Bless the look on her face,  and I agree about the plastic bottles I'm sick of picking my way round broken bottles when out walking, although round our way its Irn Bru bottles, seems kids now a days would rather smash them than take them to the shop for the 20p back. It makes me mad.

Hope Sally is on the mend soon. 

Landess

Love the expression on her face in that second photo - that's definately a "what me, licking, never" look! 

Hope the poor wee soul's foot heals quickly so she can get back to normal soon. 

Broken glass, fireworks, thunder, small yappies - the list just keeps getting longer!

Wow that's quite a bandage - makes Tilly's green one look positively tiny!

We should find a dog sporting a yellow bandage and hire them out as traffic lights!

Here's to a quick recovery for Sally.

Thanks for all the words of support, I've read them out to Sally but she just gave me a blank look. Oh well. As for the smashing of bottles, I don't know what the attraction is either. We're thinking of getting the community council involved in a campaign for plastic drinks bottles. Probably won't get anywhere but we've spoken to some local dog owners who are interested in supporting the cause.

As for Sally, well I'm really worried about her and so she's back at the vet this afternoon rather than waiting until tomorrow. Came home at lunchtime and she hardly touched her food then ran upstairs and lay on her bed. I went to check her and she was making a funny noise, like she had something stuck in her throat. Then I noticed the left side of her abdomen is swollen. I called the vet immediately (thinking oh my god it's bloat) but the vet asked a few questions then said to bring her in at 5.10pm for an appointment. I arranged for a friend to stay with her while I went back to work to sort stuff out then came straight home. There's no way I'm leaving her alone. Roll on 5.10pm, I'm pacing the floor meanwhile I'm so worried about her. She's drinking a lot, which is unlike her. I'm praying there's nothing seriously wrong with her.

I'll report back once she's been to the vet. My poor wee lamb.

Poor Sally. Hope everything goes well at the vets. Fingers and paws crossed. Let us know how you get on.

Glad to hear it's nothing serious and that she's feeling a bit better (if a trifle windy).  Here's hoping the paw will heal quickly once it's stitched. 

I can't speak for anyone else (although I suspect that there are a lot who are very similar) but I tend to err on the side of caution and would rather have a trip to the vet than leave it to chance or until it has become chronic.  Can't blame you for that!

P.S. I am not neurotic about dragging the dogs to the vet, we are not there on a daily basis although it feels like that's what they are trying to do at the moment.    You can always tell there is something not right. 

Can i just ask, how do you keep a cream carpet so clean with 2 dogs in this wet muddy weather? I struggle to keep a dark coloured rug in my livingroom clean lol