I made Cyrus shake in fear lastnight.

I was watching TV lastnight laying on my couch (its also my bed so its super comfy, blankets & all) & Cyrus decided to come in & lay on the couch with me. I'm so happy that hes bonding so well with me, but that bond was broken lastnight, as I had to hurt him :(

Cyrus started licking his paw, no biggy. But then he would stop, so I told him to stop, he ignored me, so I pushed his head away & there was an open wound just below his front dewclaw. It was a little deep & looked infected. I tried to get a closer look, but Cyrus freaked & hopped off the couch. I followed him upstairs to tell Rose. Took us forever to talk him into hopping onto his couch, but we got him there & then Rose held him & I grabbed his paw. He squirmed hard enough to get away from us & then refused to let us touch him (he just kept moving away).

I told Rose I'll take care of it.

I called Cyrus & went to my room. I got him into my room & closed the door behind him. I think he knew what I was going to do & he started shaking. I got the anti-pain polysporn from my bathroom & got one of Max's old booties.

I put his muzzle on as I didn't know how he would react to pain & also didn't want him licking the polysporn off before I got the bootie on. He stayed near the door the whole time. I tried to calm him, with hugs & kisses & ear scratches, but it wasn't working. So I put a large glob of the polysporn onto my finger & talked to him while I ever so gently put it all over the wound & around it. It must have been super sore, as he was trembling really hard, had his tail between his legs & wouldn't look at me.

I started to put the bootie on & then I got that look. If only dogs could cry I'm sure he would have cried me a silent ocean of tears. I tried to put the bootie on quickly & he fought a little bit, but I think he understood I was trying to help him.

Once I was finished I tried to calm him down & the second I got my kiss, I opened the door & out he went...

Rose was very impressed as she loves Cyrus very much. Francois thinks he poked himself on a screw. Francois & Rose are renavation the whole house & try to keep it clean, but there is always one screw that will get away & poor Cyrus found it.

I'm sure he'll be ok... When I get home He always greets me & loves going into my room. I'll get him on the couch & see if its any better.. if not.. that I'll get Francois to give him a bear hug & I'll take an even closer look, cause maybe its a splinter.. I can remove most splinters, so I hope its one of those & not one that he has to go to the vets.

& people say Pit Bulls are horrible beasts!

Poor Cyrus. It's good that he was at least semi-cooperative, that must hurt, poor guy! I hope it is feeling better by the time you check it today.

I know you already told me about this but hey, I'm replying anyway :D I still think it's so great that he is taking to you so quickly, and I think he'll be totally fine with you even though you had to do that. Poor guy, I sure hope he's feeling better!

Oh, poor baby! :( I'm so glad you were there to help out Cyrus. I hope his foot his doing better today.

Thanks everyone..

I hope he'll greet me tonight, he did ignore me lastnight :( He looked at me & walked away.

I'll take out a bacon strip & I'll win him back with food :) Unless my guest arrives early, then Cyrus wont be anywheres near my place (he'll hide from strangers & woof at them) boo :rolleyes: Hes one odd Pitty hehe

aawww poor lil sweet heart

give him a kiss for me

I am sure that he will be ok and you will win him back

YAY, he ran up to me when I came home! But as soon as I joined him on the couch he ran away :(

Aw, poor baby. Glad you were there to help! :D I hope he feels better soon.

Hes just a big chicken, & this room bothers him quite a bit.. the last guy that lived her wasn't very nice to Cyrus & he remembers it... I'll just feed him more yummy treats hehe

Glad he ran up to greet you! That shows that he still loves you, even if he cannot quite trust you at the moment!

Poor guy!! :( I'm so glad you were able to help him, I hope it all heals up fine!! I'm sure, that soon, he will trust you again, and maybe he'll realize that you helped him, and didn't want to hurt him!!