Dog Blogging: June 2006 Archives

He cracked a claw a few days ago chasing squirrels...and limped around until it healed. We took him up for a nail trim and was able to get all but the sore one clipped. So I let him out into the backyard last night and there's a fat dumb tree-rat with his back to the door at the back of the yard. Dog heaven. Mooch is off like a shot and gets to within a few feet of the rat before it notices him. Right under the dog's jaws, off goes the squirrel at a right angle and Mooch tries to follow. Now Border Collies are very fast and agile...but right turns at about 30 miles per they can't do. He loses his footing on the wet grass and goes skidding into the bushes at the back of the yard....cracking the nail again. So now he is limping, bleeding, and still trying to get that damn tree-rat. He seemed OK last night, not limping and playing in the yard. This morning tho, he was limping on three legs holding the paw up. Off to the dog mart when it opens for some antiseptic. Sprayed with antiseptic, we stuck a white sock on his paw. He dragged it halfway off, decided he liked it, and is now sleeping under my computer desk wearing one white sock. Poor guy. Update: This pooch is too smart. He is limping around the house looking pathetic. I let him out, and he makes a beeline for another squirrel like nothing is wrong. I call out for him to come in for a cookie and he runs to the back door like he's a puppy...then lifts a paw looking pathetic again. Later I watch him walking around the house fine...and as soon as he sees me he lifts a paw. What an actor.