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It’s incredibly common for dogs to be negatively affected by the sound of fireworks. Loud explosions can cause such intense anxiety and fear, that your pup may try to run away in an attempt to escape the noise, or even have a seizure.
Although we can’t stop our neighbors from shooting off fireworks during the 4th of July, we can protect our pets by keeping them safe and calm. I’m happy to share that Honest Paws hemp oil and treats can help!
You always hear the saying “You never know how precious something is until you lose it.” Well, I believe that’s the case in some scenarios. But when Wynston, my heart dog, was nearly mauled to death by a neighbor dog, I already knew how precious Wynston was.
One month prior to Wynston almost dying, my stepdad passed away after a long battle with cancer. I thought sitting on his death bed and kissing his forehead before the funeral home came for his body was traumatizing. Little did I know what I would experience a month later.
It’s no secret that Wynston is my life. And when you see your life torn in half, bleeding and screaming in agony on the sidewalk, things change.
I’ve learned a lot from my dog surviving a savage attack. BUT he survived. So let’s talk about how I’m feeling now.
In late March I started writing an “after quarantine” goal list for Wynston and I. It included fun items like go kayaking, add more product to our store, and travel somewhere.
Now, two months later, Arizona is finally “open” again. We can walk into stores, dine in at restaurants and get our hair and nails done. But Wynston and I are still on a personal “stay at home order.” We can’t go kayaking. We can’t travel. We can’t go on lunch dates.
At least not right now.
But as I sit here, just over three weeks after Wynston was nearly mauled to death by a seething beast of an animal, I’m beginning to feel hope again for the future. Hope that we will kayak, we will travel, we will blow up our online store and go on lunch adventures again.
Wynston just underwent a second surgery. This one was more “corrective” than “life-saving,” as the first surgery was. I knew that most likely he would need a skin surgery due to the severity of his traumatic wounds, but it hasn’t been easy.
Yesterday Wynston was diagnosed with a corneal ulcer (ulcerative keratitis – a medical condition in which the cornea becomes inflamed) in his right eye. In this post I’ll recap what lead up to the diagnosis, how Wynston is handling it, and what our medical treatment plan is moving forward.
Ever since Wynston was about 6 months old, he’s had an issue with coughing. At first, the vet thought perhaps it was just due to getting acclimated to the air outside of the puppy mill. As time went on, the vet thought maybe he had a collapsed trachea, as it’s common in small breed dogs. Well, Wynston’s coughing got progressively worse as time passed. The episodes of honking and coughing went from once a week, to multiple times a day over three years. Thankfully I’ve come up with a home remedy to treat tracheal collapse in dogs, and now his episodes are rare.
