Soo another example of over reaction/ not understanding animals from my missus who is / was adamant that she wants to be a small holder..
So I’m sat at work with a load of apprentices when the receptionist comes storming in. “Your wife has called, the dogs been injured and there’s blood everywhere, she sounded panicked”
Me “oh, ok I’ll ring her now”
Ring her, she’s in the car coming back from the park with the dog in the back.
Is the dog acting differently? Her no he’s still excited about where he’s going to next, is the dog whining? Nope, was he limping? No, how much blood is there? It’s everywhere he covered in it!
Odd, so head home.
Get home and find her on the phone with her mother in the car whilst the dog is sat in the back of the car.
Missus is adamant she’s taking him to the vet…
Get the dog out of the car let him walk in front, no limp, bit of blood on his legs and small drops on floor. Ok so it’s not making him limp so no pain.
Carry the dog upstairs as I don’t want blood on the carpet and put him in the bath tub. And start the bath. Wash all the blood off and give him a proper clean. Once clean find the source of the cut, he’s sliced his carpal pad on his left paw. It’s bleeding slightly. Point it out to my missus whose face has now become very grey. Ask her if she’s ok and she just drops out like a light. So now I have a bleeding wet dog that will try to escape the bath and my missus out on the threshold..
Closed the shower screen on the bath as he’s not a clever dog when it comes to glass, check on my missus all good she comes around asking what happened…
Once’s she’s sat down and sipping a glass of water I go back to the dog dry him off, clean the wound again with antibacterial wipes and spray. Get out the dog plastic plaster spray, put on a patch and bandage it in place and release the dog, who’s more ****** about the bath than the injury.
My missus is now saying we need to take him to the vets, trying to explain to her that pad injuries happen, you can’t stitch them as the skin is not normal as you’ll rip them out before the pad heals. What if it gets infected, that’s why I cleaned and filled it with antibacterial spray then sealed it with the plastic plaster and bandage, plus I’ll check it every day…
I swear if she was in charge of a farm you wouldn’t make money as you’d spend all the money on vet bills.
Basic human and animal first aid should be mandatory in schools.
The dog is fine btw, he’s just scored the left overs of my mother in laws Sunday roast because of course she needed to come over..
Also if you have an animal and it’s hurt itself, take it to the vet if the animal changes its normal actions. With dogs it’s usually ignoring everyone but its favourite. If you are not sure take the animal to the vet
