The Tale of Pip the Pup

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The Tale of Pip the Pup

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Pippin had an accident - darted between hubby's legs when out walking and ended up with broken metatarsals. Xrays showed quite a few breaks but the vet was reluctant to operate as the growth plates would be affected and he might end up with a small foot.

This is Pippins first dressing:
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Cage rest for the next 5/6 weeks :( and weekly dressing changes

Pippins second dressing:
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The nurses decorated his bandage with little red crosses
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Pippins third dressing:
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The nurses did an amazing job of Pips bandage with this Minion
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Pippins fourth dressing:
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Vetinarary nurses have surpassed themselves this time . . .
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More updates to come . . .
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Get well soon pippin! What a fantastic vet team you must have,the care and love is obvious.
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Poor Pippin :( How old is he now? Must be difficult for both him and you as I'm sure he is desperate to be up and doing.

Think your nurses have missed their vocation :)


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What a nasty sounding accident, but sweet photos. Hopefully recovery will speed along and all be forgotten soon enough :ymhug:
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Pippin says thank you for the get well wishes, and to say that he is VERY bored and frustrated at not being able to play, run and frolic- he doesn't like prison :o3
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I love his dressings. I bet your hubby felt awful when it happened :(
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Dawnspell wrote:I love his dressings. I bet your hubby felt awful when it happened :(
Yes, hubby is so distraught and blaming himself but I told him accidents happen - Pip has a very bad habit of running under our feet and it could have been anyone - doesn't help, he still feels guilty :(
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Aww, poor Pip :(
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Pippin has been without bandages for a couple of weeks now with restrictions - but he's finally had the all clear. Hops, skips, jumps and lots of running YAY!

So, we went for walkies over the park - I let Pip off the lead and he was being really good, coming back I called him. There was a bloke with a husky type dog on a lead and Pippin wanted to play with said dog so ran over, the bloke said "my dog doesn't like other . . ." and that's when Pippin started screaming - the dog had him in his mouth and was shaking him. The bloke pulled Pip out of his jaws and said "see, I told you", and walked off. OMG people like him shouldn't be allowed to have pets especially with no muzzle or warning lead.

Anyway, Pippin was fine - no marks whatsoever. I think the dog must have had hold of the back of his neck or by his harness maybe - I feel very upset but thankful that he's okay physically, and time will tell if his psyche has been affected.
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and afterwards . . . bathtime, so all clean again :o3

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Poor thing. I had a similar incident at about the same age but Basil soon forgot about it.
Nice herness - snap! They look lovely on black :)
Glad his foot is mending well.
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zjg3 wrote:Poor thing. I had a similar incident at about the same age but Basil soon forgot about it.
Nice herness - snap! They look lovely on black :)
Glad his foot is mending well.
Thanks - the harness is by Ruffwear if you're interested, just google it and you'll find them :-bd
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