sick and injured dogs

I hate when our dogs get sick or injured. It stresses me out, mostly because I don’t know what to do (or how much it’s going to cost me).

Last summer they both acquired some sort of eye problem at the same time. It took a while (and a few visits to the vet), but it finally worked its way out.

Last weekend on our way home from Mexico, Tila had a minor wound appear on her snout. By the time we got home, it was significantly worse. The next day it looked like half of her face was melting off. Disgusting and sad.

After hours searching around on the internet (and youtube in particular), we were pretty confident they were ‘hot spots’. Horrible, red, pus-oozing lesions that spread rapidly. We found various proposed remedies online all of which were available at Walgreens (except for the prescription drugs which we are fortunate to have in abundance, like amoxicilin).

After a week now she is improving rapidly (finally!).

Here is a picture I took of her this morning:

Today I woke up this morning to find Scout lying calming on the bedroom floor. Pretty unusual. He generally paces like mad in an effort to offer subtle hints that he’s hungry. To my alarm, I found his front left paw was severely swollen and he was unable to walk on it normally.

We’ve had him resting all day and on various medications. Even so, his paw and leg appear to be getting progressively worse. It now seems nearly twice the size as it was this morning. It looks absolutely horrible, in part because he’s been licking at it for the last hour. So on goes the lamp-shade collar as well as a wrap to prevent further licking.

One sick dog is plenty. I hate dealing with these problems in pairs.

Here’s a picture of Scout this morning:

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