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by hammie on April 25th, 2007

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My 3 year old male lab has a suddenly swollen foreleg. Yesterday the vet said it was arthritis and prescribed an oral steroid. Today the whole leg is swollen and now they say it is an infection. Can't find much info. Please help.

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  • by kelford10 on April 25th, 2007

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    We used to raise White Alsatians. Check your dog's leg to see if you can see the source of infection....raised sore, reddish in colour. If there is a spot that you can identify as the source, this is what we used to do. This will sound odd, but it always worked for us. Soak a slice of white bread in milk and then apply the sopping bread to the dog's leg at the source of infection....Wrap it in gauze and make sure the dog can't tear it off. This is called a bread and milk poultice. It will actually draw the infection out into the bread. Change the dressing every 2 hours. Also, get some atibiotics for puppy as well. Hope this helps.

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