Foxtail wound or something else?

Hi, I wwas walking around my house when I saw a spot of blood on my floor. At first, I thought maybe my dogs got into a fight or something while I was away. I found the source of the bleeding on the right hip area of my older dog. I know we have foxtails in our backyard (we just moved in and im still trying to find a way to get rid of them) and try to check my dogs fur frequently. I cut the hair around the wound and cleaned it with a clean wash cloth and warm water. Can this be treated at home? My dog doesn't seem to be bothered much when I touch it. Any guidance would be helpful! Thank you!!

Hello - I'm afraid that we would not reccommend getting this treated at home.  If, for example, it is a bite wound, there will potentially be infection festering in there and skin / tissue getting ready to slough and turn nexrotic.   Leaving it in the hope that it is a foxtail, looks to be a huge risk.

Hello - let me come back to this question.   There are a number of things that could have caused this wound, but many of them need treatment.  Bites, for example, often inject severe infection deep into the tissues. Crushing of tissues (common with dog-bites) may lead to large amounts of cell death; where flies are involved, flystrike might be a risk.  Some apparent wounds occur secondary to cancer.  Your vet may not be able to solve the question of what caused this one, immediately, but they will be able to look at it in context, assess the depth, any possibility for infection / foreign bodies / cell death / parasites and so on, and thereby help to manage the wound as safely as possible.  I would expect the wound to be painful and would suggest that it is triaged as a priority.

Chlorhexidine: A common skin disinfectant that kills bacteria and yeast. Use a 2% or 4% solution (lower concentration is safer).