Vibes For Belle

**Queen of Poop** · 11-30-2009, 11:44 AM

Not sure you want to give her pain meds as if it doesn't hurt she will use it and possibly injure it further. Best bet is probably bedrest and loads of TLC.

**sparks19** · 11-30-2009, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Queen of Poop

Not sure you want to give her pain meds as if it doesn't hurt she will use it and possibly injure it further. Best bet is probably bedrest and loads of TLC.

well luckily today it's raining... so she won't even go outside or get off the couch. Rain days make it easy to keep her down and quiet. It's just a matter of keeping Beezer off her back. but he seems to know something is up cause he hasn't been messing with her at all he's just been following hannah around all day lol.

but yeah I didn't think about that aspect of it. she doesn't seem to be too uncomfortable when she is just laying there so she's probably ok to go without anything for pain until I get her to the vet tomorrow

**pomtzu** · 11-30-2009, 12:07 PM

Keep an eye on her. That's the way Sparky started out - vet thought it was a sprain or maybe arthritis - but by trial and error - he was found to have Lymes. It took a month of eliminating this and that - he had Lyme vaccine but it is only 80% effective, and then he tested false negative for Lyme's too. In the end, he got the 30 antibiotic treatment and is now back to his old self. He had everyone going on a roller coaster ride for a couple of months tho, trying to figure out just what was going on.

**lvpets2002** · 11-30-2009, 12:12 PM

Oh no poor wittle Belle.. Yes watch her & keep her comfy on the bed.. Then for sure take her to the Vet.. It could be a sticker or a ant bite.. If you have a alo-vera plant you could cut the leaf open & put that on her paw & do a wrap.. It would help some for swelling & pain..

**sparks19** · 11-30-2009, 03:53 PM

Yeah I'm definitely keeping an eye on her.

I still can't tell which part is sore. sometimes it does seem that it's the pad part that hurts her so maybe she does have a sticker or something that I just can't see. I don't know

her appt is 10:15 tomorrow morning. she's laying on the couch looking VERY pitiful. although now I'm wondering how much of it is an act to milk it for all it's worth as I just let her out to pee and she went running off the porch until she realized it was still raining and I yelled at her to STOP RUNNING. so she peed and came right back in and now she's laying on the couch looking at me with woeful pathetic eyes.

**pomtzu** · 11-30-2009, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by sparks19

Yeah I'm definitely keeping an eye on her.

I still can't tell which part is sore. sometimes it does seem that it's the pad part that hurts her so maybe she does have a sticker or something that I just can't see. I don't know

her appt is 10:15 tomorrow morning. she's laying on the couch looking VERY pitiful. although now I'm wondering how much of it is an act to milk it for all it's worth as I just let her out to pee and she went running off the porch until she realized it was still raining and I yelled at her to STOP RUNNING. so she peed and came right back in and now she's laying on the couch looking at me with woeful pathetic eyes.

This sounds familiar! If you have time - go to Dog Behavior and read "Sparky's Saga" The part where the limping kicked in starts with post #24 if you want to skip the beginning. It was one day acting half dead,, the next day just fine, then limping, etc, and around and around and around. He was driving me, and his vet, totally crazy. Thankfully she found the problem and got him straightened out.