Who or what ?

[bowji john]

Our lad went out for a wee at 0400

He came back with a wound

Vet of course has revealed extent of injury

He is an old boy

No longer a chaser - he can barely climb onto his settee

Barbed wire?

Badger?

Other dog?

Boar?

Something else sharp on the farm

 

[finnbear270]

Any cctv cams about?

 

[bowji john]

No

Very rural Cornwall so electricity hasn’t arrived yet

 

[finnbear270]

Was it a silent event, or any commotion?

 

[FISH BOY]

Blimey - poor thing.

Best guess would be trying to get under a barbed wire fence.

 

[bowji john]

Silent

Our other dog who is a ferociously territorial chap didn’t bat an eyelid

 

[finnbear270]

Maybe have a check round for any discarded metal? I had stitches tween thumb & hand from a coke can someone had bent back and forwards till it broke open.

 

[Buchan]

Either rolled on something sharp or tried to go under or through a gap, small eg nail and old skin. Nice job, should be OK

 

[Donkey Basher]

Poor old fella!

Looks very much like he’s tried to push through somewhere that has a sharp piece of metal or glass that’s sliced him open.

My old dog is a creature of habit & always goes to the same place for a pee, might be worth looking to see where he goes.

 

[SikaSeeker]

I’d say fence or the likes.

 

[Rhodesianjess]

I'd say something sharp John, animals bite leaves puncture and crush bruise/swelling. Claws tend to cut so far then ruck the skin up, same for pig slashes. Something really sharp,glass or flint.
Either way, hope the old fella makes full and speedy recovery.
Shalah gashley amododa.

 

[bowji john]

The correct muti and some love will sort him out

I agree about bite and claw marks

They are not there

 

[User00056]

Poor old lad. Certainly looks as though he's caught himself going under something sharp. Lot of exudate from the drain, too. I'm guessing the vet has given him antibiotics as well as a painkiller?

 

[bowji john]

Yes both

Heavily disguised in tins of pilchards which he loves and the taste is too good to worry about what is hidden within

 

[User00056]

Yes both

Heavily disguised in tins of pilchards which he loves and the taste is too good to worry about what is hidden within

Finger's crossed for a swift recovery then. He must've been on a mission to do that to himself.

 

[HonestJohn]

Looks like whatever did it started from the bottom and had two sharp points running in parallel, but only 1 caught on. What is the spacing 1.5” or so?

 

[VSS]

Had a brief tussle with a muntjac buck, perhaps?
Seen them cause some horrific wounds to dogs, looking very like that.

 

[bowji john]

About an inch I think

He is lying on that side at the moment so can’t look at it just now

 

[Swedish]

Could he have got underneath a vehicle/trailer/machinery?

 

[bowji john]

That is possible

However the old chap hardly moves from the garden

But something was different that morning

Perhaps he did try chasing something