Super Glue on wound? *Edit* Buddy's stitches are OUT!!

[pitc9]

Yeah Pat, I've spoken to Nancy, but Buddy has so many fears and mental problems that she couldn't get through to him very well. It was a sad reading and was hard to hear what she had to say, that's why I never posted here about the reading. It was hard for me to hear her say:
"Wow, he's one of the worst cases I've had"
I did order Green Hope Farm stuff, I just got it in the mail on Wednesday so I've been using that for the past few days, hopefully it take a little while before it kicks in.

But maybe I should give Nancy another call, I'm sure she'll be willing to try again.

I'll pass out the hugs!

[sandragonfly]

oh yikes.. poor buddy! give him a gentle squeeze for me please! let me know how green stuff works .. sure hope it will.

and super glue, neat to know! anyway - hope you got that window fixed already too!

hugs..

[gemini9961]

Poor Buddy. I feel bad for him that he gets so scared in the storms. That must be awful for him and you too.

[lizbud]

Angie, have you ever heard of these ? http://anxietywrap.com/
I got one for Smokey when he freaked out over storms. It was a big
help with him. He doesn't need it anymore & he still doesn't like t-storms,
but he doesn't get so terrilbly afraid & puts up with them a lot better.

[cyber-sibes]

Angie, have you ever heard of these ? http://anxietywrap.com/

Liz, I've heard of those, and also that putting a t-shirt on a dog will lessen their anxiety during storms. I dont know if it works, when Star gets anxious, if I get her to lie down where she can't actually see the storm, she quiets down.

On a less serious note, I'll post this link to "Meeshka's World", (one of my favorite sibe's blogs), if you'd like to have a good laugh over "anxiety wrap" from a Siberian's perspective. Great cartoon! Meeshka also has storm anxiety, so the topic comes up on her blog once in a while. Meeshka's World

[lizbud]

Liz, I've heard of those, and also that putting a t-shirt on a dog will lessen their anxiety during storms. I dont know if it works, when Star gets anxious, if I get her to lie down where she can't actually see the storm, she quiets down.

On a less serious note, I'll post this link to "Meeshka's World", (one of my favorite sibe's blogs), if you'd like to have a good laugh over "anxiety wrap" from a Siberian's perspective. Great cartoon! Meeshka also has storm anxiety, so the topic comes up on her blog once in a while. Meeshka's World

That's funny. But they do work & I like the elastic band for holding
the shirt closely to the body. (that's the point, to be like a hug to the dog)
A t-shirt could work just as well if you can manage to keep it tight
enough to the body of the dog.

[Pam]

I think some dogs are just very sensitive to sounds. Think about it. Thunder is an awful sound if you don't understand it. So are fireworks. I had a toy poodle years ago who would get so upset after the 4th of July when all of the neighbors would set off fireworks for hours on end that he would actually get sick after a few hours of that. We are all wired differently and I believe dogs are too. Poor Buddy. I feel for you!

Edit: My sister-in-law's mixed breed actually crashed through her front living room window because the UPS guy was there. This was a dog that was 20 lbs. soaking wet.

[chocolatepuppy]

Poor Buddy. I hope your paw heals quickly. I hope my Layla never gets that bad about the storms and she's getting quite a bit of practice this week. It seems Angie, we have either no storms or one right after the other. I don't suppose that helps poor Buddy.

[pitc9]

Poor Buddy. I hope your paw heals quickly. I hope my Layla never gets that bad about the storms and she's getting quite a bit of practice this week. It seems Angie, we have either no storms or one right after the other. I don't suppose that helps poor Buddy.

I know! What's with these storms lately?!? That's Ohio for you!!

I'm going to check out those wraps you girls are taking about!

It is so sad to see him freak out as bad as he does. It breaks my heart every time. If he's outside and hears something that scares him he'll try to get out of the yard. He'll try to jump over the fence and I've also seen him bite and grab hold of the fence as if he's trying to tear the fence down!!! Like he's trying to run away from the sound. I had an animal behaviorist tell me that maybe after he was dumped in the woods (and spent a few months running loose on his own) maybe he someone shot at him trying to kill him.

Pam, a 20lb dog did that!!
If I had a window that big that Buddy could get to I'd have to put bars on the INSIDE of the window

[Pam]

I had an animal behaviorist tell me that maybe after he was dumped in the woods (and spent a few months running loose on his own) maybe he someone shot at him trying to kill him.

Pam, a 20lb dog did that!!
If I had a window that big that Buddy could get to I'd have to put bars on the INSIDE of the window

Oh my gosh Angie. I sure hope that behaviorist was wrong. I don't even want to imagine that happening to sweet Buddy! That is unbelievably sad and there are definitely people out there that could be that cruel!

Yes, my SIL's dog was 1/2 husky and 1/2 some sort of terrier. She never liked delivery people of any kind. They had two very low to the floor windows in their living room. This happened during the summer and my nephew was off from school. She got a phone call at work......"Mom, Jetta just broke through the front window because the UPS man came." She obviously had to leave work right away to tend to that. It turns out that after Jetta was outside all she did was run around barking. She never even went after the UPS man. Their other dog, a GSD that they got as a puppy, was afraid of thunder too, but she would go inside the fireplace to hide until the storms passed.

[pitc9]

YIKES!
The wrap I'd need to buy for Buddy is $75!!

But then again, that's cheaper than the $180 vet bill from yesterday!

[pitc9]

I thought I we were going to have to go back to the white coats for stitches again!!! Yesterday when I let them out the back door there was a bunny in the yard and they both took off after it!
(This rabbit has been trying to build a nest in my back yard for the past few nights! )
Because of where Bud's stitches are, he is only to be outside on a leash so he doesn't run and tear the stitches out. I called him back in the house and looked at his paw and I'd swear he partially torn his stitches out. The area doesn't look just like it did after the vet put the stitches in, but the wound is still being held together and that's the important part!
He's still being a good pup for Dr. Mom! He lies down on his side so I can get a good look at his paw when I change bandages and he takes his 4 pills a day like a good boy too!

[pitc9]

Here's a few pictures...
I wish I would have taken a picture of his foot before the stitches, but anyway... here's after.






He is sick of me messing with him, I lay him down and roll him over 10 times a day to look at his foot!




...few more

[pitc9]

And the princess... who tears Buddy's bandages off of his foot!!!




Here's Bud by the window he broke out and cut his foot on, and the same window that he jumped through the next day!!
"Humm.. maybe I should have used this door handle instead of breaking out the glass"

[ramanth]

Poor Buddy. I hope the cut heals up quickly.