It seems that our dog's little skin condition got a whole lot worse while we were at work. In fact we came home to discover a patch more than twice as large as when we left.. I don't know exactly what has been causing that dog to scratch and bite like that, but I'm thinking it may be a combination of things - the moving back and forth, first to mom's house and now back to our house, as well as being in a cold, cold house and the fact that he apparently has been in some fairly major abdominal discomfort.
We decided we were going to just wash the "hot spot" (as they call those hairless patches that dogs make on themselves) and just keep an eye on him, but then a few strange things happened. Firstly, we decided to take him with us to Canadian Tire (to get our new heaters), and whilst getting into the car the poor dog pooped (like diarhea) a little bit in the car. He's never done anything like that before but it was like he just lost all control. Then, after our trip to Canadian Tire we took him to Petcetera to look at something to keep him from further injuring the spot.. and he pees on the floor - twice! Very weird. At the same time he was putting out the most egregious gas I think I have ever experienced - it made me actually squint my eyes and cry a little bit.
It was then we decided we'd better get him to a vet.. he just seemed not like himself. After much deliberation we broke down and took him to the emergency vet hospital downtown and got him checked out. The vet discovered that Baron had some really nasty "gut" stuff going on - he was very gassy and he suspects Baron may have a parasite of some sort. There wasn't anything to specifically explain the hot spot, but at least there was no evidence of fleas. So the prognosis is that we have to feed Baron some special food for a few days and give him 2 different kinds of medication - one in pill form that we can hide in his food, and one that we have to use a syringe to squirt down his throat (he loved that one, I might add). I also should mention that Baron absolutely loved having a thermometer up his butt.
In order to prevent Baron from further injuring the hot spot, we had to get him some new clothes. Specifically this stylish collar and this makeshift sock-boot we made for him out of one of my socks and a whole lot of "vet wrap", which is supposed to help prevent him from scratching himself silly.
Needless to say, the poor dog is having a very rough time getting around the house. He pretty much catches the collar on every and has to do a little dance in order to get unstuck. Apparently it messes up his peripheral vision as well, as evidenced by the fact that when I let him outside to pee he has no idea where he is and heads straight for the road.
All this for only $180! ..Its okay.. God will provide! Right? I mean he told us he would! Okay, God - start providing!
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