Dog Ear Infection and the Dreaded Cone
A few weeks ago, Abigail underwent surgery for an ear hematoma. As a result, she wore a collar for the last few weeks to keep her from scratching her ears and causing infection. Yesterday, she finally got the collar off around 3 o’clock. We were so happy for her because you could tell she hated it.
After arriving back home, my wife had to run some errands, so she let Abigail out on the back porch to enjoy the nice afternoon. (This is one of Abigail’s favorite spots.)
Around two hours later, we got home and checked up on Abigail. We were looking forward to seeing her tail wagging because she was happy to have the collar off. Instead, we found her underneath a chair with her back leg, which had been fine when she was at the vet earlier, bright red and a great deal of fur missing. Over the course of 2 hours, she had chewed on her leg so much it was bleeding in spots. After having seen dog hot spots before, we called the vet and made an emergency appointment.
A Trip to the Vet
We were extremely lucky that our vet had one appointment available before closing in 2 hours, but it required that I get there in 10 minutes. I rushed out the door and made it in time. After taking one look at the dog he had seen just two hours before, he was amazed. He said the hot spots had probably been itching her for a while, but with the collar on, she could not get to them. He believes the inflammation was probably caused by a flea bite to which Abigail is highly allergic. He gave her a shot of steroids and told us to put the collar back on until the hot spots get better.
In my next article, I’ll give an update on our battle with fleas and what we’re using to fight them.
I’m happy to report that Abigail is currently laying down in my office sleeping while I type this post. After some additional antihistimine, she finally seems to be getting some relief.
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Oh poor sweet Abigail!
First the collar, then the flea bite and now the collar back on.
Why have you not written this blog post yourself? It might have distracted you!
The idea of this blog was “dogs telling humans how things really are in the canine universe” Have you forgotten that with all the itch? SY
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That must have been torture for your dog to not be able to scratch the itch.
Hope Abigail will recover soon from her allergic…
Btw you can consider giving her Bovine Colostrum, it’s the premilk of mammals….
Consult with your Vet first for confirmation…
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Shadow and I discussed it and every now and then we’ll let the humans write. The different perspective keeps it interesting.
@Mia
I’m afraid they put the collar back on me. : ( Even though the hot spots seem to be getting better, I starting chewing again on Saturday morning.
@Juandy
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll ask the vet about Bovine Colostrum.
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Awww… poor Abigail! I may just be a monkey, but I gotta tell you that I HATE it when I itch. Be well soon!
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Oh man, I’ve been down that route SO many times. They can’t stand that collar, but at the same time it does help with a lot of things, as larger breeds at least can be very stubborn like us people.
The collar was the only thing that kept Abigail from chewing on herself. Thankfully, we were able to remove it earlier in the week and she is fine now.
Deseo que Abigail se recupere pronto, he pasado por aquí para desearte una Feliz Navidad y un Próspero Año Nuevo 2010.
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I had a similar happening with my dog and that’s why I think that these collars make the dogs very nervous! I know that sometimes there is no other way like in this case. After we treated our pug we put him such a collar and he got so crazy that he started pushing his head into the wall so strong that on the next day I noticed a little bruise on the place (of course I put off the collar after several pushings).
Poor Abigail! I hope you are better now!!
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Very sad, hope your dog gets well soon from his problems.
Poor Abigail. I hope she gets better soon, and that you don’t have to put that miserable collar on again.
Poor dog. Hope she recovers!!
Claire x
I may just be a monkey, but I gotta tell you that I HATE it when I itch.
poor abigail, glad you have a time before you must wait until tomorrow.
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Poor dog..really hope Little Abigail can recover very soon…
She’s doing great now. Thanks for stopping by.