Poor Nico...we could tell something was troubling him last Tuesday. He was lying about more and licking his right front paw continuously. Upon closer inspection we found a hunk of flesh was missing on his foot pad!
Not sure how this happened. He did start a new doggie day camp the week before where they run and play a lot. He also takes many long walks on the beach, but that shouldn鈥檛 cause this?!
Then he stopped eating and seemed to have a fever on Wednesday, so we arranged to take the sweet boy to the vet. They said his symptoms indicated he might have an infection from the wound, and his blood work confirmed elevated white blood count. They bandaged up his paw and sent us home with antibiotics and anti inflammatory medications.
Lots of rest was prescribed for a few days.
But by Friday morning we could see improvement in his energy and enthusiasm for life!
By that evening we removed the bandage and the wound looked much healed. After doing nothing but rest for 3 days he was ready to do SOMETHING! A short walk down the beach seemed to restore his soul.
Looking back I think I caused his injury from playing fetch in a concrete parking lot. 馃槙 Lots of running and quick stops he made. Hindsight is 20/20...馃槵 we won鈥檛 play that game there any more. I鈥檓 just glad he鈥檚 better and back out in the beach! 馃檹馃徑
