Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Our Grandpuppies
We kept Hooch and Tuff last week and it always amazes me what good dogs they are. I know that Matt is a terrific owner and he is a great trainer, but they are great fun to be around. Hooch is the only dog who I think can really smile. When he looks at you with that grin and those pretty eyes, you can’t help but smile and he is still such a puppy. He and Sandy played most of the weekend. Although I will say that Sandy could out last him in that area. Tuff just wants to be petted, hugged and would love to sit on your lap the whole time.
We did have one minor emergency, Tuff went outside and somehow cut the very tip of his tail. Now Tuff wags his tail with the force of a bull whip. If it hit you while he is wagging his tail, it will hurt and at the right angle can leave a mark. We did not notice that his tail was bleeding when we brought him in the house but a few minutes after he had run all over, I noticed. While he was running and wagging his tail, blood went all over; walls, floor, doors, other dogs, etc. It was quite a mess. There will need to be some re-painting in the house. It looks there was a knife fight in the house. There is blood spattered everywhere.
Another problem is how do you bandage the tip of a dog’s tail? Well let me tell you it is not easy, especially one that never stops wagging. I was very lucky in that it didn’t seem to hurt Tuff at all. He was oblivious to the whole thing. If you can image, me holding the tip of the tail with paper towels trying to get it to stop bleeding, 4 other dogs trying to see what is going on, then Tuff who has no clue what is happening, trying to look at what I am doing and then John trying to find something in our house to bandage this up. Well of course, we didn’t have anything we needed. The only thing we had was an ace bandage and some cotton pads for wounds, no tape or anything really useful. After a couple of tries that were semi-successful we finally got the bleeding somewhat stopped until he hit it against something (which was often). I had to sit with him for a couple of hours to keep him still, if not he would get up and swing the tail again until he either hit something or the bandage went flying.
On our way to Matt’s, John went to Walgreens and we finally got the tape and gauze that helped greatly. The bleeding finally did stop and he was fine but what an adventure. It is never boring at our house…
We did have one minor emergency, Tuff went outside and somehow cut the very tip of his tail. Now Tuff wags his tail with the force of a bull whip. If it hit you while he is wagging his tail, it will hurt and at the right angle can leave a mark. We did not notice that his tail was bleeding when we brought him in the house but a few minutes after he had run all over, I noticed. While he was running and wagging his tail, blood went all over; walls, floor, doors, other dogs, etc. It was quite a mess. There will need to be some re-painting in the house. It looks there was a knife fight in the house. There is blood spattered everywhere.
Another problem is how do you bandage the tip of a dog’s tail? Well let me tell you it is not easy, especially one that never stops wagging. I was very lucky in that it didn’t seem to hurt Tuff at all. He was oblivious to the whole thing. If you can image, me holding the tip of the tail with paper towels trying to get it to stop bleeding, 4 other dogs trying to see what is going on, then Tuff who has no clue what is happening, trying to look at what I am doing and then John trying to find something in our house to bandage this up. Well of course, we didn’t have anything we needed. The only thing we had was an ace bandage and some cotton pads for wounds, no tape or anything really useful. After a couple of tries that were semi-successful we finally got the bleeding somewhat stopped until he hit it against something (which was often). I had to sit with him for a couple of hours to keep him still, if not he would get up and swing the tail again until he either hit something or the bandage went flying.
On our way to Matt’s, John went to Walgreens and we finally got the tape and gauze that helped greatly. The bleeding finally did stop and he was fine but what an adventure. It is never boring at our house…
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