Over the Counter Remedies?

First - improve the dog's diet. Dogs eating the garbage like Iams, Purina, Science Diet, Pedigree don't have good nutrition at all.

Try a food like Canidae, Wellness, Blue Buffalo, Flint River Ranch, Innova Evo, Natural Instinct Raw.

You need to address the underlying problem - not the sore, but the dog's overall health and immune system.

A garlic poultice is healing and encourages skin and coat repair. Apply for 20 min, twice daily. Don't allow the dog to lick it!

If the dog is still licking, get a cone-type emergency collar so the dog can't get at it.

Healin' Hollers brand Healing Salve is amazing! Try it!

I would recommend getting a E-collar for you dog if you have not already tried that. That would prevent the dog from licking and chewing. That, along with the antibiotics, would help alot.

As far as medications, you are already giving the best you can give. Dogs would typically lick ointments off, so you should not put anything like that on unless you find out first if it is toxic. But if he does lick it off, than there is not point in putting it on, which leads us back to an e-collar.

That are not any other medications you can give. Nothing would work better than antibiotics anyway.

Try the e-collar. you can get them from vets and petstores. Make sure it is long enough. It should go out beyond the dog's nose, and you will have to leave it on all the time until the wounds heals.

Well, I am going to say take him back to the vet... however once you do and you have the meds to put on it, I can help you with ideas on how to keep him from bothering it. I worked at a vets office for a while. When you put the meds on give the dog a treat so that he/she will be entertained and not lick the spot (a nice bone does well). If the dog has a sensitive stomach, then take him/her for a walk after applying so that the meds have a chance to set in and work. If you really want to keep him/her away from that spot go to a pet store and buy an e-collar (or elisibethan collar) it looks like a cone and is quite anoying to the dog, but will keep his little mouth away from the sore long enough for it to heal. With out seeing it, its hard to tell you what you can put on it, but if you can get the collar (and I assure you that after a few days he/she will get used to it, its just funny to look at and a bit anoying) you will need to keep the spot clean. If once you have the collar on it starts to look very infected make sure to take him to the vet, dogs can get gangreen like humans and may loose a leg. Good luck.

You can't get anymore refills because you need to have meds changed and try something else and the vet has to look at the leg to decide. There are many antibiotics and we don't always get the right one the first time around as your description would indicate. If you are unhappy with your vet please contact another and get a second opinion.

You might want to try an e-collar if she won't leave it alone. Sometimes they just get totally fixated on a spot. I've also put on shirts, so they could chew spots. Not sure if that's an option. My dog wears a child's size 6.

go back to the vet!!! it is not healing for a reason. you are not a doctor therefore why would you try to play doctor? just take him back in.

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