All dressed up and to tired to care…poor Daisy.

After Gino bandaged up her foot with what little supplies we had in our first aid kit, we headed to the vet. The vet was a bit surprised to see us back again, thinking that the toe/toe nail was healed. He poked around with it, while Daisy wiggled and licked his face (she LOVES the vet!). The vet offered some info on what might be the problem but stated he didn’t want to sedate her to really see. He’s hoping, like us, that this heals up without having to put her under and getting in there. Anyway, he mentioned it might be a sliver (maybe from when she pulled her toe nail out) that is up there causing irritation and bleeding, since the toe nail appears to be solid now (he pulled on it, Gino pulled on it, so it’s not the nail). Also he mentioned doing a biopsy on the toe (he really doesn’t want to have to do that) and seeing if maybe it’s a tumor on the toe that is just getting big, irritated, and bleeding. If that is the case then they would have to remove the toe to get the tumor.

Finally he said, “Let’s change the medication and get a stronger dosage to see if we can get this taken care of without having to do surgery, which I don’t want to do. We’ll bandage it up again, keeping it dry, and keeping her away from licking it!”

Finding comfort on Isabel’s bed this morning…pathetic!

So that is where we are with that!  We are back to keeping an eye on her, so she doesn’t rip the bandage off and get to the toe. We have to keep the bandage dry, so she has to wear a “boot” whenever she goes outside and give her med’s every 12 hours for the next 20 days!

I took Daisy back to the vet this morning. She had chewed open the end of the bandage on Sunday while we were at church and then licked on it every day since (whenever we left the room). The Dr. said the toe looked good though and the nail didn’t seem to be loose anymore but we needed to keep her from licking it because she could still get an infection in it. He placed a new bandage on the foot and told me to keep an eye on her for licking (to keep it dry) and to keep the bandage on until Saturday April 24th. If Daisy continues to lick it or rips off the bandage, we will have to resort to the unfashionable, uncool, ridiculous Elizabethan collar’s or “CONE of SHAME”!…I can see that happening!!! So it looks like we’ll be spending the week at home babysitting my naughty dog!

Come to find out Daisy had pulled her toe nail out and it was infected! OUCH! Needless to say, I was shocked! I had no idea a dogs toe nails could be just ripped out, so easily! I just cringe thinking about it! Poor girlie. So the Dr. trimmed her nails, trimmed up the area around her toe, and bandaged up her foot. Daisy goes back again on Tuesday of next week, to see how the infection is and to see if the toe nail has fallen out (which the Dr. said would likely happen!). So for now, we are to give Daisy antibiotics twice daily, keep her bandage dry (very dry), and put a “boot” on her foot whenever she goes outside.

She limps around when she’s up but has mostly stayed off the foot and slept.

She’s getting more white (typical Vizsla style after age 5)  in her face but is healthy otherwise. Next month she gets her annual shots and her teeth cleaned!

Happy 7th Birthday, Daisy!

I finally got this shot after saying “treat” for 10 min.
So after this shot she was rewarded with one!

Today, I found Isabel reading from one of her books to Daisy.
Isabel later said that she needed to read her a story…

Happy 6th Birthday Daisy!

True to your Vizsla self your hair is turning white
(started last year but we’ve noticed it more this year)
and now you always like have to keep a sweater on – even in the summer!
Your a dopey dog but we couldn’t see our lives without you!

Vizsla Words…

VLICKING – The typical Vizsla greeting, more specifically defined as the art of licking a person all over while jumping four feet off the ground.

VIZALOPE – What your Vizsla turns into when released at the park.

VHINING -The noise heard when your Vizsla needs attention or the noise heard when your Vizsla knows your are on the way to the park. (Daisy can do this one really well!)

VTU-Vizsla Thermal Unit, the amount of heat generated by the dog, on your side of the bed, in July (or any time of year!)

VIZSFUL thinking-the way our Vizsla can stare seemingly for hours at whatever we are eating, thinking we are going to feed her from the table.

VIZSLAPSED TIME-The time it takes for 1) your Vizsla to strike the most beautiful pose or point you’ve ever seen; 2) you grab your camera; 3) you begin to press down on the shutter button; 4) your Vizsla yawns, closes his/her eyes, hunches his/her body in a stretch and looks really goofy; and 5) voila-the picture is taken.

VEXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION-How a Vizsla knows that you’re putting on your “let’s- go-for-a-walk-or-run” shoes or clothes; or the fact that it’s a weekend morning.

VIZLAMIC-the religion of loving Vizslas.

VALLET-The elegant and graceful dance movements that only a Vizsla can perform.

VALLISTIC-As in “gone Vallistic”; to describe the wild brain cramps-induced bouncing off the walls behavior that only a Vizsla can perform.

VADAR-The electromagnetic system that allows a sleeping Vizsla on the far end of the second floor to detect that you have just begun to cut into an apple/carrot, peeled a banana, or opened the peanut butter!!!!!

VOPPLER EFFECT-The ability of a Vizsla to warp time and space to be sitting politely at your feet, staring at the apple before you’ve finished the first cut.

VIZSMEARS-The smudges on the inside of car windows where your Vizsla presses her nose.

It’s sweater weather…here’s Daisy donning one of hers!