Walter:
I'm trying to figure out how they got in such a fix.
I'm glad you and the dogs are ok.
Katie is a collar grabber, this isn't the first time she's gotten hung up like this. When we first got Katie three years ago we had an older dog named Amber whom we had to put down in July after a suspected stroke, she was 14 years old. I was home alone with both dogs for the first time and they were playing in the living room. They were on the other side of the couch when I heard Katie yelping and Amber gurgling. I ran over to see what was wrong and found both of them frozen in place with Katie's lower jaw twisted in Amber's collar. I was able to release Amber's quick release buckle after a few seconds because they had remained still instead of twisting and tightening the collar even more. We loosened Amber's collar after that so Katie could easily pull it over Amber's head to remove it and she did this regularly.
Katie hadn't been as preoccupied with Lindy's collar although when outside she would occasionally grab it and lead Lindy around by it. I don't know if this is what happened last night to start the problem. All Lindy would have had to do was lay down and roll over and Katie's jaw would have been trapped.
Divedoggie:
Again, you are a hero in my book for handling the situation as incredibly well as you did. It makes me want to have you as my dive buddy!
Your vet confirmed that there are no immediate life threatening problems.
My concern would be about a slipped disk, or some ruptured blood vessels, etc.
I was just trying to encourage you to go to the vet if you were having trouble deciding. I have no doubts that you guys take wonderful care of your pups, and you know what to do!
Thank you, I'm just as tenacious as a dive buddy and in other parts of my life LOL! I just don't know when to give up
Ask my husband about the large branch that fell on us the weekend after our wedding. We were kneeling on the driveway and I saw it coming but couldn't get both of us out of the way in time so I stayed put and it bounced off my head; it's second impact was on my shoulder and his arm at the same time. He grabbed his arm and fell over because he thought it had broken his arm, it hit him that hard and he never saw it coming. He was amazed to hear it had bounced off my head before it ever touched him.
Hubby just called and said the vet called him a little while ago asking how the dogs were. He told her and she doesn't think they need to be seen since they are starting to act normal and want to play. Luckily it was the bigger dog who was being strangled, had Katie been choked by Lindy we probably would have more serious injuries since Lindy is 20 pounds heavier. We'll be keeping a close eye on them to make sure they aren't too sore, they were already starting to play-bow and trying to chase each other in the living room last night before bed.
Lindy definitely has ruptured blood vessels in her eyes, similar to a mask squeeze and the vet said her eyes may yellow a bit as that clears up. That's probably why her nose was bleeding as well, the vet said that was normal for what she went through.
Ber :lilbunny:
