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[oakenguy]

The day began with shouting and blood on the kitchen floor.

Our dog Toby had slipped on the concrete steps outside and cracked his chin hard on the pavement. By the time Deb's yell woke me up he was back inside licking his scraped leg and dripping blood from his mouth, and the three of us did a little dance around each other as he tried to avoid us prodding him and we tried to figure out just how bad things were.

The bad news: besides the scrape on his leg and another small one on his nose, he knocked a couple of his front teeth OUT. It looks awful.

The good: he is much, much, much less bothered by this than I would've been, than I would've thought any mammal would be. He was wagging and asking to go outside within fifteen minutes, while we were still in shock--five minutes after that he was in the park rolling on his back in the tall grass while we stared at him. Apart from some awkwardness when he eats, he's behaving totally normally. (I, on the other hand, feel my blood pressure spike every time he hops off a curb, and he DARN well better get used to being carried down the steps for the rest of his life, because that's exactly what's going to happen.)

Gah. At least we live on the ground floor.

Comments

[smacaski.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor puppy!

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

oh man! i hope toby is feeling better...

[magickcat.livejournal.com]

Oh the poor baby!
When Butchie got older, he had some discs in his back rupture and he lost his ability to use his hind legs so we had to carry him up and down the stairs for the rest of his (too short) life... it was so sad... what happened to Toby that made him slip? I hope he is going to be alright!

[sistahraven.livejournal.com]

Meeeeeeeep!

[plastickitty.livejournal.com]

what a monkey! glad he's ok.

[guycc.livejournal.com]

Poor little dog. =/

Too bad canine dentures are out of the question.

[temperlj.livejournal.com]

Yikes!
Glad *all three* of you are doing better!

[beowabbit]

Poor doggie! Hope he feels better and is eating normally soon.

[anadandy.livejournal.com]

Oy - poor Toby, what a trooper though. If it had been me I would have spent an hour sitting on the steps crying.

[akycha.livejournal.com]

What a way to start the morning! Poor Toby! (Poor you and Q!)

I hope you all recover soon!

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Augh! Scary!

Give the vet a call, just to check to make sure there's no risk of infection/abcess, that sort of thing.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Hugs to all of you! I just now saw this. He sounds like a rugged little guy, but yeah, carrying down steps grom now on would be best.

[morgan-lafaye.livejournal.com]

OOO, poor toby. Check with the vet about the teeth. HUgs to you and Deb. Give him somme soft treats from me.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Poor silly pup. They can really throw a scare into you. Soaking the food is a great idea. That's how we used to feed our dog anyway, soaked & mashed dog chow with some canned food stirred in. ("Oh boy! Dog food AGAIN!" -- The Far Side)

[xcentrikka.livejournal.com]

Oh no!! Poor Toby! I am glad he is coping so well though. He needs some doggie dentures. And snuggles.

[wanderingrogue.livejournal.com]

Yeouch! Poor lil' guy. :(

Give him a snuggle for me.