itsmecindi
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My poor pasture dog, Sugar, must have been stepped on by one of the sows. I caught her out there limping around, and when I tried to move the injured leg she cried out in pain, so I hefted her up and carried all eighty pounds of her into the house and the bathroom, which is the makeshift surgery for all things sick and injured.
Fred says he thinks her hamstring was damaged. We gave her a shot of banamine for pain and I wrapped it with some of that elastic wound dressing. When I checked on her an hour later she was high as a kite, and doe eyed grateful for the relief, but also extremely uncomfortable with her present surroundings. She's never spent a minute in the house, air conditioning seems to blow her mind as she had her face poised over the floor vent, her head cocked to the side and her ears twitching slightly in the icy blast.
I thought it might be a good idea to move her away from it before her eyeballs dried out permanently but when she stood, she was spraddle legged and shivering, could not seem to grasp the knack of walking and standing on linolium (sp?).
Finally about eight thirty I hefted her back up and carried her back out to the pasture. Her sister was beside herself with joy when they were reunited and they walked off together licking each other's sweet faces. Sugar appeared to no longer have a limp. I'm sure she's not healed but I think she was so glad to be back on her own turf that she forgot about the pain for the time being. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Fred says he thinks her hamstring was damaged. We gave her a shot of banamine for pain and I wrapped it with some of that elastic wound dressing. When I checked on her an hour later she was high as a kite, and doe eyed grateful for the relief, but also extremely uncomfortable with her present surroundings. She's never spent a minute in the house, air conditioning seems to blow her mind as she had her face poised over the floor vent, her head cocked to the side and her ears twitching slightly in the icy blast.
I thought it might be a good idea to move her away from it before her eyeballs dried out permanently but when she stood, she was spraddle legged and shivering, could not seem to grasp the knack of walking and standing on linolium (sp?).
Finally about eight thirty I hefted her back up and carried her back out to the pasture. Her sister was beside herself with joy when they were reunited and they walked off together licking each other's sweet faces. Sugar appeared to no longer have a limp. I'm sure she's not healed but I think she was so glad to be back on her own turf that she forgot about the pain for the time being. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif