A very odd thing happened today on Cooper's walk.
We were on a grassy public footpath walking merrily along when all of a sudden Cooper started yelping as though in severe pain and he backed away.
He was off the lead but right by my side. My first thoughts were that he had got his foot stuck in a trap or he had been bitten by a snake - the yelping was that bad.
I persuaded him to let me approach him, I was trying to stay calm but I was panicking, and I rolled him over to check his feet and tummy but there didn't seem to be anything wrong. I scooped him up in my arms (he was wet and muddy - yuck) and cuddled him and he was shaking. After a few minutes he seemed fine so I set him down again and he walked off merrily with no limp or anything wrong. Since then he's been fine.
So what could it have been? I looked over the grass thoroughly but couldn't see anything. Could it have been a nettle sting do you think? Or a thorn that immediately fell out?
I know it's unlikely anyone will have an answers for me but thought I would post as it was so odd and frightening I feel a bit shaken by it.