"D" is injured...healing fine!

[Southern by choice]

"D" was taken to the vet yesterday afternoon... in the am he was limping and not wanting to walk... by afternoon a lot of pain.
I examined foot, pads, toes, wrist, elbow....

Vet had to examine in the parking lot because a parvo dog had just come in... great...(Yeah after being around that I will be giving all 7 dogs another booster)... anyway he has torn everything in his shoulder. Had to happen overnight as the night before he was fine..next morning 7 am severe limping.

He is on Rx drugs and "off duty" for the next week. He has been in the house but of course by the middle of the night he was panting and so hot. He is isolated in a lot behind the warehouse... no livestock or other LGD's just some rogue chickens.

He is in a great deal of pain. Poor dog.Of course when he was in the house it did not prevent him from reaching his head over the stove to grab a large biscuit... unbeknownst to us.... then he limped to the family room climbed up on the couch when suddenly he opened his mouth and out dropped the biscuit...so he could break it into morsels and eat it slowly, he is so weird... he chews his food in small bites! Biscuit crumbs and drool on the couch my DH and family cracking up because no one ever saw the biscuit ... he had it completely hidden in the big lug head mouth. What a spoiled brat! Of course we couldn't get mad because he is in so much pain... anything for "D"....
here he is in the Kitchen... you can see how his face looks so unhappy.
Left shoulder...

 

[woodsie]

poor boy…wonder what he did to do such damage. Looks like he is milking you for all sorts of sympathy and extra attention, making the best of a bad situation. Praying he recovers fully for you and quick.

 

[LoneOakGoats]

Oh no! Hope he's back on patrol very quickly.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Hope he heals quickly!

 

[GLENMAR]

Awwww. He's so beautiful. I hope he feels better soon.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hope he recovers quickly , I can see that his fur coat might be a bit much for the house!

 

[Azriel]

Poor baby, he looks like he is really hurting. Hope he got some pain meds.

 

[hilarie]

Poor guy! - is this a "tincture of time" kind of cure, or is he going to need some kind of intervention/surgery?
Sending white light your way....

 

[Southern by choice]

Thank you all for the well wishes for "D". He is my baby!
He is staying mostly in the stall on hay... tonight he did get up and walk over to my daughter and did the roll over and rub my belly.
I am much happier when he is in the house but he just can't take the heat and the fact that he is nocturnal and thinks that in the middle of the night he should have my attention seeing how he is up. I also have a bay buckling in a playpen and he thinks everytime he hears the buckling he needs to go check him.
He seems to be better out in the stall.

He is on Meloxicam. (NSAID)

Hoping it heals well and he doesn't need surgery.

 

[bonbean01]

Hoping he recovers completely and quickly!!!!