Hey friends, it has been a while... I looked upon the pages before posting to see if anyone else brought up a similar topic but I didn't find anything.

I took my boy hiking yesterday and our hike wound up being much longer than anticipated. So long in fact that the last little stretch of it was mostly spent carrying him back to the car. Niko is a front leg amputee, and it was his remaining front leg that was bothering. Well, I thought it was his leg. It turned out to be his paw pad, the large part. Half of it has a layer ripped clean off. No bleeding, nothing, just worn dopywn. 

Obviously my dog is unhappy. He kept licking it so I had no choice but to cover it and use athletic tape with some stickiness worn off to keep it from sliding off. He will hardly walk and he's so unhappy.

Any tips on how to get this to heal and make him comfortable as fast as possible? I imagine I will have to uncover it at a point to let it dry, in which case I'll have to get him some kind of collar or cone. 

Anyone else deal with anything similar? 

Any help is appreciated, thank you!! 🙂