Poor Eric has a wound on his neck that we have no idea how it happened as he's never out of sight especially as we are on holiday just now. We noticed a little dry blood on Saturday when he yelped when scratching and assumed he had caught himself with his claw.
He's been a little subdued the last two days but nothing worrying. Tonight he scratched under his chin and has opened up a wound that bled profusely. He was panting heavily and whining and so called the emergency vet who saw him at 10.30. He's had anti inflamatories and has cream and antibiotics and we've been advised to take him to our own vet on Saturday as he might need sedating and the wound shaved of hair and irrigating.
I've no idea whether we over reacted by taking him tonight the vet said it was whatever made us reassured and I knew none of us would settle until he was seen.It's so difficult with dogs though isn't it? I felt much more confident with the kids.
He is very miserable and a bit confused as he peed inside which the vet said was because of the infection and he is really not liking having a bootee on his hind leg to limit the damage he can do to his neck. The vet thinks it might take a while to heal too which is worrying.