Taniab_2

With our cat when it had it's tail amputated we put a small pop bottle over the wound and taped it to his fur. Maybe you could use a coke bottle although it would impeed the dog walking.

Good luck

callywally

You could try a sock on the foot and spray the sock in bitter apple spray which you can buy from the pet shop dont spray on to sore skin tho, otherwise, a buster collar but shouldnt really leave the dog alone while wearing it in case it panics.
have you thought about a dog sitter for the day?
Will she eat stuffed bones kongs etc to distract her from licking at her self. If you buy the hollow bones from a pet shop you can stuff them with tinned meat and freeze them so it takes a long time to chew, buster cubes can have treats in so will also distract her from licking herself. Only works if shes a foodie type dog tho.

UKTigerlily

Muzzles do help but can't be used when the Dog is unattended, also tho you can buy them for EBT's I dunno where from, they can also be removed by the Dog!

elsien

Thanks all for your suggestions- she's still in one piece (just about) and is now thoroughly bandaged with the buster on standby - luckily I've now got the next 2 days off so I can stay with her after which mum can take over ( dog sitters are out due to her antisocial tendencies). The bandage is driving her nuts, but as she was stupid enough to try to ignore the pain of a raw foot to try to dig a hole while on the way to the vet I have no sympathy at all. The vet says bull terriers are brave - me, I tend towards the "where there's no sense" theory.
She is also now answering to "leave it alone" as her new name.

The kong is a good idea - wish I'd thought of that myself as I have a housefull of the things.
UKTigerlily-you're right, the muzzle can be off in less than a minute if you really put the effort in!

UKTigerlily

lol my bull terrier (Staff flavour) will stick her nose to the ground, slot her claws in the gaps in the muzzle & pull it forwards while yanking her head back!