Dr. Random here. How can I help you?
Sometimes, having Little Filthy makes me wonder what I’d do if I had a kid. Which, considering that I’ve greased up his feet and he slid into the front door… or that I almost killed him by sticking bananas to the bottom of his water bowl… it’s not typically very encouraging.
I noticed him licking his foot today and decided to take a closer look. I don’t know how he does it but every so often, he’ll scrape off the entire outside of one of the pads on his paw. I flipped him over and saw that his pad was still hanging on by a thread. I clipped it off with some small surgical scissors and the raw skin below was red. A cotton pad in cold water took the color away and must have felt good because he quit watching me, put his head down and started to doze. Antibacterial + Q-tip + Band-aid = Limping dog. But he must be feeling better because I just caught him in the bedroom, standing on my pillows with his hurt back leg up in the air, leaning over and plucking Kleenex out of the box on the nightstand. Rotten beast.
That’s right. Before and After pictures for your benefit. They’re going into my portfolio in the waiting room.
As we’ve previously learned, I could have been a doctor. I’m pleased to add Veterinarian to the list of professions I could have pursued had I not decided to disappoint my mother by becoming an attorney.
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Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
September 20th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Awwww! Poor LF and RE.
Aren’t attorneys just some twisted version of a vet? Or is it the other way around….
September 21st, 2009 at 9:45 am
Poor pooch! Looks painful.
You do seem to have many talents/skills, RE.
September 21st, 2009 at 10:29 am
@Amira – I don’t know the answer to your question but I’d like to pursue the question on if Attorneys are allowed to have clients put down.
@MindyMom – heh. Well, I’m being very tongue in cheek. I’m not sure my ability to apply a bandaid has much useful life outside Little Filthy.
September 21st, 2009 at 10:56 am
LOL. Yes, that question DOES beg an answer. Although, I wish that D.’s attorney could be put down…or just both of them would be great. I digress…
September 21st, 2009 at 11:03 am
Luckily, I’ve never had to go at either one of my kids with a pair of surgical scissors, so it looks like dog ownership gets another check in the “disgusting” column.
I’d rather clean up baby poop any day.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:52 am
Ouch! Thats looks like it hurts!
LF has blonde between toe hair
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September 21st, 2009 at 11:57 am
Aaaw, poor Little Filthy………… That is such a cute paw. I would totally dogsit him just to watch him and his little antics.
Do you like being an attorney ? I wonder why your mother would be dissappointed in the profession.
September 21st, 2009 at 12:00 pm
@mommasunshine – Baby poop looks too much like grey poupon for my taste. So to speak.
@MissMegs – Yes, I think it must hurt a fair bit. He’s like a hobbled horse around her.
@Sandra – I very much like being an attorney. I joke that she is disappointed but that is only because I have a degree in biology and she hoped I’d go to medical school. I decided against it and promptly picked up a philosophy degree and then went to law school. She had a ‘recovery period’, so to speak.
September 21st, 2009 at 7:56 pm
OH!!! Poor Little Filthy…does he need some kisses on his snoot? Cause I’m available for things like that.
September 21st, 2009 at 10:08 pm
A degree in biology…an attorney. Pretty much opposite ends of the spectrum RE.
Poor LF, you did way better than I would of. I might have thrown up and not accomplished anything without the help of a trained professional.