Thursday, April 16, 2009

Trip's New Hat

A follow up visit with Dr. May today and Trip no longer has his paw bandage, but he gained an Elizabethan collar. He'll have to wear it for 5 days to let the cut heal. The same amount of time he must take antibiotics. And yes, those are my cottage cheese thighs you see in the photo :-(



It's got some hooks that attach to his collar which helps keep it in place, even when he scratches.



Last night he was growling and whining at 3AM so I got up and gave him some of Porch Boy's pain meds (he still has some left over from his Pit Bull attack) but unfortunately I wasn't 100% awake and didn't read the dosage syringe properly. Gave him enough for a 20 pound dog instead of the 9 pounder he is! Needless to say, he was very mellow the rest of the night!

Tater showed some interest in his new chapeau.



But he didn't really want to share it with her.



Pretty soon she lost interest. As you probably did about 4 photos ago, huh?

2 comments:

Denise Bynum said...

Is the collar off now? Is Trip a happier pup?

Dr. Root said...

He's fine. Thanks for asking. I took the hat off after 2 days because it was driving him nuts and he wasn't bothering the foot at all. Stitches will be removed on Tuesday.