busted knot on dogs head

[TonyLee]

My little red bone gyp came up with a big knot right under her right ear about 3 weeks ago I treated it with pennicilin injected right in the knot and it went down for the most part then bout 4 or 5 days ago it came back up and went out this morning and it had busted open so a squeezed what I could out the washed it out with peroxide 4 or 5 times real good and give her a good dose of pennicilin and will keep doing for a couple days any other suggestions would be great cant really afford a vet really want to get her healed up so I can get her back in the game she is the only good dog I got now I have been running dogs for over 9 years and seen this before but not as big as this was the size of a baseball and not come up this fast.. as we all know being houndsmen we got to be vet, sometimes midwife nd even theoropist for some of them ol crazy hounds lol any advise would be great guys thanks

[Vance M.]

Wash then and drain the sore at least 3 times a day. You can buy some granulex which comes in a spray that you can get in most feed stores. After you clean it spray the granulex on it then let it drain off for a bit then hit it with some blu-kote. Do that every time you clean it. I have cured a lot of abscess like that. Also keep the dog off of the dirt until it is healed. If you stopped giving the dog penicillin after the first treatment then it is probably not doing anything for the dog now. A good antibiotic is Clavamox. It can be hard to get if you dont know someone that is or works for a vet.

She might have had a foxtail go down into her ear canal and now it is working its way out??, just a guess.

Good luck

[houndsnmules]

You can use Cephalexin also. 500 mg twice a day for 7-10 days (60-70 pound dog). It is easier to come buy then Clavamox. Look in most hound magazines.Using antibiotics for to short of a time is how resistant bacteria are created.

[TonyLee]

thanks for the advise guys I will see if I cant get ahold of some of the other anitibiotics and keep u guys posted