The sudden change for the better when we switched foods was just a coincidence. On Sunday, we looked at her paws, and decided that they just weren't getting better (and in fact, looked to be infected), even though she had stopped (for the most part) trying to chew on them. Time for the vet!
We took her in yesterday, and the vet found 5 grass seeds stuck up in her paws. It was so GROSS! There was blood and pus everywhere... the room looked like a murder scene when we were done. She was SUCH a good girl, too... she let the vet dig around in her paws to get all the grass seeds out without complaining (much).
Anyway, this is yet ANOTHER injury caused by our unlandscaped mudpit of a backyard. (Previous ones included the lump scare last summer). We've now spent enough on vet bills for our pups related to grass seeds to have fully sodded and installed a sprinkler system. Which, I think we need to finally do. We've been putting it off for years, getting the rest of the house presentable and then front yard looking nice. But, the wild annual ryegrasses and other poky weeds NEED to go, if only to protect our pocketbooks. Not sure where the money is going to come from... but it sure seems like a sound investment!
10 comments:
Don't want to be a downer especially as putting down sod will help but those seeds and a bunch of other prickly things grow wild everywhere so if the pups go for walks like mine do they'll still pick them up.
Much seems to depend on the dog's immune system - Sadie has had a bunch of infected lumps from those things yet Polly never has a problem.
Hope your poor pooch feels better.
Wow! What an ugly experience. At least you know the source now. Good luck in avoiding a repeat!
eeeeeewwwww! Gross. at least you found out what was causing the problem
Oh, poor baby! I never thought of that. Where I used to live, we called that stuff witch grass, or devil grass. Watch out if doesn't get into her ears.
Poor puppy! I'm glad you got it figured out and now she's getting better :)
How awful for her. Poor thing. But at least now you know what it was and she's on her way to recovery.
Glad to know you got it figured out. I can also relate to putting off a project only to find that its costing you more money to do so... Sometimes its hard to part with the lump sum all at once but it makes sense.
Glad you figured out what was going on with the pooch... hopefully that won't return soon.
(P.S. I showed Kim the pictures of Molly in various contraptions to keep her from biting her paws... very funny pic sequence)
Poor doggie! I'm glad you figured out what it was though.
Poor pup. Simon would never have been so polite!
Glad you at least know what it is and have the problem solved for the moment.
So sorry you guys had to go thru all that.At least you know the cause!!!! It is hard to spend so much at the vet!!! My family doctor joked that he should have become a vet!!! He says he would have made more money!!!!!
Post a Comment