3rd vet visit for toe…
January 23rd, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Back to the vet again today, for our 3rd appointment concerning Grey’s toe.
This is Day 6 of what I am calling ‘Unexercised Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer Hell’, or USRHPH for short.
The vet said the wound looked ‘really good’ and he could tell there had been absolutely no self-trauma to it. (That being because she has been wearing a buster collar and a sock!)
But he said she couldn’t have off lead walks yet.
It was hard to tell how much this was common-sense and based on factually how likely the wound was to come open – and how much it was about a litigious society and a fear of being sued or held responsible if a dog was walked too early and the stitches did break – no matter how unlikely this was to happen.
Since this wasn’t really something I could politely ask him, we have to take his advice.
He wanted to see us again on Monday, but I persuaded him to see us on Friday instead – I can’t take another weekend of Grey climbing the walls with no exercise.
Friday will be Day 10 of USRHPH.
