Bad bad week by Denver

[blueteal]

I took both dogs out for their usual walk to the trail by my house yesterday
I am currently training Ryder for off leash walking and this is a good place for that.
Both dogs are off leash and running and playing and Denver decides to go the forbidden area .
The trail is straight and goes on for miles but there is a fork in the road and if you go that way
a ditch with disgusting fowl water runs the lenght of the pathway. Ok I am thinking he will not try to
swim in there as he can surely see and smell how bad it is this time of year. Well apparently he decided
he would like to get rid of the lingering skunk smell or whatever he thought and he jumped on it .
It is a bit of a steep embankment and he could not climb up and he was getting stuck in the mud in the bottom.
Ryder who had enough water when he accidently fell in at the beach is trying to see what Denver is doing but he
does not want to go in. I am now inching my way down the embankement to drag Denver's butt out of there,
while keeping my hand on Ryder to keep him from falling in.............how I manged to do that I still do not know
because I remember thinking that Ryder is going to fall in and there is nothing I can do about it. Instead
I was able to grab hold of Denver's collar and one good pull and he was able to get a foothold and climb back out.
For those of you who do not know, Denver got skunked this week so now you have to imagine that when he
came out of that ditch the skunk smell came back full force and we were a pitiful threesome walking back home which
thank goodness is only about 6 minutes from my house. Once home Denver immediately had to have another bath
you think that alone would deter him from getting anymore yucky smells on him but I guess not.
While bathing him I discovered that something in the ditch caught his front leg and he has an area of skin now exposed almost to the bone, about the size of twoonie. Thoroughly cleaned area and applied medication as I know from previous injury to his foot ,that this is the way to go............He will be going to vet later today to make sure I did all that should be done. My poor baby is just having the week from hell!!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh!!! I hope Denver is ok. Poor baby. Sue you really need some wine tonight after the week you had. Does the house smell less skunky yet?

[MaxandMe]

OH (((((((SUE and Denver)))))))))))))
you both have had the week from HELL........Please let us know what the VET says and i'll say a prayer that
Denver's leg heals well, fast and that the skunk smell dissappears asap!!!

[tuffystar]

I am so sorry that you and Denver have had to go through the week from HELL!! Prayers that Denver's leg will heal fast and the smell will go away quickly, and that you will have many weeks from Heaven now!

[Calimom]

Oh Sue! I seriously hope that in your case things don't happen in threes and that this is truly the end of you WFH. Denver probably thought he would help by covering up the skunk odor with different yucky odor. I'm so glad Ryder didn't fall in too. Hugs and a toast to your WFH!

Sheesh! Thank God the week is almost over, Sue! Poor, poor Denver! With their great sense of smell. it must be driving him crazy to keep smelling skunk! And you definitely deserve a bubble bath and a huge bottle of wine!

[gene]

Oh jeez Sue.....That really sucks!! Give Denver big hugs and squeezes from Uncle Gene. PLease keep us updated!

(((((((((((Sue))))))))))))

[Dextersmommy]

I have to confess, I was gettin a little giggle about the smelly stuff, til I read that he got hurt. Poor baby.

Give him hugs from our gang.

[Cinsmom]

It does sound like the week from hell!! Hope to Heaven you have a better week starting tomorrow!!

[MaxandMe]

here is an update on Denver's injury as he is now in surgery
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12081

[anny51]

Oh Sue - sounds as if you're getting about a year's bad luck in one week ...hope this is the end of it for a long time and you'll be able to relax a bit from now on . How's Denver's leg now...hope he's not in any pain, it sounded sore . Take care and enjoy the wine

[Jac]

Oh, poor Denver! Imagine how he must have hurt! I am so glad you were able to get him out, Sue! Very scary! And, now that I know he is fine (after his surgery) I can relax...but, dang, it is so scary to hear that our doodle family is hurting!