[nagdu] Monty at the vet

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Julie J.
I totally sympathize.  I stressed about Ben being at the vet all day, even 
though I knew he'd be fine.

My shepherd broke his dewclaw pretty bad.  It never did grow back properly. 
I think it hurt quite a bit, too, when he broke it.  I've sometimes broken a 
nail past the quick too, and it hurts like mad.  So I'm sure the vet was 
right to anesthetize Monte for a bit while they worked on him.
Good luck, and I'm sure everything will be fine.  Gee, hope Monte doesn't 
have to wear the cone.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 10:47 AM
Subject: [nagdu] Monty at the vet


> Monty and Belle were in the backyard with my husband this morning.  they 
> were running laps in the new snow, having a good time.  then my husband 
> noticed that Monty was leaving bloody footprints.
>
> I checked his feet and found that he has ripped a nail.  I mean that he 
> completely ripped it like from where it grows out of the toe.  It was 
> sticking up at a 90 degree angle from where it should have been and 
> bleeding quite a bit.
>
> We called the vet to let them know we were coming.  It wasn't busy this 
> morning so we got right in.  The tech took one look at his foot and said 
> that he'd have to be sedated so they could fix it.
>
> I immediately had the urge to refuse.  Monty is extremely good about being 
> handled and not fussing about being treated.  But then I stopped myself. 
> this must hurt him a lot and it's going to hurt more when they clean it 
> up.  Surely Monty will be more comfortable with some medication.
>
> It's just a ripped nail.  i know that's no big deal, but I am really 
> worried about him.  We go back in a bit to pick him up.  I'm sure he will 
> be fine.  My husband is staying home with him today so I can go into work. 
> He is self employed and has a much more flexible work schedule than I do. 
> I didn't ask him to do this, he insisted.
>
> Am I crazy for stressing so much about a broken nail?  I feel like I'm 
> over reacting to a small event, but...well it's Monty.
>
> Julie
>
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