My dog (Daisy) now wears to bed the following:
1. her plastic cone aka Elizabethan collar
2. an outgrown one of Sprout's rompers (long-sleeved, long legged onesie)
3. two socks on each of her back feet
Why?
Well, I'll tell you.
Over the past few months we have had one sore after another. One of them was a legitimate injury, exacerbated by her understandable licking at it (she had a foxtail embedded in her rump--ouch!), but the others have been various itches that she either scratches until they bleed or licks until they bleed. I don't know if it is an environmental allergy or food allergy or just because we live in a super dry climate, but I do know that it is a lot easier (though heavy on the ridiculous side) to prevent these sores than to deal with them once they are present. And I think the annoyance/discomfort to her is also less if I can keep her from making the sores. She actually doesn't seem to mind the onesie or the cone. The socks I think annoy her, but she's a pretty good sport.
Aren't you glad you asked?
On a somewhat related note -- today I gave her a bath and, for my first time ever, a haircut!! Four weeks ago I did part of her haircut by myself (David has done the haircutting for the past nearly 3 years that we've owned her) and it didn't turn out that great. But I learned from my mistakes and did a much better job this time. It's a small thing, but I'm happy to be able to take it off of David's plate and kind of proud of myself for doing such a nice job. :o)
2 comments:
Memphis had similar issues and our vet said to put neosporin on it-did the job.
Yeah, neosporin is great. Mostly I have to stop the process of making the sores. Since she has long fur, it's a lot more troublesome when she does get a sore because I have to clip the fur in that area and then she has bald patches. Also because of the fur I don't always notice the "itchy spots" until she has scratched/licked them to the point of bleeding.
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