[Help] Vets are telling me "there is nothing more we can do" to prevent my dog from constantly scratching open his woundDog Talks

I posted a while ago about a wound my dog got. The vet couldn't find a cause and were basically no help at all. They gave us some medicine and steroid powder to clean it with. A cone won't help, we can't cover it or else it gets disgusting, and the medicine they've given us isn't helping either. He scratches the healthy scab off every single night in his crate. We've tried only covering it at night, but that caused the same gross discharge and the vet told us not to cover it at all. I considered dog boots, but he would just chew them off at night. We were considering getting him the boots and having him wear a muzzle at night, as uncomfortable as it may sound. I called and asked what we should do and they pretty much just said "don't let him do that". I'm frustrated and angry that they couldn't offer us any kind of additional help. Surely there's something we can do??? Last night we came home and he scratched it to the point where he had blood leaking down his shoulder and his bed and blanket were spotted with blood. We have wonder powder but I'm hesitant to use that because it literally says "may cause cancer" on the side of the bottle. We have hot spot spray but from what I understand you're not supposed to use that either. Please, we are desperate to help him.

Submitted November 13, 2020 at 08:53AM by kojoteteeth https://ift.tt/2Unuajh