This Little Piggy Went to Narnia
I hesitate to even put this in writing lest I jinx us, but it seems like spring might actually have arrived in our neck of the woods.
With nicer weather comes all the fair weather dog walkers, (hey jackass, newsflash, your dog likes to walk in the winter too) and of course people outside working in their yards. I notice these things as we walk because I am constantly on alert, but Sampson and Delilah who are determined to sniff and pee on all things do not.
They of course noticed the people working in the yard, but they didn’t pay enough attention to WHAT they were working on, which is how I saw the piggy a whole day before they did.
I was busy when they spotted it. I was taking pictures of the lamp post that leads to Narnia. Don’t believe me?
Explain this.
Do you see a sidewalk? A reason for this light to be there? No. No, you do not.
You see the woods just beyond it? Yes, yes you do.
Does it look used? No, no it does not. For all intents and purposes, this lamp post has no purpose. Except to transport me to Narnia.
It’s okay, I can’t explain it either. I want to go up and touch it, but I’m worried. Will the dogs go through with me if I’m holding their leashes, or will they have to touch the lamp post themselves? If I go through while holding their leashes will I be able to pull them through? If we all go through, will the dogs be able to talk because they weren’t born in Narnia? If they can talk will Delilah then give me a piece of her mind? Will I be able to find my way back home? Will I want to?
Oh touch the post. PLEASE! I have so much to say to you.
All of these questions remain unanswered so I haven’t touched the post yet.
Anyhoo, so while I was busy snapping pictures and pondering the finer points of touching the post, Sampson and Delilah noticed the pig. Which of course, piqued their curiosity and naturally we had to go investigate.
Stop snapping pictures of that pole Mama, there’s something there!
Why couldn’t they have noticed the post? I would like to investigate THAT!
Oh I’m sorry Mr. and Mrs. Home Owner, my dogs dragged me across your lawn, you know, the one that doesn’t have a sidewalk but instead has this lamp post in the middle of the yard…How weird you have a lamp post in the middle of the yard…Has anyone ever mentioned how much you look like Tilda Swinton?… Is that a snowflake?…Why no, I wouldn’t like any Turkish delight, thank you very much. Sampson, Delilah, it’s time to go!
I don’t know what the dogs thought. Maybe they thought it was another dog, or maybe they knew it was a pig, or perhaps they thought a dog met a pig and they had wee pog babies, but whatever they thought, they both needed to inspect the little pig.
Help me! I’ve been turned into a statue by the White Witch.
This Little Piggy Cried Wee Wee Wee
With the warmer weather comes the icky bugs, so every day before our walk I spray the dogs with my natural bug spray. After he’s sprayed, Sampson for some reason known only to him, runs into the living room and rolls around, ‘swimming’ on the carpet. You know, he lays on his side and puts his front paws up and brings them down. Looks like he’s swimming.
Monday as I was spraying Delilah and Sampson was rubbing it in (as I call it) I heard him yip. I looked at him, couldn’t see anything wrong so I just assumed he’d rubbed the wrong way with the harness on.
Tuesday when I got home and we were reconnecting, I noticed one of his dew claws looked odd. Sort of like one nail was growing on top of the other. I touched it to check it and I could see it was sore for him, so I called the vet and took him in. (For those keeping score, 2 calls to the vet this week, 1 visit.)
After examining the nail, Dr. Allen determined that he had completely split his dew claw on one side and partially on the other.
I had two choices.
The first was to give him some general anesthesia and remove as much of the nail as possible.
The second was to remove the dead part of the nail, put some Bacitracin on it and wrap the crap out of it, in hopes of giving the nail time to heal and hope the swelling will go down.
Dr. Allen suggested the later along with some Carprofen to help reduce the swelling of the quick and I happily agreed. After trimming the nail, she wrapped it really, really well and then rubbed some bitter apple on the wrapping. Of course, someone wasn’t exactly happy with the wrapping.
Must I wear this silly bag? Must you take my picture wearing it?
And I wasn’t happy either after trying to jam his foot into the booty yesterday morning then putting my hand in my mouth.
It’s bitter alright, but it sure didn’t taste like any apple I’ve ever eaten.
