Poor Beck

kirama · 04-06-2010, 04:28 PM

Beck was punctured by a branch when he was out on his weekly run last friday. He came home and seemed fine but kept licking himself. I cleaned the wound (which appeared tiny) and watched him, but by Sunday the wound had enlarged from all his licking I guess, so I took him to the vet yesterday. She probed the wound and found it to be over an inch deep. She said she was worried part of the branch had broken off inside so she anesthetized him, and opened him up. Everything went well, but he came home with a much bigger wound with sutures(about 1 1/2 inches). It's on his side, so she said don't worry about a collar, just put a t-shirt on him..umm yeah that worked for about 10 minutes. I ended up wrapping him in vets tape over the t-shirt and he's still trying to get in there and lick that thing. She said he will be fine "just no running and jumping for a week" OMG we just spent a week keeping them apart because of Murphy's post neutering 'no running or jumping' instructions..I think I'm gonna lose my mind.

PS Thank God for petplan insurance, out of a bill of $605 I will be reimbursed about $490

Lucky Me · 04-06-2010, 07:00 PM

Man! that sure seems high!
When I have to have that emergency Csection last year on Tuesday, on a Sunday night with an overnight stay it was only a couple of bucks over a $1,000.
Glad Beck is okay!
I feel for you...it is so hard to keep these guys quite for very long....doodles just want to have fun!

**KingstonTodd** · 04-06-2010, 08:18 PM

Beck is lucky to have such a caring mom. A lot of puppy parents would see just the small would and let it be until it became a more serious problem. You caught it early

. Glad to hear he is OK. The way these doodles ear through the forest I am surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often. And good luck on keeping them from running and jumping,

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Brigadigit · 04-06-2010, 11:18 PM

Poor Beck!! So glad to hear he is ok, knowing how Layla runs through the woods, I am can totally picture that happening. Good luck keeping him calm and away from Murphy! Ekkkkk I can imagine once the 2 weeks is over you what a Doodle heaven it will be again!

Jac · 04-07-2010, 05:09 AM

Oh, poor Beck!
Dogs seem so tough, don't they? It is when things like this happen that you realize that they are very stoic when hurt...
When Bayley was small, about 14 weeks old, she and Lexie were running around the yard, chasing each other...I heard a horrible scream...the kind that dogs do when they are really hurt badly...Dave was out with her and by the time I got to them, Bayley had stopped screaming and was acting okay...but I took her inside and held her, looking over her coat and found a sore...but not much blood...took her to the vet and they shaved her coat...she had run into an old nail that was sticking out of a raised planting bed...scraped down her side and she had about 30 stitches!
If not for the scream, I would not have known anything was wrong...they are amazing creatures...
I sure do hope that Beck heals quickly and completely and that he is able to stay still and stop licking for a few days.
Please keep us posted about how he is doing ... and give him a few extra kisses from me!

kirama · 04-07-2010, 10:07 AM

He's doing well, he is such a good boy, he just stands perfectly still and lets me clean his incision and bandage it, he reminds me of my poor old Chessie, he had sores on his legs from his diabetes and he would stand there so patiently, exactly the same way, while I cleaned and bandaged him. I knew it had to hurt like hell, but there's something so special about a dog that will stand there and endure pain..somehow they must know you are trying to help them. Of course Murphy is making this tough, he does kamikaze runs at Beck and grabs hold of his shirt and tries to pull it off of him /sigh. If all goes well, we will be back to some semblance of normality in 5 days or so. Keeping Beck and Murphy from roughhousing without confining one of them is doable, but not always easy. If they start to wrestle, I tell them 'play easy' and one will go get a toy and they will play tug with it.

**lindamarie** · 04-07-2010, 12:36 PM

AWW Poor baby!!

Quote:

Dogs seem so tough, don't they? It is when things like this happen that you realize that they are very stoic when hurt...

So true! That's part of being a dog, as I'm sure you well know. They can't show weakness in a pack, so they don't let you know!
HEAL BECK!

CindynEarl · 04-07-2010, 07:13 PM

Sorry to hear about Beck getting hurt. Get well Beck. I went into my back yard and trimming any branches sticking out of my low growning shrub that Cruiser likes to jump in and "thinks" he is hiding. It is not that high.

