Jackdoodle Was Attacked & Bitten by Another Dog This Morning

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I am so shook up I can barely type. We were out on our a.m. walk when suddenly this dog got out of his yard and attacked JD. I had to drop his leash, he was trapped. JD put up a fight but he's handicapped by his ruptured disc, and he fell. The other dog was over him down on the ground, I was screaming and trying to kick the other dog, I don't even know exactly what happened, my brain just shut down and it's a blur, it all happened so fast, but the dog was off of him by the time the owners came out. I was mostly worried about JD's back and didn't even know he was bitten until we got home. He has a puncture wound with a tear under his eye (thank God he missed the eye itself) and a big scrape across the top of his head. We're just back from the ER. They cleaned it and gave me pain meds and antibiotics...just what he needs with his IBD. I may not give him the pain meds, but I have to give him the amoxicillin, which is certain to upset his stomach. And I have to apply warm compresses to the wound under his eye several times a day for a few days so it doesn't scab up too fast. I am so upset I'm shaking. That dog got out of that yard so fast and so easily, they may as well not even have had a fence. 

Going to pick up his amoxicillin now. Poor JD. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks, Sue. :)

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Hooray!!!!

[Jill, Woody & Maxi]

So glad to hear he is doing better, and that you can stop the antibiotics!  Did you see any GI changes when he was on it?  

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thank Jill. A little bit of GI disturbance. I amped up the probiotics and added a prebiotic, too, but there was still a slight change. Fortunately he wasn't on them long enough to cause any major problems, which is fortunate because we're also 2/3 of the way through a food change. :-)

[Jill, Woody & Maxi]

Oh good!!..I'm glad to hear there wasnt too much of a disturbance..what food change are you doing? (sorry if I missed that in a previous post)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I haven't posted about it in case it doesn't work out. Soon, in TFG. :-) 

[Jill, Woody & Maxi]

...keeping my fingers crossed!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

That's exciting.

[Bonnie and Kona]

This all makes me so very sad! How can we avoid these nightmares. Healing thoughts for all of you.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks, Bonnie. It really is a very sad thing. 

[Dee & Chloe]

I am so happy to see that he is healing and able to go off the antibiotics so soon! Hope you are healing with him!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thank you, Dee.