If you look close, you'll see a couple of stitches under his left eye in pretty pink thread. Gringo's okay, he just had a skin tag growing near his eye that we had to get rid of before it turned him into a cyclops. He also had a tooth extracted and the rest of his teeth cleaned. Needless to say, yesterday was a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and now he feels like crap. (The medication does appear to help.)
The worst part is that he has to wear one of those inquisition-era elizabethan collars for 10 days, which of course he hates. From the moment we put it on, he was crashing into everything and tripping down the stairs. He gave up trying to do anything after a while and just sat at the bottom of the steps and sobbed -- all night. None of us got any sleep. Luckily Deb made us aware of a new invention - the inflatable e-collar - and I bought one today. You can see he's feeling a little better about the situation.
Aww, poor guy, give him a squeeze for me!
Posted by: Laurel | 07/17/2009 at 08:51 PM
aww puppy...
candy
Posted by: Candy Sparks | 07/17/2009 at 09:32 PM
the inflatable one does looks a little less alienating. Unfortunately some dogs have to use the old fashion collar because they are much more aggressive at trying to scratch at the injury/stitches. The large bulky plastic collar cuts down on their ability to use furniture and/or other things to scratch what their paws can not reach. I hope your puppy/dog feels better soon.
Posted by: country_cinderella | 07/18/2009 at 02:23 PM
Moby has those knobs growing near each eye and we've been hesitant to take them off because of the whole old dog + anesthesia risk thing. Good to see what it looks like and thanks for the tip on the donut thingy.
We also had his teeth cleaned and one extracted (once, for the same reasons above), and that was a good thing even though it has turned him into a hillbilly dog.
Posted by: Cathy | 07/20/2009 at 02:11 PM