On Saturday morning, I found this little guy walking on Edison about a half mile east of Euclid. If you know this area, you know he would have been a goner. The speed limit on this two-lane farm road is 55 MPH, and there are 18-wheelers on it all the time.
He would surely have been run over if I didn’t stop and coax him to come to me. Well, I caught him. I took him to the vet, and he has an abscess on the back of his leg, and I’m pretty sure that’s why he’s so listless. He was scanned, and there is no chip. He had no collar. I have the impression that he’s some kind of farm dog. He’s not neutered.
If somebody wants to claim him, I’m very happy to return him. He’s very nice-natured. He’s not mean at all, and I hate to see him go down. But when I found him, I think he had less than an hour to live because he was listlessly wandering in the middle of the street, and there were trucks and cars stopping and beeping, and he did not seem to want to get out of the middle of the street.
Anyway, since I’ve had him, he’s had many ups and downs. The first few days, all he would do was lie down. He wouldn’t walk. And I could hardly get him to stand.
After a short time on the antibiotic, he began to look like he was returning to normal. He started eating. He started doing his duty both ways. But then, yesterday, he started throwing up everything he ate, so he went back downhill again.
The other thing is every time I bandage him, he chews off the bandage and starts licking it. He’s basically cannibalizing that little wound on his back leg. I have a doughnut on order for his neck today to try to get him to stop because the bandages don’t last more than 10 or 15 minutes.
Anyway, just wanted to share this little adventure I’m having. Hopefully I’ll be able to mend him and keep him because I really like this guy. I’ll update this as we move along. Right now, I’m just waiting for his neck donut. If he eats today (not his own leg), I’m going to try to get him a bath somewhere. 🙂
