I was finally able to get him into the vet yesterday morning not knowing if he had scratched himself raw, he had been in a tussle with Rusty, scratched himself on something underneath our back addition where they hang out, or had been attacked by some other animal.
Our vet concluded that some fly bites had been bothering him and he had been trying to relieve the itching. Only a dog would rub his head on the ground until it bled. Anyway, the vet gave him a shot for pain relief and some sedation so he could clean/treat the area without Diesel squirming, which was about $60 of the total. Then we had to buy a steriod/antibiotic cream to put on the area to help that heal, some insect repellant to keep the flies away, AND some medicine to more aggressively treat the ear infection that had gotten worse since he was in the office in April for shots.
At least we got some quality time together.
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We are taking our dog to the vet tomorrow to have her teeth cleaned and her ears cleaned. If we could just teach our animals how to groom properly. Their more expensive than kids.
Jo-D
About how much is teeth cleaning? On top of his chronic ear infections, our vet said in April that Diesel will have to get his teeth cleaned soon. Sigh.
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