gabagoo
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Came in today and was upstairs sending a proof out and my sister yells from downstairs that I need to get down there immediately.
She sounds extremly panicked and I know it has something to do with Max the Corgi.
I get down there and Max is in a convulsive state and she is holding him and I can't really tell whats going on and then I see that he has a fishing lure hanging out of his mouth. Panic sets in and I quickly grab him and try to hold him still to try and remove the hooks. he is naturally fighting me as he can't swallow properly and I keep working away but feel as though this might be it for him as I cant figure out how to deal with it.
It's amazing how I get in these situations and I settle down, and instruct my sister to go in the back and get me a pair of needle nose plyers. I try manipulating the cutting part of the tool to remove the rest of the lure that has many more small hooks all over the place which keep stabbing me as I try holding the dogs head still. My hands are shaking and full of dog saliva which makes things incredibly slippery. I finally cut off the hook from the rest of the lure so i can deal with the dog and not continually get stabbed.
I can see the hook is right through his tongue and latched onto his side lip. I yell out "Where the %^$% did this lure efin come from!!!!"
Apparently it came from the designers office, who was not in yet, and he needed to take a photo of it for a web catalogue.
I instruct my sister to call my wife and get the vets number as I can see there is no way i can remove this and I am worried that the dog seems not to be able to swallow properly and could choke.
My vet is not in so we find a vet close to the office and off we go. Get there and that vet is 15 minutes away so we sit and wait and try to stop the dog from trying to manipulate his tongue with his front paws.
Doctor arrives, takes a look and determines the only way we can remove the hook is by putting the dog to sleep, but first he says he needs a pair of wire cutters to break off the barb so he has to run out to a store to buy them, which I thought was strange, but why would a vet have wire cutters I suppose.
15 minutes later he comes back with a set of 4 he bought at an auto store and now somehow the dog has managed to get the hook out of his tongue and it is just hooked through his side lip. We get him up on the table and now we dont need any sleep drugs and the doctor just snips the barb end and pulls the hook out from the other side. I am totally relieved as i did not think at the time I first saw this that he could survive.
He then gives me some antibiodics for the dog for a few days and then I get the bill....
I was figuring this visit before I got there could cost me well over a $1000.00, and I would pay anything to save my dog, but this guy's charge with buying the tools and the meds... you ready? $86.00
I definately going out after work to get him and his lovely assistant a gift.
Max is walking around like nothing happened and is happy as can be.
What a morning!!!
She sounds extremly panicked and I know it has something to do with Max the Corgi.
I get down there and Max is in a convulsive state and she is holding him and I can't really tell whats going on and then I see that he has a fishing lure hanging out of his mouth. Panic sets in and I quickly grab him and try to hold him still to try and remove the hooks. he is naturally fighting me as he can't swallow properly and I keep working away but feel as though this might be it for him as I cant figure out how to deal with it.
It's amazing how I get in these situations and I settle down, and instruct my sister to go in the back and get me a pair of needle nose plyers. I try manipulating the cutting part of the tool to remove the rest of the lure that has many more small hooks all over the place which keep stabbing me as I try holding the dogs head still. My hands are shaking and full of dog saliva which makes things incredibly slippery. I finally cut off the hook from the rest of the lure so i can deal with the dog and not continually get stabbed.
I can see the hook is right through his tongue and latched onto his side lip. I yell out "Where the %^$% did this lure efin come from!!!!"
Apparently it came from the designers office, who was not in yet, and he needed to take a photo of it for a web catalogue.
I instruct my sister to call my wife and get the vets number as I can see there is no way i can remove this and I am worried that the dog seems not to be able to swallow properly and could choke.
My vet is not in so we find a vet close to the office and off we go. Get there and that vet is 15 minutes away so we sit and wait and try to stop the dog from trying to manipulate his tongue with his front paws.
Doctor arrives, takes a look and determines the only way we can remove the hook is by putting the dog to sleep, but first he says he needs a pair of wire cutters to break off the barb so he has to run out to a store to buy them, which I thought was strange, but why would a vet have wire cutters I suppose.
15 minutes later he comes back with a set of 4 he bought at an auto store and now somehow the dog has managed to get the hook out of his tongue and it is just hooked through his side lip. We get him up on the table and now we dont need any sleep drugs and the doctor just snips the barb end and pulls the hook out from the other side. I am totally relieved as i did not think at the time I first saw this that he could survive.
He then gives me some antibiodics for the dog for a few days and then I get the bill....
I was figuring this visit before I got there could cost me well over a $1000.00, and I would pay anything to save my dog, but this guy's charge with buying the tools and the meds... you ready? $86.00
I definately going out after work to get him and his lovely assistant a gift.
Max is walking around like nothing happened and is happy as can be.
What a morning!!!
