Poor Ruby

Ruby Red · 09-23-2011, 10:33 AM

.....went charging after a squirrel that ran up the nearest tree and madam forgot to put the brakes on. She really did crash straight into the tree with her shoulder, the force of the impact literally threw her sideways and in doing this she has scratched and scraped her back leg on the tree trunk and has a couple of small gashes. She screamed like I have never heard her scream before and I really thought she had broken something. She managed to get herself up, and can limp along, but she isn't putting much weight on her front leg at the moment. I can move her leg in all directions and she doesn't react to this so we think she is just very badly bruised. I have started her on a homeopathic remedy - Arnica, for the pain, and colloidal silver on her gashes. We will watch her, and if she shows any signs of worsening we will take her straight to the vets. A few minutes ago though she managed to hobble to the back door with Roddy and bark at the next door neighbours so I am guessing she can't be too bad.

Annie · 09-23-2011, 02:38 PM

OH my goodness! what a MAD WOMAN! I can definitely picture her doing this, too.....
what a scary moment though! I hope she makes a speedy recovery! is roddy bothering her much?

Kaco Boxers · 09-23-2011, 03:48 PM

Silly Ruby. I sure hope she recovers quickly. Lots of hugs and kisses from my crew xoxox

purplelori · 09-23-2011, 05:09 PM

Oh poor girl! Those evil squirrels --it's all their fault!! Hope she feels better soon!

Ruby Red · 09-27-2011, 05:54 PM

Hi, thanks for your wishes. She is definately on the mend, but has been driving us mad as we have had her on short little walks and she wants to go out and run around so badly...........we are taking it slowly and building up her road walks before we start letting her off-lead for short periods. She seems fine, I am really quite amazed how much she has come on considering how hard she hit the tree.........

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Originally Posted by Annie

................. is roddy bothering her much?

No Roddy, just carries on doing what Roddy does - looking out the patio door for squirrels, barking at imaginery noises, barking at real noises, fighting with the letter box when the post comes, jumping on us for hugs, slobbering all over our clothes, looking for any treats, kongs, food that might drop from the sky, jumping on the bed for fuss, running around the park looking for dogs everywhere, scoffing his food like he will never get fed again, jumping on the sofa for cuddles and snoring his head off .......just another normal day for Roddy, the fact that Ruby was hobbling around him, kind of didn't register at all..... In fairness, he was interested in the gashes on her legs, they got licked a few times before he got told to leave them alone................