You also want to be checking for any swelling above or below where the bandage is. In a lot of cases on feet, the foot will be included, or the leg, the foot will be included in the bandage. So you are mainly looking for swelling above where the bandage is. The other important thing is that that bandage needs to stay dry. So when you take your dog out, you would put a waterproof cover over. If that waterproof cover is a plastic bag, you don’t want to be leaving that plastic on for very long because plastic isn’t breathable. So the bandage could become quite sweaty and wet underneath there. So just take it off when you come back from your walk, check the bandage again. You wanna be checking that that bandage is dry. If you have been out and it’s been wet, this potentially could still get wet through that bag. If it is wet at all, phone your vet, let them know. If you can’t get into the vet’s immediately they might, depending on what it sounds like, how wet it is, they might suggest that you take that bandage off because you do not want loads of moisture getting into the wounds that that bandage is covering.
The other thing to look out for is any smell around the bandage. So if there’s anything abnormal, any smell that you don’t like about that bandage, again, phone your vet or take them to the vet’s and they can check it. It may be that there is an infection that’s starting in there and that’s what you can smell, so it’s really important to get on top of that before the infection takes hold and potentially the wound would break down and you’re back where you started. So, bandage aftercare, any worries about what that bandage looks like, smells like, feels like for your dog, if he’s showing any sort of pain with that bandage on, phone your vet, let them know and they can give you some advice.