I tried managing a not too bad dog bite at home with betadine scrub, copious irrigation, soaks, and antibiotic ointment. It worked poorly. Too deep, too contaminated...too stupid.

If cleaning the wound is difficult, the wound might be too deep to be helped by a dab of antibiotic ointment on the top. Time to abort the mission and head back to civilization. Puncture wounds, foreign bodies, ragged wounds, crush injuries and the like may need surgical exploration and debridement, as well as oral or parenteral antibiotics.