Hi,
I'm the one with the open lip, not the puppy - this is also in the wrong section; sorry!
Bella (completely accidentally, she's not a vicious puppy), tore my lip open with her claws this morning. She was at the vet's about a week ago and we have them clip their claws since I'm too chicken to do it. I could have them filed too but I didn't think it necessary.
Well, I'll get them filed as well from now on, but in any case, I picked Bella up from her playpen this morning and she freaked out like she always does (so cute), started licking my cheek (she knows the mouth is a no no). Well, she reached up to pat my chin and accidentally ripped my lip open. There's now a large bump there, and I'm wondering if I should call my 'people doctor' for some antibiotics or if I can just put a little neosporin on it throughout the day until it heals or...?
This hasn't happened before so I'm just wondering who has ideas to help heal it and if I should be on antibiotics?
Once again, she didn't mean to, it wasn't on purpose. I only let her lick my cheeks in the morning because she's super excited to see her person when she wakes up. Most of you have owned a small puppy; they aren't violent creatures. Her paws wiggle around all over the place when she's excited like that. I feel VERY BAD for her!! I said omg ouch when she did it and you could just see the look on her face. She knew she hurt her person and she felt so bad.
I did get the bleeding stopped very quickly, and washed it with hot soap and water (ouch). I then rinsed with Listerine and already put a dab of Neosporin on it.