As I have written about before, I am dog sitting for my mom. Well, we had an incident yesterday. While on our first morning walk, Libby started limping about 100 yards away from the front door. It seemed to come on all of the sudden because she had just been sniffing something. And these walks are definitely not full of exertion. But she was doing the whole head-bobbing, limping thing. She had really hurt herself.
While I got ready, she didn't do much, which is her usual. But when I went to take her out again, she was hesitant to start down the stairs. So I carried her and she walked about the front yard for a little bit. I told her that I would be home for lunch to check on her.At this point, I really wasn't too worried about her since she had just been limping, but seemed to be okay otherwise.
When I came home for lunch, she was still limping, which I expected. But she was also lethargic and didn't come over and beg while I ate my lunch. I gave her a treat before I left, but she dropped it on the floor and ignored it. Now I was concerned.
Back to work I went, worrying about her and wondering if she was going to be okay. I talked with the girls here at work since they are experienced dog owners. They suggested monitoring her for a couple of days before doing anything else because she could have tweaked something or even been stung by a bee. I had a great fear that I would come home and she would be dead. To be honest, I was a little surprised for myself about how worried I was.
When I got home, she was still limping, but acting like her normal crazy self. It was such a relief! This was my first time having to deal with a hurt puppy all by myself. Thankfully, it looks like she just needs to take it easy for a couple of days and she will be good as new.
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