I cannot help much but share your concern. Was the pup on oral antibiotics? Any kind of topical medication? Do you trust this vet? (I googled and found that cabbage leaves can be helpful for mastitis, a breast problem.) Would you be able to keep a cabbage leaf on his injury? Maybe the tech picked off the scabbing and cleaned the wound because infection continued inside. I generally like home remedies and think many can be effective, but the injury has been going on probably a couple weeks now for you, and I'm sure you would be happy to see more healing than you have.

I don't know the vet as we had to bring her into an after hours care unit. The wound looks clean - there were no signs of infection before or now. Sorry, I shouldn't have said antibiotic when I meant antibacterial for the cabbage. Yeah, I have heard of the cabbage thing when women are weaning off breastfeeding but that's it.
I wanted to put some coconut oil on it as that has antibacterial properties as well. Yep, guess we will be taking it easy for another two weeks. Thanks. I think I am more wound up over the fact as I expected to see a much cleaner site when the stitches were removed.

Well, sure, seems like she should be healed up by now. Cannot even imagine keeping a cabbage leaf attached to a dog's leg. Leaves are "bumpy" and would not touch the skin evenly. Maybe they wilt a bit with the body heat and then adhere better to the skin.

Sorry I'm not really helpful. Good luck.

There are some researched medicinal effects to the digestive tract induced by some compounds found it cabbage, but it depends on enzymes produced by the pancreas. I've also heard of it being used for mastitis, but with instructions to keep the poultice away from the nipple area, iow not in contact with the fissures. I cannot vouch for it or condemn such advice, but it smacks of alternative medicine to me, and suspect my vet would have put in a drain and secured it with an external stitch or two. Was it the tech or assistant who recommended this or the vet him/herself? Did an actual vet even see it when the stitches were removed? Oftentimes, and actually routinely, that job is just done by a nurse or a tech, on a return visit and they're supposed to INFORM the vet or physician if there are any problems with it. I'd call the office and ask to speak to the vet and see if indeed they consider this proper protocol, and it wasn't just something the tech 'prescribed'. Your pet might need to be actually seen or on oral rx.