"You wanna know how I got this scar?"

[tinhuvielartanis]

Toby, doing his best Joker impersonation.

"You look nervous. Is it the scar? Wanna know how I got it? My roommate is a Dachshund...and a fiend. And one day, he goes off craaaazier than normal. I, being a bit of an idiot, decide to get in his face. Riley doesn't like that...not-t..one..bit-t. So, Tin watching, he uses his abnormally quick reflexes and sharp white teeth aaaaaand...."

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Here's the real story, which isn't far from Toby's Jokerized account above. The day after my service to Dr. Patch ended, Toby decides to get all up in Riley's grill. Now, Riley, being a Dachshund, and a demented one at that, didn't like that. Not one bit. So he bit Toby right on the nose. I was freaked right out. The puncture was deep, bloody, and generally unpleasant. And Toby was in a great deal of pain, obviously. Since I no longer had the employee discount, there was no way I could take him to the vet, so I did what I had to do. I put the buster collar we used on Toby when he got neutered back on him, pulled out the Polysporin and applied copious amounts to the bite after thoroughly washing the area, and I began dosing him with leftover antibiotics from when Chester had his dental. They're essentially the same weight, so I knew the dosage would be right. For about a week I did this, rubbing the Polysporin into the wound at least three times a day. It was difficult because the wound had settled tremendously sore and Toby didn't want to be touched there at all. After a week, he looked like Rocky Balboa. It wasn't just swelling; there was infection building up in there, despite the regimen of Polysporin and Clindamyacin. So I had to step up the treatment, which I knew would be unpleasant for us both. I had to squeeze the puss out of the bite and boil it out with peroxide before the wound became abscessed. I did it with Aunt Tudi's help. For two days, I held Toby between my knees, gripped his little head with one hand, and I'd squeeze the wound with the other. Then I'd boil it out and rub in the Polysporin. I had some leftover Clavamox, which I started giving Toby instead of the Clindamyacin. The dosage was a little on the strong side for a dog his weight, but it was a chance we needed to take to get the infection under control.

Three days ago, I was able to remove Toby's buster collar. He's all healed up except for the scar on his nose. As for his relationship with Riley, Toby is inclined to not get all up in Riley's grill now for, verily, Riley is a Dachshund and a fiend.

Now you know how Toby got that scar.

Comments

Re: Ah......poor Toby!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Just goes to show you can turn anything into a scar story, as long as there's a scar. Toby would be luckier if he had a mom who could afford to take him to the vet when the fiend gnaws his face off. Ah, but enough of that. How are you, my sweet little Canadian goose? (yes, I'm writing on the final date and am currently immersed in character. dangerous mental state....yep.)

[bellajoker.livejournal.com]

baaaw poor Toby!XD I have two dogs too and they like to "play" a lot.The thing is,one of the dogs,Danny,he just doesn't know how to play nice!And neither know when to stop.So,sometimes he kind of hurts people and other dogs XD'

anyway,I hope that he's okay now!At least he got a nice story of his scar,huh?XD

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

What kind of dogs do you have? Do you have any cats? I'm an animal lover. Hate people, love animals. Ha! So you're okay with me since you have animal companions. ::thumbs up::

[bellajoker.livejournal.com]

I have 2 dogs and 6 cats (OH WOW)
A Shih Tzu (which is Danny) and a Pincher (Which is Sasha,the female one)
and I have 1 siamese Cat (Julia,but we all call her "JuJu" XD) and 5 stray cats x)
as you can see,I looooooove animals too!People are just...weird.LOL
what about you?

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

4 dogs and 10 cats (5 domestic indoor/outdoor and 5 feral I'm trying to tame). And I used to have sea monkeys, but they all perished. Oh, and I had a pet hedgehog named Leopold ages ago. He's since passed on, I'm afraid.