bad day

[melbrown]

I've had a terrible day.... My husband & his mom got into a pretty big fight this morning, with me in the middle to try & fix it. It was ugly.... think it's better now... they eventually talked it out. Later today I noticed Hans managed to some how tear one of his paw pads & cut another one. Have no idea when he did it.... both weren't bleeding by the time I discovered the ingeries. Noticed what I thought was dirt or something on his paw, then realized it was some skin. I didn't pull it off.... cleaned both & put antibiotic on the wounds.... but I super worried. He's walking fine, not messing with his paws, playing. But I can't stop thinking something bad will happen to him.... My in laws live in the middle of no where, so getting him to an emergency vet is out of the question, even if I could talk my husband into taking him.... I'm just a mess & everyone here thinks I'm worrying for nothing.

[Hidden]

Hello.....of course you're worried, you're the one who knows Hans better than anyone else in this world. Can you reach the nearest vet by phone or internet..If it's past office hours, many vet's leave name and number of a vet or animal clinic that covers for them...don't use one of those on the internet "Just Ask" sites....My experience is they are such a rip off with no help.

The pads cut like that is odd......do you think Hans was trying to climb something?

How long are you there before you leave? Don't know if they should be bandaged to keep dirt out of them until you can talk to vet about need for oral antibiotic.

Don't know what time it is where you are....would there be large animal vet nearby to call to ask what you should do if no canine vet nearby? Or maybe see?

As far as husband goes, get the keys, make certain you have a credit card or some good faith cash, act like a crazy woman and don't give in to him (why are some men like this???) I rarely take a stand like that with my husband, as I just let most things go his way if not of much importance to me. But two weeks ago when my Scooter couldn't catch his breath and I had to carry him home, my husband came in demanding to know what was going on when I was calling the vet insisting we would be there within 30 minutes. I just told him I was taking Scooter, was going to the vet and I didn't care how busy they were and he could just stay home and leave me alone.

He was so shocked, he grabbed his keys and drove us.

I just really knew more about dog pads, the infection rate,etc. But sounds like Hans should stay in the house,don't you? with something covering the wounds just tightly enough to stay on, but to let air in..

I'm here for awhile longer ...It's about 2 a.m. here in the Eastern Caribbean, but I'll stay up for a few minutes to hear back from you. Just stay calm.....unless you have to act like a stubborn crazy woman to get Hans some help.

[melbrown in reply to Hidden]

Thank you so much for your reply PTSDforyears.😊💖 I'm on the west coast. Stayed up for a bit after my post, then attempted to sleep. We cleaned Han's wounds again last night & put more antibiotics on them. No blood, no ooze, looks like where he tore has already began to heal(?)... skin flap still there. Can't really see how the cut is, it's at an angle. So far Hans seems to be fine... trying to figure out how he did it. He has been on 2 hikes since we've been here. Plus playing with their dog in the yard a ton. Being 2 pups, between 50-60 lb. you can imagion the rough play. He hadn't shown he's in pain, it's tender, doesn't want me messing with his paws (he never does). We go home in 2 days... think I might ask where they took their cat when he had an emergency (Poor guy meet a mean raccoon , hes okay). I did look online on what to do & looks like what you suggested. There is a pet store in town so I'll try to get over there & see if they have anything to dress his wounds. And I'll keep a real good eye on him, no more hikes for him for now. Thank you again for your reply. Hope you are having a great vacation & are doing well. 💛

[Hidden in reply to melbrown]

Am so glad to hear hat Hans is a football type player.....big and rough and surviving it all!

It's our anniversary, and this is the first time we have been on a ship where we had no clientele to entertain. It has been good just ti have some time together.

[20Voices]

Sorry to hear you are having a bad day.

I can understand you worrying about your pet. I had a dog who ended up with mysterious cuts on his paws while I was at home on my own and my parents and sisters were away for the week.

I cleaned the cuts and kept an eye on them. For the next few days I always checked his paws when he had been out to make sure the cuts were still clean and hadn't re-opened. They were fine.

If Hans is not making a fuss of his paws and is walking alright and seems happy then they should be okay.

Sorry I can be of more help, other than to say that you should take comfort in that you found the cuts and cleaned them.

Take care.

[LMCello]

melbrown, i hope everything turns out okay! It sounds like you are doing your best to make sure Hans is okay. If you keep an eye on it until it heals up, he will be okay! Give him extra snuggles to help yourself (and him) feel better. A lot of times, when I'm on hikes or walks (especially in our neighborhood), I notice broken glass on the ground. We don't think twice about it because we are wearing shoes, but I have been trying to be extra aware of that for Ferb's sake. It's so weird that broken glass could be out in the woods on a hiking trail! People are dumb. I usually pick up the pieces and put them in my pocket to throw away later so no one's fuzzy friend gets hurt!