An Injured Dog
Tonight, in a freak accident, our oldest dog Belle got her tail slammed in a screen door. The end result was that she lost the fur and skin off of the last two inches of her tail. The bare bone was literally sticking out. We rushed her to the emergency vet and the vet on call tonight matter-of-factly said, “Well we can’t have that bone sticking out.” She then proceeded to tell us that the only solution was to amputate the two inches of bone that is sticking out and then sew the wound closed. Bummer. The net result is Belle will have a shorter tail then she used to, but she’ll be fine otherwise.
As I’m writing this, I’m waiting for a call back from the vet. I talked to them about 45 minutes ago and the procedure went fine. We are just waiting for her to wake up so I can take her home. Poor thing!
–Pete
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Sorry to hear about your Dog’s Freak Accident. I had to surrender my pooch to the Humane Society recently and can’t seem to get over it. He was (or is still) an Old English Sheepdog name “Kitty”. I was sleeping next to him when we bit me on the face out of nowhere. I couldn’t trust him around people anymore. They told me that he would probably be adopted by someone with a better environment for him – like a Dog Trainer.
I still wish he was here!