Friday Diamondblogging -- Put a Sock In It!
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Or, more correctly, "put a sock on it" --
About the time that I returned from Iceland, Diamond developed a case of the itchy-lickies, especially her paws. It might have been the cold-warm-cold weather, or an allergic reaction, or just a routine case of doggie dermatitis. But by last Friday it had appeared to be subsiding and I was taking no further notice of it.
Then on Saturday morning I had a Godfather moment and awoke to find blood-stained sheets. In the night Diamond had completely chewed/ripped off one of the pads from her right rear paw.
Since the damage was already done and getting her to a vet on such short notice would have been difficult, I opted instead for home nursing and a bit of improvisation.
Fast forward through the past week, and the paw is doing much better, the tissue has dried and is starting to heal. Her skin condition has cleared up, she's not doing licky-scratchies anymore and she can sit on the paw, although she's still a hippity-hop dog when we go for walks.
Prognosis is for a full and sock-free recovery.
Thanks to everyone who left such kind messages and emails for her.
(Carnivalized at Modulator's Friday Ark and Mickey's Musings' Carnival of the Dogs.)
About the time that I returned from Iceland, Diamond developed a case of the itchy-lickies, especially her paws. It might have been the cold-warm-cold weather, or an allergic reaction, or just a routine case of doggie dermatitis. But by last Friday it had appeared to be subsiding and I was taking no further notice of it.
Then on Saturday morning I had a Godfather moment and awoke to find blood-stained sheets. In the night Diamond had completely chewed/ripped off one of the pads from her right rear paw.
Since the damage was already done and getting her to a vet on such short notice would have been difficult, I opted instead for home nursing and a bit of improvisation.
Fast forward through the past week, and the paw is doing much better, the tissue has dried and is starting to heal. Her skin condition has cleared up, she's not doing licky-scratchies anymore and she can sit on the paw, although she's still a hippity-hop dog when we go for walks.
Prognosis is for a full and sock-free recovery.
Thanks to everyone who left such kind messages and emails for her.
(Carnivalized at Modulator's Friday Ark and Mickey's Musings' Carnival of the Dogs.)
Posted by Kip on
14 April 2006
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