Monday 9 March 2009

Shame on me!

Over a month and no blog updates!
A lot has happened since my last blog. Storm somehow managed to slice through one of his toepads and had to have it stitched. He went back a few days later and it was healing ok so didn't need redressing. He just had to wear a sock to prevent him getting to it and to allow it to breathe. He kept having a lick at the sock though so it got a bit soggy and made his foot soft so when he went back to the vets for the stitches removing he'd developed some infection in it. He went on antibiotics and had to wear the sock for a further 10 days! I kept putting antiseptic powder on it to help dry it up and it healed up nicely. He went back to the vets and just had the last remaining stitch removed. He's all back to normal now, well almost. He still does the odd few steps on 3 legs but will hopefully stop doing it after a while.
On another note, I have a new addition to the clan in the shape of a red & white bc bitch called Holly. She is a rescue and hasn't had a good life from what we've ascertained. She settled in fine and quickly figured she could tell Monty off and boss him about. She failed with Storm though who promptly put her in her place when she tried it on with him. She gets on great with Storm though and they have some really hyper playfights and games of tug of war. She will play racy-chasy in the garden with Monty and they get on well. She has started flyball training and can now do full runs in netting and trigger the box for the ball.

3 comments:

Vicki said...

need pics of Holly!!

Dogs can be a nightmare with their feet. Rex is notorious for slicing his pads...wouldnt be so bad but he always thinks it deserves amuptation ;)

An English Shepherd said...

Some dogs we meet at flyball training seem to always hurt their pads. Its not the flyball that does it but they cut them in the woods near where they live.

Apparently dogs that don't walk on hard ground have pads that are softer and a little bit more prone to getting cut :-(

Kath said...

They do lots of walking on hard and rough ground so don't have soft pads. It was snowy and icy when he did it so I'm thinking he might have sliced it on ice somehow.