But if we can keep it dry, and give it time to settle down, hopefully we have a shot at helping it to heal up without surgery.
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I have a theory about Sampson “swimming” in the carpet after he’s been sprayed is I think its cos hes trying to smell like himself again if that makes sense. With my lab Merlin everytime I put on new clothes or deoderant, he will come up to me and rub his head all over me, like he’s trying to “roll in me” lol. Its cos hes marking me (his human) with his smell.
Awww Sampson, hope that comes off soon. 😉 It doesn’t even have to be a pig does it? Yesterday, Donna got all exciting over a tub by the side of the road – –
We too hope Sampson is better and it can come off. LOL piggy not my thing but show me a cat and I am off. Yes the fair weather dog walkers are out….drats. Have a tremendous Thursday.
Best wishes Molly
Feel better Sandman! Love, Auntie Jackass
One of the best things about walking is seeing all those oddities no one else in the world even notices. As for the bitter spray thing. Mom sprayed some of our houseplants with some yucky stuff to keep the cats from chewing on them. They still chew, didn’t phase them a bit, but Mom has tasted it many times…seems to last forever…and it is awful, can’t get it out of her mouth! Her hands sometimes touch the plants when she waters or trims them and sometimes she accidentally touches her mouth for some reason and then there are a lot of loud, not so nice words.
That lamp post is odd. Maybe at one time they wanted light in that part of their yard to deter marauding beasts? 🙂
I hope Sampson’s dew claw is better soon. Anything nail/toe seems to take forever to heal up. Well that has been our experience.
Oh Sampson you poor thing, I hope your nail heals up fast, at least it’s onlt the dewclaw that I mon weight bearing so it should heL up fast.
Oh wow, that would be so cool to go to Narnia! Before you touch that pole make sure you have lots of treat packed…just in case! 🙂 We hope Sampson’s nail is on the mend soon, no fun!!
We don’t have Dew Claws …. Our Dogtor STOLE them… when he stole… OTHER THINGYS.
Hope YOURS feels better SOON.
What a week you’ve had my friend. I think you should touch the pole, just for shits and giggles.
What interesting adventures you have on your walks (and I’d save the Narnia lamppost for the dumb ass dog owners-an ingenious way to get rid of that lot!). 😉 But for the record, you did jinx it for me-it’s snowing in the Mile High City right now. But it’s one of those fabulous wet Spring snows that will be gone once the wind returns so I don’t mind. I rather love Spring storms-they dump a lot of the white stuff and are gone the next day. And for 36 hours we can actually see green foliage for a change. 🙂
P.S. Oh, what I wouldn’t give to hear what the D-dog has to say!
I think you hit on a really great dieting idea! Add bitter apple to forbidden foods and guess what? Everyone starts losing weight! It’s brilliant. “The Bitter Apple Diet”.
Poor Sampson. Maybe if you took him to Narnia his foot could be healed miraculously over there. Don’t take Delilah though. You are right – she’d start talking and well…we both know that probably wouldn’t be a good thing. 😉
Well I’m glad Spring has come where you are.
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Narnia huh? Well travel safe. Love the little pig – did they both get to pee on it? Get well Sampson…be careful.
Some people just take dog walks through their neighborhood. Jody fantasizes about going into Narnia. How I wish we could walk with you. You remind me of my son who has this great imagination.
I don’t think I’d be able to resist! Hold onto those leashes and report back!
Oh dear that is a really silly looking bag – I hope it heals up soon for him. Why do they have that lamp post? I’m curious as well; it’s not like it’s even in a spot that you’d normally have a functioning light. It’s just there – in the middle – as an ornament. That piggy reminds me of the windsock my friend bought for me a few years back; I hung it up after she gave it to me and forgot about it. A day or so later I couldn’t figure out what Laika was growing and barking at – yep it was the stupid windsock.
It’s probably a good thing you couldn’t touch that pole. You probably don’t want to hear what Delilah has to say!
I hope Sampson’s dewclaw is healed up very soon. Keeping bandages on is always challenging.
Ah, I see what you did there with “this little piggy”… Your post started out so whimsical and fun, then took such a worrisome turn. I hope Sampson’s tootsie feels better soon. And now I’m reminded how overdue we are on trimming our dogs’ nails.