I want to say Jess has a boil between her toes.

It doesn't look like a boil yet, more a blood blister on its way to being a boil.
It was quite large 2 days ago & obviously annoying her, so I drained it, it was blood but with a hint of infection. It reduced by 2/3 by the next morn but I am concerned it is not totally clear yet. I feel it will blow up again in a few days, building pressure again on her skin.

If it does we will be off to the vet but I really don't want to as she is 12yrs soon & hates strange people doing "things" to her. She "snarles" now if she is unsure or you hurt her & you're not me. (Me, she just head hugs when she wants me to stop "doing" something.) But she is not as pleasant now as when she was young.

Its much calmer for her if I do it.

I'll be watching her. Any ideas or boil remedies would be great.

Paw paw is what I use to draw most anything out as it will even draw out splinters in a day, but I can't bandage her toes.  She will just chew & lick everything off.

Make a poltice if you can?

Yeah. You just reminded me, My Oma (german grandmother) used to use a bread & milk poultice on us as kids & it worked beautifully.

Cheers for reminding me of that.

Hayley, it worked! I did bread, milk & garlic. It is nearly gone. Thank you so much for reminding me of old, tried & true remedies.

Some of the old remedies really do work!

I've only just seen this, sorry Tracy. I'm glad to hear that Hayley's poultice worked.

I wish I'd known this when I had my first Dobie (and I know that Jess is half Dobie). Zeta got 2 what were called inter-digital cysts, and my then vet persuaded me that they should be removed.

When my second Dobie got the same thing I had learned a bit more about inter-digital cysts and left it alone, and in a couple of weeks or so (maybe months I can't remember now) it had disappeared.

Or maybe it's not the same thing at all with Jess and it is (was) a local infection.

I dont think it was a cyst jess had. This was soft, blood filled. Just as a blood blister you or I would get but it was bigger than a pea. But the blood colour was tainted white/creamish ever so slightly. That made me think it was a boil brewing.

Now, it's healing beautifully.

Dobes are known for getting lumps & bumps everywhere at any age. But, some vets (like our Drs) like to cut too quickly in my opinion.
As Jess is 12 in 2mths, I elect to try anything non invasive first on the proviso that it can do no harm.

Glad she's better.