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Boo bit my tft tonight. I am totally sick about it. She has a couple of big tears in her skin, one about the size of a nickel the other about the size of a half a dime. I cleaned them and put ointment on them and wrapped the bigger one in gauze. Tomorrow morning or should I say later this morning I'll take her into the vet. No broken bones or anything like that but it was completely innocent on her part. Boo just had her nite-nite snack and we were headed to bed when Twiggy walked close to her and that set her off. She had grabbed her before and we have watched her like a hawk since then. I never leave her out unattended while Twiggy's around. What can I do??? Boo isn't the least aggressive with people, kids, and Rush but for some reason she is with Twiggy. Can any one offer any help.
I am so sick about this. My heart is breaking, Twiggy is 16yo, blind and almost deaf. She sure as hell didn't deserve this. Anyone, can you help or offer suggestions????
UPDATE***
yeah tft is toy fox terrier. She's home from the vet's. My Gawd she has 12 stitches and is sleeping in her bed right here beside me. I'll tell you it only takes a second. I keep an eye on her and Boo ALL THE TIME since she had done this once before. What the hell happened? They played together when Boo was a pup and Boo grew up with her. WTF? I've noticed that poor little Twig has been wobbly on her legs the past few weeks and has been bumping into everything where before she kind of knew the lay of the land. Our vet said it's probably senility setting in and there are a few meds we could try. HOWEVER, since she has kidney disease and it's progressing, the med might not help as much as I want it to. She left it up to me. She has been on a kidney disease diet for the last two years and she really doesn't like it. We have to find new and interesting ways of presenting it to her to get her to eat it. I'm thinking at 16+ years and failing kidneys, maybe I should just feed her what she will eat and let her enjoy what time she has left. Would that be terrible of me? Her heart is strong, color is good and temp is normal so she's doing fairly well all things considered. So what do you guys think? Do I let her eat a good brand of dog food or try to keep coaxing her to eat the diet that is for her disease?
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Boo bit my tft tonight. I am totally sick about it. She has a couple of big tears in her skin, one about the size of a nickel the other about the size of a half a dime. I cleaned them and put ointment on them and wrapped the bigger one in gauze. Tomorrow morning or should I say later this morning I'll take her into the vet. No broken bones or anything like that but it was completely innocent on her part. Boo just had her nite-nite snack and we were headed to bed when Twiggy walked close to her and that set her off. She had grabbed her before and we have watched her like a hawk since then. I never leave her out unattended while Twiggy's around. What can I do??? Boo isn't the least aggressive with people, kids, and Rush but for some reason she is with Twiggy. Can any one offer any help.
I am so sick about this. My heart is breaking, Twiggy is 16yo, blind and almost deaf. She sure as hell didn't deserve this. Anyone, can you help or offer suggestions????UPDATE***
yeah tft is toy fox terrier. She's home from the vet's. My Gawd she has 12 stitches and is sleeping in her bed right here beside me. I'll tell you it only takes a second. I keep an eye on her and Boo ALL THE TIME since she had done this once before. What the hell happened? They played together when Boo was a pup and Boo grew up with her. WTF? I've noticed that poor little Twig has been wobbly on her legs the past few weeks and has been bumping into everything where before she kind of knew the lay of the land. Our vet said it's probably senility setting in and there are a few meds we could try. HOWEVER, since she has kidney disease and it's progressing, the med might not help as much as I want it to. She left it up to me. She has been on a kidney disease diet for the last two years and she really doesn't like it. We have to find new and interesting ways of presenting it to her to get her to eat it. I'm thinking at 16+ years and failing kidneys, maybe I should just feed her what she will eat and let her enjoy what time she has left. Would that be terrible of me? Her heart is strong, color is good and temp is normal so she's doing fairly well all things considered. So what do you guys think? Do I let her eat a good brand of dog food or try to keep coaxing her to eat the diet that is for her disease?
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