Bite

Flash got bitten by another dog on Sunday. He went to approach the staffie bitch in a friendly manner. Once he was next to her, she went for Flash. She only caught his thigh and caused a wound of the size of a penny. I didn't take him to the vets and it is healing nicely.
I did call out that the staffie had just bitten my dog, but no owner appeared.

Luckily Flash doesn't seem worse for wear and met another two staffie crosses afterwards and was nice to them.

I have tried to keep a plaster on the wound, but it keeps coming off. So I leave it open now and Flash isnt't bothering it too much.

Snow, snow and more snow

Yes, we were having a proper winter for about 2 weeks! It was magic in the Country Park. Here some pictures towards the end of this period (not as much snow anymore) on 10th January.

Hole in the leg

Last night, I suddenly saw that Flash had actually been injured by the fox yesterday. He has a gap in the skin of the size a little smaller than a 5-penny coin! I was in two minds of whether to take Flash to the vet for stitches, but have decided against it hoping it will heal on its own. I am watching it very closely though just in case an infection sets in.

Fox in the park

This morning, Dylan and Flash disappeared into the distance on the playing field. As it was of course dark, I couldn't see what they were after, but after a while I could hear fox noises. I went up to where they were and sure enough, there was a terrified fox being "attacked" by Dylan and Flash. Of course, Dylan and Flash are muzzled, so couldn't physically hurt the fox, but the fox was exhausted by the time I got to them. I pulled the boys away from the fox and I hope he is ok. He looked quite young...

Oh, and here's a picture of Flash not hunting, on 22nd November.

Stitches out

I took Flash's stitches out on Tuesday morning as all has healed well. The scar actually looks better than before and he seems fine now. Let's hope it stays this way.

Healing well

Flash has about four stitches this time round, but the wound is only about half the length of the original one which is good. I change the bandage once a day after the walk (as it gets wet) and it is looking good.

I can't believe this... scar split!

This morning I came home from Troy's walk, when Flash - as usual - jumped a few steps up the stairs to turn round and howl at me. Only this time he didn't howl but screamed and screamed! When I looked he had blook dripping from his foot. He'd somehow managed to split the wound from the dewclaw removal!

So off we went to see Mark first thing in the morning... who also wondered how it happened particularly as it looked fine before and Flash had been doing agility and daily walks in the grass and woods. I appologised to Mark to drop in so unexpectedly, and that I just don't seem to be able to keep away! Ha ha...

Cornel is picking Flash up this afternoon (luckily it is Wednesday when he is on the early shift). So another two weeks of being really careful now! What a disaster. Poor Flash.