The dogs and I went for a walk to Clothie – our 5 acre field complete with a derelict croft house that used to be a school.
The grass is so long it make the dogs invisible but they love it, bouncing over everything so they can see where they’re going or aiming for.
And the flowers are glorious and so many of them. They seem extra-good this year.
I walked round and then sat on a windowsill while the dogs galloped about looking for bunnies, etc and eventually gave up to sit close to me.
I had a lovely view with the sea in the distance.
And then, on the way home – which is across the open hill a little bit – I noticed Pepper was lagging behind and licking her front paws.
Upon closer examination, and after following the trail of blood around the kitchen, I discovered she had cut both front paw pads open.
Poor little thing. She was in a state so I grabbed her and put her on the table, examined both paws, got some gauze and rubber gloves and made two makeshift dressings, covering them with a rubber glove and tape to keep the dirt out. I also gave her a painkiller.
So now I am carrying Pepper everywhere and she’s no lightweight. She slept all afternoon, which was good.
And I’ve made an appointment for Pepper to see the vet tomorrow (no appointments today, unfortunately).
Once OH gets home, I might soak and re-bandage Pepper’s paws better. This was a real bodge job as I only had one hand (the other was holding her from jumping off the table). And then there was all the blood to clean up and I’ve just trodden in cat (?) sick and I am feeling sorry for myself too.
But poor, poor Pepperpot.
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Oh my, you all had a lot to deal with today. Hope Pepper’s feet heal up easily. Reminds me of one day last week: before breakfast Milo had diarrhea all over the garage, the cats had a baby snake behind the sofa and the goats got into the hay storage. Sometimes it’s all too much!
Oh dear God, a snake. No, no, no. x
On a gorgeous day in so much beauty, the little Shetland extravert got injured! Poor Pepper! And then carrying around the nonYorkie, Pepper! Poor you & in particular, your back! I think how easily something like this can happen. And ,of course, these moments only happen on walks miles from anywhere & by the time the two of you get home, all vet time is filled for the day. Heaven forbid if you would have to see a doctor about your back after the rescue because most doctors say such helpful comments, such as, ‘Oh, that’s really not good for your back; you shouldn’t be carrying your dog.’ As if we do this daily or I always want to say something like, ‘Oh, well, next time we’ll try to preplan for our emergency or should I just have left her in the field until we could see the vet?’ I hope both of you have a better day tomorrow.
Thank you. Me too. I’ve changed the dressing now OH is home and had a good look .I think it is just the one paw. She has flowery vetwrap on it now.
Feel better Pepper!