Our poor poochie dog

**imported_elp6n** · October 19th, 2006, 10:31 PM

Our youngest child, 1 year old mutt Aiko, has pulled a failed Houdini act.
She somehow managed to escaped the fenced back yard & disappear for maybe upwards of an hour.

Indian_Dad hunted her down and brought her back home. At first glance she had a little boo boo on her head and a leg. I went to inspect it closer. I saw more cuts, then more, then more. her legs are all cut up (back legs mostly). A cut on her head. I rolled her over to check the insides of her legs. her belly - every part of it that doesn't have fur up to her chest (and some that does and also her girly part) is flaming red & raw. She's limping. She's hurting.

Being the genious blonde I am I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. My sister clued me in. She was probably hit or skimmed by a car. Come to think of it, she does like to "chase" trucks through the fence.

Poor girly. Indian_Dad went out and got her some aspirin for the pain & swelling, antibiotic ointment for the oozing wounds. We'll keep an eye on her & see if she needs to go to the vet tomorrow.

Moral of the story: dogs are sneaky animals.

**smarty** · October 19th, 2006, 10:47 PM

when did this happen?

**imported_elp6n** · October 19th, 2006, 11:04 PM

Late this afternoon sometime. We didn't see it happen but the injuries fit "car hit"

She's acting puny right now (but not too puny to eat some cheese).
Droopy ears. Walking slow. The big pitiful puppy dog eyes.

One leg worries us.. she's holding it off the ground when she's laying down. A visit to Donna or Dr. Rasnick may be in order tomorrow.

We're so careful aout these dogs. She pulled a real stunt getting out of the yard.

**TheBeast** · October 20th, 2006, 08:50 AM

I was gonna reccomend the vet in Pound that is who my wife takes our pets to and they are great. Although we will most likely start taking them to Duffield sometime, the secretary down at Pound told my wife that Dr. Crabtree that was there is opening an office there and my wife likes her better.

**imported_elp6n** · October 20th, 2006, 09:41 AM

Given my choices I'd take my dog to Donna. Unfortunately with my work schedule it's just not possible.

I like Rasnic. He's a good guy. Extremely reasonable rates. And I love he's open late several nights of the week (just not Friday). He's not a fan of Dachshunds but he still treats the dogs well, so I guess I'll have to forgive him for that.

Donna and I have a very good relationship. She has taken fantastic care of all our family animals since the day she opened her practice.

She took care of my first dog, Ebony, all her life.
She developed bad arthritis at an early age and Donna had her feeling like a puppy again. Ebony was not a people-loving kind of dog. Her job was to protect and defend and scare people, but she just adored Donna. Donna could do anything to her without muzzling her and never have a bit of problem.

In Ebony's last few months of life she spent a lot of time at PVH but Donna never crated her. She would stay open late so I could talk to her if I was coming in from Blacksburg. They babied her. Donna even sent me a dish garden when Ebony died.

Mom's dog developed an infection recently - it was pretty bad and she's an old dog (14). The receptionist said they were booked up for appointments (not a surprise they always are). Mom was told she could bring her dog in for the day and they'd work her in. This dog is mom's baby - she won't leave her dog when she's not feeling well. Mom called and asked for Donna specifically and Donna told her to come down she'd take care of it right then. She's just always gone above and beyond for us.

I dont know about Dr.Whatshername. Her walking out on Donna and all her clients like that, leaving a lot of people hanging, that was less than professional. I seriously doubt I'll ever use her services.

**TheBeast** · October 20th, 2006, 10:01 AM

My bad it's not Crabtree it is Dr. Jessee, She did leave but there is alot more to the story than she just took off. Her and Dr. Stidham had different views on customer relations, Stidham likes to sugar coat things a little to much whereas Jessee will just tell you how it is and what needs to be done to get your animal well. She did this with our DUKE and it pretty much saved his life, Stidham didn't like the way she was blunt with my wife about his condition, myself I would rather have someone like this rather than try and console me and make me feel better about it.

**Shoe** · October 20th, 2006, 05:39 PM

I think my mom goes to the Vet in Pound. She is always talking about how nice Donna is. If that is the right place.

**imported_elp6n** · October 20th, 2006, 09:01 PM

Fuller was on his way to NC this afternoon so I couldn't go there. So I called Donna at about 3:00, and she told me to bring her in asap and she'd take care of her.

I was at work so my sister picked her up and took her, and I met them there after work. Donna stayed until 6:00 for us.
Aiko's X-ray was clear, except for her bowels being backed up a mile. No broken bones. She had puked all day, and made no exception at PVH. It just seems her insides got shaken up from the impact - a bit bruised. No real internal injuries.

Her temp was up, but not terribly high.
She got antibiotics to help keep all the cuts & road rash from getting infected. She got some food that's very easy on the stomach, and got some stuff for nausea.