Cutting back on the Tramadol has created a furiously licking dog!! In about 5 minutes, Charley chewed through his t-shirt and TWO vet wrap bandages. Normally we just use 1 vet wrap, but this one had shifted so far forward (blue) when he scratches the incision site w/ his back leg, that I just added another pad and wrap on top of it (red).
I had just changed the bandage on his front leg (also red) and he’s already going to town on that site because it was a little raw from the first IV shaving (I think). So now we’re back on track with a long sleeved t-shirt (I hope).
Oh — and another thing! I drove home from work at lunch to let Charley out to pee. Pre-accident, I didn’t have to do this. But since he got hurt, I’ve been coming home to check on him. Anyway, so I came home today and Charley didn’t want to come out of his crate! I even bribed him with American cheese! He edged forward and grabbed it and then went right back in! I went to coax him out by holding his collar and he GROWLED at me! What?! So I decided to just forget about it, closed the crate door & he barked at me like a crazy dog!!
Charley got scolded pretty good then – so hopefully this isn’t a new habit. Trying to give him the benefit of the doubt — his pain meds have been lowered, he’s crabby. We’ll see how tomorrow goes to know whether I’ve possibly cut back too much already….
P.S. He just chewed through ANOTHER t-shirt. We need to get this under control or he’s going to get the Cone of Shame.