Well it has been a while since I last posted on here. Last week was a little on the crazy side. I was in Vegas for the ETA Conference for work on Tuesday-Thursday and then this weekend Melvin was attacked by a dog so I played nurse all weekend.
About Melvin's attack:
Sean and I were out walking Melvin on Saturday afternoon since it was so nice out. Some lady came walking by with her dog and let it approach Melvin. The other dog attacked Melvin as soon as he got close he and began biting his ear and neck. I kept trying to pull Melvin back but the other dog was on a retractable leash so every time I would pull on Melvin the dog would get closer. Sean ended up having to hit the other dog to get him to let go of Melvin.
We thought Melvin was okay so we tried to continue on our walk, but needless to say Melvin was not having it. So we took him home and later realized Melvin had a hole in his neck where the other dog had bit him. We immediately took Melvin to the closest emergency vet. The vet shaved the area, cleaned out the wound, placed a couple staples on his neck, gave him pain medicines, and gave him an antibiotic to hopefully prevent infection.
Melvin is doing fine he is just extremely tired and doesn't have much energy. He will have staples in for the next 10 to 14 days so lets just hope he can leave them alone that long.
I will keep you posted on his status.
Here are pictures of Melvin injury:
About Melvin's attack:
Sean and I were out walking Melvin on Saturday afternoon since it was so nice out. Some lady came walking by with her dog and let it approach Melvin. The other dog attacked Melvin as soon as he got close he and began biting his ear and neck. I kept trying to pull Melvin back but the other dog was on a retractable leash so every time I would pull on Melvin the dog would get closer. Sean ended up having to hit the other dog to get him to let go of Melvin.
We thought Melvin was okay so we tried to continue on our walk, but needless to say Melvin was not having it. So we took him home and later realized Melvin had a hole in his neck where the other dog had bit him. We immediately took Melvin to the closest emergency vet. The vet shaved the area, cleaned out the wound, placed a couple staples on his neck, gave him pain medicines, and gave him an antibiotic to hopefully prevent infection.
Melvin is doing fine he is just extremely tired and doesn't have much energy. He will have staples in for the next 10 to 14 days so lets just hope he can leave them alone that long.
I will keep you posted on his status.
Here are pictures of Melvin injury:
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