BITE ME

Jet (my foster mom) says one of her favorite greeting cards was a stick figure guy on the front of the card with a pissy expression on his face. When you opened the card, the message on the inside was: Bite Me.

Apparently Jet saw the card right after her divorce and the sentiment (word of the day) seemed to be appropriate. She said the card even made her laugh.

All I could think was, “Why would you want anyone to bite you?”

In fact, as I recall, I bit Jet one time and I assure you she didn’t laugh about it. It was an accident of course. We were playing tug-of-war with a toy. I grabbed, with my teeth, further up on the toy and nailed Jet’s hand with a canine. Nope, Jet didn’t laugh.

Bites hurt. And sometimes, bites don’t heal. Recently my little friend Nokona was bitten. The bite got pissy (like the character on Jet’s card) and within hours the area around the bite was the size of a small puffer fish. - Off to the emergency room goes Nokona.

Although he got lots of antibiotics, the doctors said he would need more treatment. See the photo of Nokona’s icky bite injury below.

The doctor is going to do a little operation on Nokona and all the ick will be gone. I’ll be sure Jet takes “after” pictures to prove the little guy is okay.

So, here’s my lesson of the day… Bites or puncture wounds can easily get infected. - Even with immediate treatment and antibiotics. Be sure to watch your dog for these type of injuries and get them examined by a vet -asap.

Okay, the question of the day is from Arty who asked: What’s wrong with the really old humans? Their skin is all saggy.


Dear Arty:
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