Teddy got hurt

[sparks19]

Thanks

We are back from the vets and Teddy is doing well. It was our first visit to a new vet and he was wonderful. Teddy really liked him too.

He said that the wound didn't require stitches and he thought it was ridiculous that the emergency vet said it did and wanted to charge us $700 bucks for it. He just put some goop on it, wrapped it back up and gave us some antibiotics. he said that Teddy has to stay off of it for a few weeks likely but other than that he would be fine as long as he takes the antibiotics.

Now all thats left is to get through the next few weeks without exercising him lol. We go back for a follow up on july 25th

[JenBKR]

Whew that's a relief! I thought the $700 sounded extreme too, so I'm glad to know that you found another vet. Now be a good boy Teddy!

[BCollie_Kelly]

I'm just seeing this now; Poor Teddy! I'm glad to hear that its not as serious as the Emergency Vet said it was. I bet he already can't wait to be out and running again!

[sabies]

Poor Teddy! I'm sure it will be tough not exercising. Sorry about the emergency vets - that is horrible.

[sparks19]

well so far so good. he has been very tired tonight. He was pretty excited on the way to the vets though. I'm pretty sure he thought we were going to the dog park. Poor guy. When he took the bandage off today it already looked much better. I also see it wasn't just a cut but more like a little flap was sliced a bit. The vet said it definately was not worth putting stitches in as it was very small and the stitches would probably just come out anyway.

I can tell it is sore though cause as soon as the vet went to touch his foot he pulled it up towards him and was very nervous while he was wrapping it. The vet laughed after because he took a blood test for heartworm and what not (all came back negative) and Teddy didn't even flinch when he took the blood. He thought it was funny that bandaging his foot was so horrible that Teddy gave him "the look". Such a sad face lol but with the needle he didn't even notice.

Thanks all for the well wishes. I think he is feeling better already

[K9karen]

Oops, sorry I'm late on this.. Glad Mr Ted is doing better! Had to laugh at the mental picture of Teddy giving "The Look" while having his footsie wrapped, but not a budge with the needle. Sounds so much like my Logan, whose feet are "Out of Bounds!" You had asked about pain meds.. I always (per the vet) used Ascripton, which is pure aspirin coated with Maalox. Tylenol is a no no but this did the trick.

Good Luck..sure is hard to keep a good dog down! Been there ..whew...I learned I have no active imagination!

[sparks19]

Well I have learned the trick to keeping Teddy off his foot. Kick his daddy out of the house hehe. Last night my husband had hockey and worked during the day so he didn't come home till around 11:30 and the whole day and the whole night Teddy just slept or lay beside me or chew on a toy. He was wonderful. Then Daddy came home and all h*ll broke loose lol. Teddy was a maniac lol he was zooming around the house and jumping on the couch and clobbering daddy lol. I said to my husband "you made him this way YOU deal with it " HAHA

Such a goofy dog I have.

[lv4dogs]

Thats great news!!!
Some vets, especially emergency ones are out for the money only it seems. Too bad you had to experience that.

Be good boy Teddy and stay relaxed the next few weeks.