Yesterday during our lovely Bank Holiday walk at a local nature reserve Albie managed to rip is skin open along his groin. It was quite a deep nasty wound so we went off to the emergency vets for a clean and stitch up. To say he is well miserable is an understatement - he absolutely detests is buster collar so I have ordered a comfy colalr on advise from here and going to try a tshirt / babygro over the wound and stitches.
He was quite upset overnight and in discomfort so I slept on the floor with him and managed to get him settled, OH is with him today and said he seems a bit brighter albeit trying to jump up on the sofa!!
Is there such a thing as an unlucky dog?? My other dog Otto has only ever been to the vets twice for an upset tummy in 2 years other than for his booster where as over the last few months Albie has been there constantly...
8 weeks ago he had to have a GA for an infection in his paw which had to be drained
Then 3 weeks ago he ate a mango stone and had a bad reaction to it and had to have a steroid injection
3 days after that he had a wasp sting and had a reaction to it
1 week after had an ear infection which he is still being treated for
and then yesterday this freak accident which ripped a gaping hole in is underside.
I dont mind how many times I have to take him to the vets as he is insured and obviously just want him to be well but it just seems that he is constantly in the wars. He has just turned 1 and I am hoping starts to settle a bit...on a funny note it is quite cute that all the staff in the vets know him by name and even know who I am when I call up