04-06-2010, 04:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
kirama Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 858	Poor Beck Beck was punctured by a branch when he was out on his weekly run last friday. He came home and seemed fine but kept licking himself. I cleaned the wound (which appeared tiny) and watched him, but by Sunday the wound had enlarged from all his licking I guess, so I took him to the vet yesterday. She probed the wound and found it to be over an inch deep. She said she was worried part of the branch had broken off inside so she anesthetized him, and opened him up. Everything went well, but he came home with a much bigger wound with sutures(about 1 1/2 inches). It's on his side, so she said don't worry about a collar, just put a t-shirt on him..umm yeah that worked for about 10 minutes. I ended up wrapping him in vets tape over the t-shirt and he's still trying to get in there and lick that thing. She said he will be fine "just no running and jumping for a week" OMG we just spent a week keeping them apart because of Murphy's post neutering 'no running or jumping' instructions..I think I'm gonna lose my mind. PS Thank God for petplan insurance, out of a bill of $605 I will be reimbursed about $490 __________________

04-06-2010, 07:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lucky Me Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,652	Re: Poor Beck Man! that sure seems high! When I have to have that emergency Csection last year on Tuesday, on a Sunday night with an overnight stay it was only a couple of bucks over a $1,000. Glad Beck is okay! I feel for you...it is so hard to keep these guys quite for very long....doodles just want to have fun! __________________ Judi,Tuesday& Marley(and little Reba too!)

04-06-2010, 08:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
KingstonTodd Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,994	Re: Poor Beck Beck is lucky to have such a caring mom. A lot of puppy parents would see just the small would and let it be until it became a more serious problem. You caught it early . Glad to hear he is OK. The way these doodles ear through the forest I am surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often. And good luck on keeping them from running and jumping, .

04-06-2010, 11:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Brigadigit Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 144	Re: Poor Beck Poor Beck!! So glad to hear he is ok, knowing how Layla runs through the woods, I am can totally picture that happening. Good luck keeping him calm and away from Murphy! Ekkkkk I can imagine once the 2 weeks is over you what a Doodle heaven it will be again!

04-07-2010, 05:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jac Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 9,232	Re: Poor Beck Oh, poor Beck! Dogs seem so tough, don't they? It is when things like this happen that you realize that they are very stoic when hurt... When Bayley was small, about 14 weeks old, she and Lexie were running around the yard, chasing each other...I heard a horrible scream...the kind that dogs do when they are really hurt badly...Dave was out with her and by the time I got to them, Bayley had stopped screaming and was acting okay...but I took her inside and held her, looking over her coat and found a sore...but not much blood...took her to the vet and they shaved her coat...she had run into an old nail that was sticking out of a raised planting bed...scraped down her side and she had about 30 stitches! If not for the scream, I would not have known anything was wrong...they are amazing creatures... I sure do hope that Beck heals quickly and completely and that he is able to stay still and stop licking for a few days. Please keep us posted about how he is doing ... and give him a few extra kisses from me!

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04-07-2010, 10:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
kirama Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 858	Re: Poor Beck He's doing well, he is such a good boy, he just stands perfectly still and lets me clean his incision and bandage it, he reminds me of my poor old Chessie, he had sores on his legs from his diabetes and he would stand there so patiently, exactly the same way, while I cleaned and bandaged him. I knew it had to hurt like hell, but there's something so special about a dog that will stand there and endure pain..somehow they must know you are trying to help them. Of course Murphy is making this tough, he does kamikaze runs at Beck and grabs hold of his shirt and tries to pull it off of him /sigh. If all goes well, we will be back to some semblance of normality in 5 days or so. Keeping Beck and Murphy from roughhousing without confining one of them is doable, but not always easy. If they start to wrestle, I tell them 'play easy' and one will go get a toy and they will play tug with it. __________________

04-07-2010, 07:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
CindynEarl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: WA: Seattle area Posts: 216	Re: Poor Beck Sorry to hear about Beck getting hurt. Get well Beck. I went into my back yard and trimming any branches sticking out of my low growning shrub that Cruiser likes to jump in and "thinks" he is hiding. It is not that high.