gypho
10-26-2006, 01:18 PM
My 8 month old Catahoula Cur puppy wouldn't come to me yesterday when I called to her. This was after Jury Duty yesterday, around 6 p.m., when I finally got home. I always call for her first, and she usually meets me at the front porch. Not yesterday.
I found her underneath the back porch.... cowering. Like I said, she's just a puppy, even though she's a bigger breed of dog, she's still just a baby.
I didn't know what was wrong with her, except that she refused to climb the three or four steps on my back porch and come to me. She's never done that. I went down the steps and she was holding up her left back leg off the ground. I assumed at that point that she'd gotten in the road in front of our house and got "dust-rolled" - ran over, but escaping with only minor injuries. That was my a$$umption.
Her leg was very.... tender... to the touch, so I didn't insist on her letting me examine her right then. Instead I picked her up (about 50 pounds right now) and carried her up the steps to the back porch, locking the gate behind me. I laid her on a couple of rugs, and got her some extra food and water to make sure she'd be okay for the night. I spoke with her for a minute, and comforted her, loved on her some. Then, as with all my babies that get "rolled", I left her alone for the evening.
This morning before leaving for the courthouse, I went out to check on her... and found an entry wound.... it looked like a .22 caliber bullet wound. Yes, I've seen these all my life, they're very common.
Let me say this about my puppy. Because I have babied her all her life since she was 7 weeks old, she is nothing more than just that - a BABY... a big baby, but a baby nonetheless. She only barks at people when they come into our yard, not the road. She rarely leaves our yard for any reason, she doesn't even follow the other dogs we have when they leave.
So I guess, yesterday, when I was in court... she might have followed the other dogs down the road, I don't know. It would have been a first for her, I know that. And my sweet baby is the one that got shot.
I'm so mad right now I could cuss.
I have examined her wound, yes, she let me, and it's a clean wound. It's a little swollen, and I administered some antibiotics from the vets office, and she'll get those three times a day until they're all gone. The wound itself will heal in about a week, two at the outside most, but you can bet, this little coonass woman is HOT, and if and when I find out who shot my baby........ there'll be hell to pay.
And there ain't a mad enough smilie for me to use. This l'il redhead is piZZed.
gypho
I found her underneath the back porch.... cowering. Like I said, she's just a puppy, even though she's a bigger breed of dog, she's still just a baby.
I didn't know what was wrong with her, except that she refused to climb the three or four steps on my back porch and come to me. She's never done that. I went down the steps and she was holding up her left back leg off the ground. I assumed at that point that she'd gotten in the road in front of our house and got "dust-rolled" - ran over, but escaping with only minor injuries. That was my a$$umption.
Her leg was very.... tender... to the touch, so I didn't insist on her letting me examine her right then. Instead I picked her up (about 50 pounds right now) and carried her up the steps to the back porch, locking the gate behind me. I laid her on a couple of rugs, and got her some extra food and water to make sure she'd be okay for the night. I spoke with her for a minute, and comforted her, loved on her some. Then, as with all my babies that get "rolled", I left her alone for the evening.
This morning before leaving for the courthouse, I went out to check on her... and found an entry wound.... it looked like a .22 caliber bullet wound. Yes, I've seen these all my life, they're very common.
Let me say this about my puppy. Because I have babied her all her life since she was 7 weeks old, she is nothing more than just that - a BABY... a big baby, but a baby nonetheless. She only barks at people when they come into our yard, not the road. She rarely leaves our yard for any reason, she doesn't even follow the other dogs we have when they leave.
So I guess, yesterday, when I was in court... she might have followed the other dogs down the road, I don't know. It would have been a first for her, I know that. And my sweet baby is the one that got shot.
I'm so mad right now I could cuss.
I have examined her wound, yes, she let me, and it's a clean wound. It's a little swollen, and I administered some antibiotics from the vets office, and she'll get those three times a day until they're all gone. The wound itself will heal in about a week, two at the outside most, but you can bet, this little coonass woman is HOT, and if and when I find out who shot my baby........ there'll be hell to pay.
And there ain't a mad enough smilie for me to use. This l'il redhead is piZZed.
gypho