Shasta went out in the backyard with Barqs and Pepper this afternoon. Matthew was out there with them and when he came in with all of the dogs, Shasta came in and got in my lap. He was whining, biting at his front left paw and wouldn't put any weight on it. I rushed him to the vet and we held him down to look over that paw. The vet finally saw a stinger in the side of his foot. She was able to pull it out and we looked at the swelling and redness around the area.
None of us have ANY idea what stung him! It wasn't like a bee stinger, but was a small black stinger with a hard pouch at the end that was kind of black and brown. He was hurting like crazy, but once it was out and he had some Benadryl injected, he was back to his normal self.
I'm so glad that's all it was. I was scared that he had jumped wrong or been stepped on and broke something. I had this vision of us spending our time together broken *laugh*
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Today was the boys' Holiday party at school and we had a great time. They decorated tiles, made fridge magnets and ate lots of sugar.
Probably the funniest thing was the class making 'reigndeer food'. This was oats, colored sugar, and LOTS of colored glitter. They mixed it all together and everyone in the class got a couple of cups in a baggie. The idea was to sprinkle it across the lawn, and the moonlight on the glitter would lead the reigndeer to your house for Christmas night. :)
I thought that was such a cute idea! Since it is about to get really freaking cold (down in the 30s! :P ) I let them go out and put it out there tonight. It sparkles all around the yard and our sidewalk.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
None of us have ANY idea what stung him! It wasn't like a bee stinger, but was a small black stinger with a hard pouch at the end that was kind of black and brown. He was hurting like crazy, but once it was out and he had some Benadryl injected, he was back to his normal self.
I'm so glad that's all it was. I was scared that he had jumped wrong or been stepped on and broke something. I had this vision of us spending our time together broken *laugh*
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Today was the boys' Holiday party at school and we had a great time. They decorated tiles, made fridge magnets and ate lots of sugar.
Probably the funniest thing was the class making 'reigndeer food'. This was oats, colored sugar, and LOTS of colored glitter. They mixed it all together and everyone in the class got a couple of cups in a baggie. The idea was to sprinkle it across the lawn, and the moonlight on the glitter would lead the reigndeer to your house for Christmas night. :)
I thought that was such a cute idea! Since it is about to get really freaking cold (down in the 30s! :P ) I let them go out and put it out there tonight. It sparkles all around the yard and our sidewalk.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
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My sheltie had an instance like that several years ago. She came in from pottying outside and over the next hour, her face started swelling up and looking reddish. We took her to the emergency vet where they looked her over, found nothing & gave her a shot of Benadryl.
Either way, the benadryl seems to have made everything fine and my little rescue pup is back to chasing our other dogs and staking out his mom's lap during the day and next to my head at night :)
I would swear rescue dogs love you more *laugh*
Poor little Shasta baby!
Dutch did that once. And he's allergic. We can't break him of chasing bees and trying to catch them, though. He looks so pitiful with hives on top of hives. Aien't Baby Benedryl a wonderful thing?
Question - what kind of cast do you have on the foot? Is it one you can decorate? Like paste leopard fabric all over it?
Either way, it was lodged firmly in his paw and had a hard piece attached at the top. Very strange indeed.
After the benedryl, he is in tip top shape today.
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As for the 'cast', it's not really a cast but a walking boot. Ugly thing - big, black, cumbersome, with five large velcro straps wrapping around. We did decorate it for GS's birthday night by putting christmas garland all around the boot. It was a hit, and people remarked on it all night.
In north Georgia.