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Last night around 6, I noticed Sam licking himself but figured he was just cleaning. Then around 9 we had hot dogs and I didn't finish mine so I figured I would split it between Sam and Bodie. I took it to the kitchen to wash the mustard off, and called the dogs down from upstairs. Nobody came, which was very weird. I went to take the hot dog upstairs, and found Sam half way down, unwilling to move. I gave him a little hot dog so he followed me upstairs, where I noticed blood on the carpet where he'd been laying. Neil checked him over and found a puncture wound very close to where his testicles used to be. I felt like I was going to faint. Neil took him to the e-vet, and they told us we could have him put under and have a drain put in, or have them clean it out and loosely close it with a couple of staples. The hole was about the size of a pencil, so we chose the second option, and will keep an eye out for infection. All we can figure is that we had a huge hibiscus that Bodie ate down to about 18" tall. It's near a fence where Sam likes to run. We've left the hibiscus there, hoping it would grow back. We think somehow Sam was running around and came down on it.
We're taking it out today.
