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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 7:15:51 PM
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I don't know how Sky got hurt, but I noticed that she has been licking her paw a lot lately. She also hasn't wanted me to touch them. So today while she was nice and sleepy I dug around in her paw and found a scabby spot between her pads. I had to clip the fur to see the skin. It looks a little extra pink to me, but I am going to have to clip the fur on her other paw to see if it really is pink (infected). It isn't wet or oozing, but there is scab where you can see that she did bleed. I feel so bad for her. I am going to buy some epsom salts and soak her paw for a few days to see if that helps. Since she doesn't have a seeping infection I don't think I will take her to the vet just yet.
Alee
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 7:38:04 PM
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Oh poor Sky, do you think she could have gotten a blackberry thorn by chance?
Just a thought, or those rottttten yellowjackets.
Give her a hug for me, Carol Sue
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 8:33:24 PM
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It's possible. Or she could have slipped on a rock. There doesn't seem to be anything imbedded in the wound. I am sure she will be fine- I just feel bad for her. :(
Alee
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
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Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 05:45:34 AM
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Poor baby. I don't know what to tell you about her paw except, like you said, the epsom salts and plain ol' time.
I never thought about blackberry thorns doing damage to paws. We have oodles of BB's all over the place but we don't let our Doxies out that much. But there are some growing around the water faucet. It seems the BB's will grow just about anyplace. At first I thought they were rose bushes!
Hugs to Sky!
Winona :-)
Don't sweat the small stuff...
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 05:58:17 AM
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I'm sorry about Sky, Alee--
Our Rose cuts her foot every once in a while on our rock path. She RUNS really fast, and at 115 lbs, she really digs in to the earth. I do the same thing--and, to her annoyance, I put neosporin on it (the vet said it was fine) and a baby sock.
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
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happymama58
True Blue Farmgirl
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Patti
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 07:42:34 AM
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I hope Sky's foot is better soon. I can't imagine walking around all day on a sore foot!
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Utahfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Portland
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 12:43:10 PM
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Don't forget to blue light her, Alee.
Farmgirl hug,
Patricia
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 8:51:25 PM
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The funny thing is that she hasn't acted hurt- but that's my Sky-Dog for you. One time she had one of those whisker hairs in her eye and I didn't even know until it was so infected it was starting to swell shut- she just doesn't seem to get upset by physical discomfort.
Alee
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