[nagdu] cracked toe nail

[t21114 at optonline.net]

Hi BiBi
Hope Odie will be ok with his nail. Just before I retired Parker I was on the bus going to GDF to meet a friend and we were taking another friend to the airport. When I got off the bus the driver said your dog is limping . I said when I got on she wasn't. the bus driver did stop short and Parker did go flying. I think she might have tried to stop by putting her paws forward and cracked her nail but i didn't know it until the next day. I asked some one at GDF to check her paw. they didn't see anything. I asked my friends . they didn't see anything. at the airport she was limping . I call me vet the next day and brought her in . Her nail was cracked down the middle. the vet said it is very painful. They cut her nail to the quick , bandaged it and had to put a sock on it with plastic since there was snow on the ground. she was on pain meds and antibiotic and it cost me 300 dollars. 
Marilyn and Anna


> From: "Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 7:31 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] cracked toe nail
> 
> 
> > Hi, all,
> > Have no idea how this happened, but Dale and I both noticed 
> today that 
> > Odie somehow cracked the top middle part of his nail on the 
> fourth toe of 
> > his left front paw.
> > I immediately contacted Dog Savvy and spoke with a lady named 
> Emily who 
> > was able to give me some advice.
> > One question she had to ask me was if the nail click was 
> exposed and I 
> > told her that it wasn't exposed.
> > Emily advised Dale and I to keep an eye on the toe nail that 
> if it were to 
> > get worse that we should take Odie to Harrison Memorial Animal 
> Hospital 
> > immediately to have his front left paw wrapped up to avoid 
> stuff getting 
> > inside the open area of the nail where an infection could 
> start to occur.
> > Another question I was asked if Odie began to start licking 
> and biting on 
> > the area and again, I said that he wasn't doing that as of yet.
> > Emily at Dog Savvy mentioned that I could purchase some wound 
> boots where 
> > Odie could wear one of the on his left front paw until the 
> nail had a 
> > chance to heal.
> > She did mention if Odie had to go to Harrison Memorial Animal 
> Hospital to 
> > have that looked at, there would be a chance of where they 
> wouldn't charge 
> > me for assisting me having the paw wrapped up so the nail 
> would have a way 
> > to heal too.
> > What can make it rough with Odie at times is that if he's 
> feeling sick or, 
> > hurt or in pain, he doesn't say too much such as whine, yelp 
> or even 
> > display it: only if it is minor.
> > Back when he hurt his right shoulder though, he did actually 
> yelp when he 
> > put wait down on his right front leg.
> > Yes, it was hard to keep him in one place and relaxed as he 
> likes to move 
> > around and not have to be stuck in one place all the time.
> > Good thing is I still have the Elizabethan Collar which I call 
> it the lamp 
> > shade so if need be, that will prevent Odie from attempting to 
> mess with 
> > that open cracked toe nail.
> > The only thing that can be done is to just leave it alone and 
> try not to 
> > do anything with it.
> > I still may send Doctor Alison Kean the veternarian at 
> Harrison Memorial 
> > Animal Hospital an email and see what she suggests though; 
> just to be on 
> > the safe side.
> > I'll be glad and happy once Dale and I are able to get the 
> Dremel nail 
> > grinding kit so we can still take care of Odie's claws and 
> keep them in 
> > shape.
> > Although my our four-legged furry son is large and he does 
> cost a high 
> > expense, Odie is worth it all and will always be an important 
> member of 
> > our small family.
> > I'm hoping that once I get the service dog mess straightened 
> up, I'll be 
> > able to get another dog.
> > *Smiles*
> > Bibi and Odie
> > the happy spirited bounty labra wolf
> >
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